Name

Enter the name of the supplier. This name is shown within the system.

Detailed name

Insert the complete company name if this is not identical to the name displayed in the upper column.

Abbreviation

Abbreviation for the supplier.

Country

Select the country the supplier has his company headquarters in.

VAT ID

Enter the VAT identification number of the company.

VAT reference

Enter a VAT reference for the supplier

External  reference

If you are working with an external ERP system, enter the number of the supplier here

D-U-N-S

D-U-N-S is is a nine digit worldwide company identification number. See http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update.htm for more information.

Contact

Contact person selected by the supplier for further enquiries about the catalog data.

If you click this symbol an e-mail to the stored address is automatically created

Owning company

The owning company is the holding company (client company) that handles this supplier. This means the applied catalog manager is displayed to this supplier and his catalogs for treatment. When importing a catalog the supplier is already assigned to the responsible company. The catalog manager of a specific company must always select a responsible company. He can choose between the company to which he is assigned and its sub-companies. Catalog managers for all companies can select any company or leave the field empty.

Acting

If necessary, chose a company that is in charge. If the supplier has a responsible company the templates of this company (company logos, letter templates, etc.) are used for creating documents.

Company type

Chose one of the available company types in order to display the company structure. You do not have to fill in this field.

Industry

If necessary enter the sector the supplier operates in.

Start month business year

Chose the calendar month that officially indicates the business year of the company. This information is evaluated for the automatic reset of the annual budget. See budget basics.

Share capital

Enrolment no.

Seat of chamber of commerce

Info if sole shareholder

These fields are only used for the master data of supplier companies at present and fulfill EU requirements when creating invoices or credit items.

No creation of catalogs is allowed

By activating this option the supplier cannot add any new catalogs to the system. This also affects the application of new catalog assignments in the catalog editor.

permitted for auctions and request for quotation

This option is valid to systems that contain modules such as request for quotation or auctions.

If this option is activated, the supplier may take part in request for quotations and take part in auctions. His name is displayed in the list of involved suppliers and he can be invited.

Bonus/Malus- Faktor

This option is appointed in order to consider certain supplier critera. The value entered here is the standard value of a percentage increase or decrease for a weighted price comparison, but that can be changed individually in the query