Accounts Payable application effects in Billing

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

Accounts Payable uses

You can use Accounts 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, you can select whether to fill the order from your inventory or purchase the items from a vendor. If you purchase the items from a vendor, you must set up the Accounts Payable first and specify the vendors.

Plan Accounts Payable setup for Billing

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

This diagram shows an overview of setting up Accounts Payable:

Planning your Accounts Payable setup

See Accounts Payable User Guide.