Effects of the Accounts Payable application in Billing

You can pay vendors when you purchase items for your customers through Accounts Payable. These concepts explain aspects of Accounts Payable setup that affect the Lawson Billing application.

Uses of Accounts Payable

You can useAccounts Payable to create purchase orders for items for your customers. You can specify vendors, freight carriers, and vendor roles in Accounts Payable. If a customer places an order with you, then you can choose whether to fill the order from your inventory, or to purchase the items from a vendor. If you purchase the items from a vendor, then you must set up theAccounts Payable first and specify the vendors.

Planning your Accounts Payable setup for Billing

You can enter invoices, create and store vendor records, manage your cash flow, and generate payments on the LawsonAccounts Payable application. To purchase items from vendors for your customers, you must set up Accounts Payable.

This checklist provides an overview for setting up Accounts Payable. See the Accounts Payable User Guide.