Creating supplier contacts

You can define one or more contacts for a supplier. Perform these steps to create a contact for a specific supplier.

This is the process for adding supplier contacts to a supplier. The majority of the supplier registration will occur through the supplier portal.

To create supplier contacts

  1. Access Suppliers.
  2. Select a supplier for which you want to create a contact and open the record.
  3. Click the Contacts tab.
  4. From the Actions menu, select Buyer Create Contacts. Use the following guidelines to enter field values.
    User Name

    Required. Type the login name that the contact uses to access the supplier portal.

    Password

    Required. Type the password for the contact person.

    Confirm Password

    Required. Retype the password to confirm.

    Email Address / Receive Email Notification

    Required. Type the contact's e-mail address to indicate that they can receive e-mail notifications.

    Vendor Location

    Type the Accounts Payable vendor location for the contact person.

    Location Name

    Location can be used to create a location name for vendors in AP10.2 if you create a vendor from the supplier.

    Primary Contact

    Indicate if this is the primary contact for the supplier. There must be one primary contact per supplier. You can change the primary contact by unselecting and selecting this option on contact records.

    You can set up notification emails to go out when Primary Contact is changed. This setup is on Supplier Group.

  5. Click Save.
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