Suppliers
Save your vendors in Shop so your team can find them when setting up products and purchase orders.
A supplier record is a reference for your staff. Saving a supplier does not place an order or contact that supplier.
Add a supplier
Section titled “Add a supplier”- Open Shop, then select Suppliers.
- Select New Supplier.
- Enter the supplier’s name. Add a contact name, email, and phone number if useful.
- Select Create Supplier.
The name is required and must be different from an existing supplier’s name. Supplier and contact names can contain up to 200 characters. Email and phone are optional, but must be valid if entered.
To update a supplier later, open the supplier list and use its edit action. A supplier cannot be deleted while a product still uses it. Edit the product or variant to choose a different supplier first.
Set a product’s usual supplier
Section titled “Set a product’s usual supplier”- Open Products and select a product.
- Select Edit Product to set the product’s supplier, or edit a specific variant to set its supplier.
- Save your changes.
A variant’s supplier takes precedence when you create a purchase order for that variant. If the variant has no supplier, Kanri uses the product’s supplier. This is a suggestion, not a restriction. You can still add an item to an order for a different supplier.
For example, if most uniform sizes come from one vendor but size 4 comes from another, set the supplier on the size 4 variant. When you add that variant to an order, Kanri can suggest the more specific supplier.
Use a supplier on a purchase order
Section titled “Use a supplier on a purchase order”When you create a purchase order, choose a supplier if you have one. Search for products and variants to add them to the order. The supplier helps your team organize orders and does not send the order automatically.
Keep the supplier’s name and contact details current so staff can use them when they export or download an order to send manually. If an order must be split across vendors, create a separate purchase order for each supplier.