How to create Supplier in ERPNext ?

Supplier-A party that supplies goods or services. A supplier may be distinguished from a contractor or subcontractor or company or individual, who commonly adds specialized input to deliverables. Also called vendor. Follow below steps to create Supplier in ERPNext

1)You can create New Supplier in ERPNext vai

Buying->Documents->Supplier->New

or

Accounts->Documents->Supplier->New

2)In the Supplier form you need add Supplier Name,Supplier Type,Supplier Details

Supplier Name-Enter the name of the supplier

Supplier Type-Select the supplier type like Distributor,Electrical,Services,Local etc.

If you want you can also create New Supplier Type by clicking Create a new Supplier Type in Supplier Type

when you click on Create a new Supplier Type,you will get new window as shown below

As shown in above figure in New Supplier Type add new supplier type and credit days and save it.

You can also create New Supplier Type via

Buying->Setup->Supplier Type->New

3)Enter Supplier details in Supplier form and save it. After saving it looks like

4)When you create new supplier,ERPNext will create Accounting Ledger automatically for supplier under Account Payable in the Company set in the supplier record.

5)You can also create Supplier while entering new Purchase Order/Purchase Receipt/Purchase Invoice

In the above figure you can see while creating new Purchase Order we can create a new Supplier by clicking create a new Supplier in Supplier field.