Setting up Accounts Payable

If you use the Lawson Accounts Payable application to manage payments to vendors, set up Accounts Payable. This procedure provides a checklist of Accounts Payable setup tasks.

Note: For more detailed information on setting up Accounts Payable, see the Accounts Payable User Guide.

To set up Accounts Payable

Access Vendor Group (AP00.1) and define your vendor group.

Your vendor group is the set of vendors you do business with.
Access Vendor Class (AP00.3) and define a vendor class.

Your vendor class represents a subset of vendors in your vendor group. Vendor classes categorize vendors that share common reporting and payment processing characteristics.
Access Pay Group (AP01.1) and define a pay group.
Access Company (AP00.4) and define your Accounts Payable company.
Access Process Level (AP00.5) and define your process level(s).

A process level is a part of a company, such as a division, department, or cost center. You must define at least one process level for each Accounts Payable company.
Access Vendor (AP10.1) and define your vendors.