Adding a vendor

  1. Select Vendor Management under Administration.
  2. Click Vendors. The Add Vendor information page is displayed.
  3. Specify this information:
    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 FSM or Infor Lawson 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 Save to create the vendor.