Adding vendors

You purchase items from vendors. A vendor group allows several AP companies to share the same list of vendors. Each company shares the vendor list, or companies can have their own vendor lists. For more information on vendor groups, see the Accounts Payable User Guide.

To add a new MSCM vendor

  1. Select Vendor Management in the Administration menu.
  2. Select Vendors > Add.

    The Add Vendor Information page displays.

  3. Specify this information on the Add Vendor Information page.
    Vendor ID

    Specify a vendor ID.

    Vendor Name

    Specify the name of the new vendor.

    Vendor Group

    Select a group the new vendor will be assigned to.

    Note: 

    Vendor Group either comes from Lawson AP or, if this is a standalone installation, one vendor group is created at the time of install. Vendor Group in combination with Vendor Number are the key fields, and it is the company (which is assigned a vendor group) that determines the access to which vendors.

    Vendor Type

    Select one or more types for the new vendor.

    Select Carrier Tracking Identifier

    Select the appropriate tracking formats used by the carriers of the new vendor (for example, DHL10 means the 10-character format employed for DHL tracking).

    Note: 

    FedEx pertains to the 12 and 14-character format employed by FedEx tracking.

  4. Click Add to add the new vendor information to the application.
    Note: 

    The carrier formats can only be used once, and Vendor Type = Vendor Record (PO10) is not available because this setting comes from Lawson AP and is not available for non-Lawson AP MSCM-only vendors.

    The Add Vendor Information page displays.

  5. Click OK to return to the Vendor Management page.