Suppliers

Use Inventory → Suppliers to maintain the supplier master data used by purchase orders.

What supplier records store

Supplier records include:

• Supplier code and supplier name
• Address and contact details
• Active / inactive status
• Notes
• An optional default currency selected from ChannelWeave’s supported currency list for new purchase orders

Maintenance rules

• Suppliers are maintained in their own directory, not only inside the purchase-order screen
• Inactive suppliers stay available on historic purchase orders that already reference them
• Once a supplier has linked purchase orders, use deactivation rather than deletion
• Purchase orders store a supplier snapshot so later edits to the live supplier record do not rewrite historic documents

Supplier detail form

Supplier detail captures:

• Supplier code and Supplier name: required identifiers used in supplier search and purchase-order headers.
• Default currency: optional supported currency used when creating new purchase orders.
• Status: active suppliers can be selected for new purchase orders.
• Contact name, Email, and Telephone: purchasing contact details.
• Address lines, Town / city, County / state, and Postcode: supplier address details.
• Notes: internal purchasing notes for your team.

The form also shows linked purchase-order count and record timestamps when they are available, so you can see whether a supplier is already in operational use.

Purchase-order usage

When you select a supplier on a draft purchase order, ChannelWeave can use the supplier's default currency and stores a supplier snapshot on the purchase order. This keeps historic purchase orders understandable even if the supplier record changes later.

Related

• Purchase orders
• Inventory overview