The vendor’s business number.
Use Tax type to specify whether the apply tax to orders for the selected vendor. If you are applying tax then specify the Tax rate. The default tax rate is specified in the Acquisitions General Parameters, but you can set a different rate for the vendor if you wish.
You can also set different tax rates for different materials.
The vendor type, e.g. binder, publisher or seller.
The currency should be the one that the vendor normally deals in. This is used as the default currency for POs for this vendor.
The country where the vendor is located.
The default discount for the vendor.
You can specify whether or not the discount is applied to orders automatically by setting Apply discount rate by default to Yes or No.
You can specify different discount rates for different material types.
The average price for items ordered from the vendor.
The method you specify here is used as the default delivery method for POs for this vendor.
The customer number and membership number may have been allocated to you by the vendor (as may be the case with subscriptions for example). The membership number is usually printed on claims. The customer number appears as the “customer” on reminders and as the “subscriber” on claims.
If the library previously had a previous ID in dealing with this vendor (e.g. prior to an amalgamation or consortium).
The creditor code can be used to match Local Government (Authority) records with Spydus ones.
This free text field may contain notes about payment methods and terms between the library and the vendor.
Rather than delete the vendor you can select the Suspend option. You'll then see a "suspended" message pop up if you create an order for this vendor.
Not currently used.