How do I add a supplier?

Open Suppliers & bills, press Add supplier, fill in the name and the other details, and press Save. The supplier's own page opens straight away, ready for goods, bills and payments.

Where to find it

Admin › ERP › Production Department › Suppliers & bills (প্রোডাকশন বিভাগ).

The store owner can always add suppliers. Among staff, only an Admin with Supplier bills & payments can (the Admin role starts with it). A Manager, or anyone with only Goods received, sees the list but has no Add supplier button.

Step by step

Open Suppliers & bills and press Add supplier.
Type the supplier's Name. This is the only field you must fill.
Add the Mobile number and the Address / market if you have them.
If you already owe this supplier money from before, type it in Previous due (৳) and pick the date in As of. If you paid them in advance, type it with a minus sign, for example -5000.
Add a Note if it helps (for example, what you usually buy from them).
Leave Show this supplier ticked.
Press Save. You see "Supplier added." and the supplier's page opens.

Good to know

Example: Rangdhanu Fashion buys packets from "Shapla Packaging", mobile 01XXXXXXXXX. They still owe ৳12,000 from last month, so they type 12000 in Previous due with last month's date. From now on, every bill adds to it and every payment takes from it.
Changing details later: open the supplier and press Edit. The same form opens.
Stopped buying from someone? Press Edit and untick Show this supplier. They stay in the list, faded, with a "hidden" label, and their old bills and payments are kept.
The name can be up to 120 characters; the mobile up to 30.
Each store has its own supplier list. No other store can see yours.
Purchases (old) in the same group is the older purchase module. New supplier work belongs in Suppliers & bills.

Common problems

There is no Add supplier button. Your login has only Goods received. Only the owner and an Admin with Supplier bills & payments add suppliers. Ask one of them.
The page says it "is in the … package". Suppliers are part of the "Cashbook, accounts, suppliers & approvals" part of the packages. Choose a package that includes it in Package & billing.

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