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Individual Settings - Supplier Categories

The Supplier Categories setting is included in the following Standard products:
  • Standard Accounts (Purchase Ledger module)
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You can group Suppliers of a similar type together using Supplier Categories. All Suppliers of the same Category can be given the same default Creditor Account, saving you the work of having to specify this for all Suppliers individually.

If you specify a Creditor Account both for a Supplier Category and for a Supplier that belongs to that Category, the Creditor Account entered for the Supplier will take precedence. If you do not specify a Creditor Account for a Category or a Supplier, the Creditor Account specified in the Account Usage P/L setting will be used.

To work with Supplier Categories, ensure you are in the Purchase Ledger and click the [Settings] button in the Master Control panel. Double-click 'Supplier Categories' in the resulting list. The 'Supplier Categories: Browse' window is displayed, showing all Categories previously entered. Click [New] to enter a new record, and [Save] to save it.

Code
Specify a unique code, by which the Supplier Category can be identified from the Contact screen and elsewhere in Standard Accounts.

Description
Enter text describing the Supplier Category here.

The Description will be shown in the 'Paste Special' list that you will use when assigning Supplier Categories to Suppliers and elsewhere, so it should be descriptive enough to make the selection of the correct Supplier Category easy for all users.

Creditor Acc.
Paste Special    Account register, Nominal Ledger
Specify here the Creditor Account that you wish to be credited when you receive Purchase Invoices from Suppliers that belong to this Category.

If you specify a Creditor Account both in a Supplier Category and in a Supplier that belongs to that Category, the Account entered in the Supplier will take precedence. If you do not specify a Creditor Account in a Category or a Supplier, the Creditor Account specified in the Account Usage P/L setting will be used.
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