Suppliers

A supplier is a business you buy stock from. Adding your suppliers here means you can pick them by name when you raise a purchase order, and their contact details fill in automatically.

🔷 For managers & admins

You need purchases.suppliers.read to see suppliers and purchases.suppliers.create / .update / .delete to manage them. Requires the purchasing module.

Screenshot pendingRoute /suppliers with a few suppliers

Your supplier list — search, add and edit the businesses you buy from.

Add a supplier

1. Go to Suppliers and select Create (or Add).
2. Fill in the Name — this is the only required field.
3. Add Email, Phone and Address if you have them.
4. Leave Enabled on so the supplier appears in purchase order forms.
5. Select Save.

Fields

Field	Notes
Name	Required. The business name, e.g. "ABC Trading Co."
Email	Optional contact email
Phone	Optional phone number
Address	Optional — shows on the purchase order's supplier panel
Enabled	Turn off to hide a supplier from purchase order forms without deleting it

Disable instead of delete

If you stop using a supplier but have past purchase orders with them, switch Enabled off rather than deleting. Their history stays intact and they simply drop out of the supplier picker.

Edit or remove a supplier

• Edit — open a supplier and change any field, then Save.
• Delete — remove a supplier you never used. Deleting is best avoided once a supplier is tied to purchase orders; disable them instead.

Next steps

• Create a purchase order
• Purchases overview
• Customers — the buying-side equivalent