Associating Vendors with Products

Vendors who supply the product can be tracked on the Vendors tab of the Products form.

Follow these steps to record a product's vendors:

1. Open the Products record, if not already open.
2. Click the Inventory > Vendors tab.
3. Specify the primary vendor for the product in the Primary Vendor field.
   • This field links to a record in the Companies service. The vendor needs a Companies record before it can associated with a Products record.
     
     
4. Specify the product's original manufacturer in the Manufacturer field.
   • This field links to a record in the Companies service.
     
     
5. Click the New icon in the toolbar to open a new Vendors sub-type record.
6. Specify the primary vendor in the VendorID field.
   • This field links to a record in the Companies service.
     
     
7. Enter the contact person with the vendor company in the Contact field.
   • This field links to the Persons service.
     
     
8. Enter other optional data as listed on the Vendors form.
   • See About the Vendors Form for Products for information on the other fields found on this form.
     
     
     
     
9. Click OK to save and close the Vendors record.
10. If the organization works with other vendors who supply this product, create additional Vendors records for these companies.
    
    
11. Save the Products record.