Supplier Management
How are suppliers managed alongside customers in one partner record?
Suppliers live on the same partner record as customers — a company can be both, flagged per role. The record carries locations, multi-currency accounts, deposit terms, and an evaluation rating, so sourcing decisions run on data you already maintain.
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How it works
A partner is one record with buyer and supplier roles as flags, so a company that both sells to you and buys from you is not duplicated. Partners can carry multiple locations, and each record holds commercial terms: deposit terms, accounts in multiple currencies, and the financial traffic history that accumulates from transactions.
Partner evaluation is part of the record — a rating that gives buyers a documented basis for choosing between suppliers rather than folklore. Items also list their suppliers on the item record, which feeds offer comparison and ordering with the right candidates already attached.
Suppliers with portal accounts can take part directly: offers can be exchanged through the partner portal, marked on the offer record as displayed to or received from the portal.
What the register holds
5 on the record- One record, both roles
- Buyer and supplier are flags on the same partner record, so a two-way trading relationship stays one entity.
- Partner evaluation
- An evaluation rating on the partner record gives sourcing decisions a documented basis.
- Multi-currency accounts
- A partner can hold accounts in several currencies alongside deposit terms.
- Item–supplier links
- Items carry their supplier list on the item record, pre-wiring offer requests and orders.
- Portal accounts
- Supplier users can exchange offers through the partner portal under their own accounts.
What this touches
- Supplier offers
Offers are requested from and exchanged with these partner records. - Purchase orders
Orders address a supplier partner and use its terms and currency accounts. - Partner Portal
Portal accounts let suppliers send and receive offers directly. - Finance & Accounting
Partner financial traffic feeds receivables and payables records.
See supplier management running in continON.
A guided walkthrough on a sanitized demo tenant — this capability inside its module, on the shared platform.