Vendors Overview

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    The Vendor is the seller of the commodities. BizGaze “Vendors app” provides all basic details of the active customers in regular business. The vendor can be categorized with multiple lines of businesses. Vendors are managed within the App system to track their information, such as contact details, product offerings, pricing, and contracts. Vendors app allows businesses to maintain a comprehensive record of their vendors, track their interactions, manage procurement processes, and monitor the performance of vendors in delivering goods or services.

    Stage Workflow

    The default stages workflow for the Vendor app as follow

    Stage Name

    Stage Description

    Lead when a vendor is created, by default vendor will be created in Lead stage
    Qualify After meeting pre-requisites defined by the organization, moved further to the qualified stage
    Confirmed The prospect  turns-on to become a vendor to the organization, further can move to the confirmed stage 
    Rejected Vendor or supplier who has not been qualified or approved to provide goods or services to an organization

    How to Deactivate or Activate the Vendor

    Portlets & Widgets

    In the layout view, a Portlet accurately represents each functionality, and its corresponding data is precisely viewed as a Widget. The following section includes the default portlets and widgets of the Vendors App.

    How to set Manual Credit Limit for the Vendor


    Field name Description
    Available Limit It is calculated by subtracting the total outstanding balance or utilized credit from the vendor’s assigned credit limit.
    Due It can refer to an outstanding balance of Vendor as well as an unpaid invoice or bill for goods or services rendered.
    Overdue

    1. If the payment has not been received by the due date, the full outstanding balance becomes overdue. Due date is defined according to the payment term duration.

    2. Penalties/Interest can be applied based on the Over Due Amount for the vendor

    Clearance

    When a payment is initiated, it goes through a clearance process to verify the availability of funds, authenticate the transaction, and settle the payment.

    Payment yet to be get confirmed/cleared is displayed here.

    Credits This Widget shows the amount of the Returns, Debit Notes & any Wallets created for the Vendor

    Ledger Report

    The ledger report contains the account details like Ledger name, ledger group, (Opening balance) OB date, Closing balance including every transaction details going in and out of the accounts.

    Field name Description
    Ledger name Ledger account name of the company is displayed
    Ledger group Ledger group name to which the ledger account belongs
    OB date Opening balance date (OB date) of the ledger account
    Opening bal. Displays Opening Balance (OB) amount of the ledger account
    Closing bal. Closing balance amount of the ledger account

    Vendor’s Credit Health 

    Field name Description
    Pending Orders Orders which were not proceeded till completed stage are shown in this section. These are partially placed orders which are waiting/pending for final confirmation
    Pending Payments Pending payments of a Vendor represent outstanding or unpaid amounts owed to a business or organization, which need to be settled for both parties to fulfill their financial responsibilities
    Pending Invoices The pending invoice has yet to be paid and is not past due. Invoices that attempt collection using the account’s billing information are immediately marked as Paid or Past Due, depending on the transaction’s outcome.
    Description Displays comments or short notes about the Vendor’s credit health

    Purchase Frequency

    Field name Description
    Average Days Between Last Five Invoices This section shows the average time period of last five invoices.
    Average Days Between Last Five Payments This section shows the average time period of last five payments.
    Returned Cheques From Past 6 Months This section shows the returned Cheques of last 6 months.
    Average Amount of Last Five Invoices This section shows the average amount of last five invoices.
    Average Amount of Last Five Payments This section shows the average amount last five payments.
    Average Clearance Days of Invoices This section shows the average clearance days of Invoices.

    This section contains the details of the organization, sales manager, organization group, followers, and documents.

    Field name Description
    Org name Displays organization name
    PAN no. PAN (Permanent account number) of the registered company is displayed
    CIN CIN number of the company is displayed. A CIN(Corporate Identification Number) is a unique number assigned to registered businesses by the Registrar of Companies at the time the certificate of incorporation is issued.
    Global CIN Global company identification numbers are specific to countries, similar to CINs.
    Contact name Point of contact person name which is assigned while creating the Vendor is displayed
    Organization type Displays whether the organization type is Individual or Walk-In.

    GST Details

    This section contains GSTIN (Goods and Services Tax Identification Number) details of the Vendor like GST number, Validity period and address name. GST is a digitized form of VAT where you can also track the goods & services.

    Field name Description
    GSTIN no. GSTIN number of the Vendor is displayed. GSTIN is a unique 15-digit identification number assigned to each registered taxpayer (primarily a dealer or supplier, but also any business entity) under the GST regime.
    GST valid from date Start date of the GST validity period. The GST registration certificate is valid from the date when the person became liable to GST registration if they submitted the registration application within thirty days from such liable date.
    GST valid to date Expiry date of GST validity period. The GST registration remains valid as long as it is not surrendered or canceled.
    Address name Address name of the Vendor

    Organization Group

    This section comprises the Organization group name and the CIN number.

    Field name Description
    Group By default organization group name will be loaded.
    CIN Default CIN Number will be generated. CIN is the Corporate Identification number allotted to all registered companies under ROC (Registrar of Companies)

    Rules

    A manual price override is a feature of a business management system which allows an authorized person to change the automated price of a product or service, in order to apply a discount.

    Field name Description
    LoB Line of Business (LoB) segment of the company
    Payment Term

    By default system will load payment term based on configured Payment Term rules or user can select the payment term manually.

    Payment term refers to Specific term of days or Period for which the Invoice due to be cleared. If the Payment Term Exceeds Penalties/Discount can be applied for Late & early Payments.

    Price Code Displays Price code name. Price codes allow you to define a price discount for items/SKUs in a specified offer or source code when consumers order a specified quantity.

    LoB (Line of Business)

    This section contains LoB (Line of Business segment) details of the Vendor and Tag details assigned to the Vendor. A business segment can be identified by the product(s) sold or services provided or by geographical locations that the company operates in.

    Field name Description
    LoB Line of Business segment of the Vendor
    Tag LoB wise Tag of the organization. Tag enables grouping of different entities within a system which can be defined by each organization based on the analytic reports required. (Ex: Zone wise grouping of Vendors)

    Documents

    This section contains Vendor documents like PAN, Address proofs, Aadhar card, Organization related files and images.

    Field name Description
    File Displays file/document name provided by the Vendor
    Type Document type/format is displayed whether it is JPEG, PNG or other
    Preview User can click on Preview to view the document
    Download User can download the Vendor document

    Account Manager

    An account manager is a liaison from a Vendor’s organization who manages a specific customer or group of customers, ensuring that their needs are met and that high-quality products or services are provided.

    Account manager details like LoB segment, Name, Address name and Contact person name assigned to the Vendor are displayed in this section

    Field name Description
    Lob Line of business segment tag assigned for the Account manager is displayed
    Address name Address name of the Account manager is displayed
    Sales person Account manager name assigned for the Vendor is displayed
    Contact person  Displays the Contact person’s name who has created the Vendor.

    Followers

    The followers represents as point of contact in the absence of actual salesperson. This section contains Followers details of the Vendor

    Field name Description
    Name Name of the follower added is displayed. The followers represents as point of contact in the absence of actual salesperson
    Designation Designation of the follower added is displayed

    This section contains all the address details of the Vendor. Vendor can have a primary address or multiple addresses.

    Contact Point

    This section contains owner details of the Vendor/Organization

    Widget name Description
    Contact name Point of contact person’s name. It refers to Contact person who has created the Vendor.
    Contact number Phone number of the Point of Contact person
    Designation Designation of the Point of Contact Person like what he does in their organization
    Email Enter mail id of the Point of Contact Person

    Address

    This section contains the address information of the Vendor like address name, city in which company is located and GST details of the Vendor organization.

    Field name Description
    Address Address of the Vendor is displayed. It refers to the residential address of an individual working for an organization.
    City City name and Pin code of the city address are displayed. Pin code, also known as Postal Index Number (PIN), is a unique code consisting of six digits that is used in India to identify specific geographic regions
    GSTIN GSTIN number of the Vendor is displayed

    Contact Alias

    “Contact Alias” generally refers to an alternate name or label assigned to a contact in the address book, messaging app, or email client. It functions as a nickname or shorthand to help easily identify and manage contacts. Using a contact alias can be helpful for personalization, privacy or organization purposes.

    Field name Description
    Alias name Displays Alias name or other name of the point of contact person
    Alias CIN Displays Alias CIN of the point of contact person

    Phone Number

    This section contains the contact Phone number, Phone number Type and Mobile number of the Vendor

    Field name Description
    Number Type Displays Phone number Type like Personal, Office, Home, Others
    Phone Type Type of Phone like landline or Mobile
    Mobile no Phone number of the Vendor is displayed

    Email ID

    This section consists of Email details of the Vendor like Email Type and Email address provided by the Vendor

    Field name Description
    Email Type Type of Email of the Vendor like Work or Personal is displayed
    Email Email address provided by the Vendor is displayed

    URL

    This section contains URL link of the Vendor. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator and is the unique link that you would enter to navigate to a specific web page.

    Field name Description
    URL Type URL Type of the URL provided by the Vendor
    URL URL provided by the Vendor is displayed as Custom, Facebook, Google, or Twitter

    Activity Log provide users with essential information, notifications, and real-time updates to keep them engaged and informed about key activities in apps related to updates, notifications, and stage changes.

    Field name Description
    Comments User can write short notes or comments about the Vendor
    Audit
    Created Date The date when the Vendor is created
    Created By The name of the person who created the Vendor
    Last Updated Date The last stage changed of the Vendor
    Last Updated By The name of the person who last updated the stage
    Status This section displays the current status of the Vendor
    Time-Line This widget tracks all the activities within the app.

    Reports

    A report is a document that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents.

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