Understanding Supplier Setup

You must enter identifying information for each of the suppliers that you use on jobs. For example, if you require plumbing subcontractors and electrical subcontractors for jobs, you must set up supplier information for each of the subcontractors you use.

Before you set up the information for a new supplier, you should search the system to verify that the information does not exist. You must create a supplier master record for each supplier that does not have a record in the system.

A number called an address book number uniquely identifies each supplier master record in the system. An address book record for a customer must exist in the system before you can create a supplier record. You can create an address book record directly using the Supplier Master program (P04012) or you can use the Address Book program (P01012).