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Vendors menu

The Vendor Centre, bills, bill payments, purchase orders, receiving, vendor credits, expenses, inventory activities, sales tax and contractor slips.

☰ Vendors⌨ Alt+N
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Watch it in the appThe purchases workflow Purchase orders, bills, Pay Bills, vendor credits and the GST return: every dollar going out.

The Vendors menu is the buying side of SeroBooks: your vendors (suppliers), the bills they send, paying them, ordering and receiving stock, vendor credits and everyday expenses. It also holds the inventory activities and the sales tax centre, as QuickBooks Desktop's Vendors menu does, and the contractor slips. At the bottom, under Transactions, are the lists of bills, purchase orders, vendor credits, expenses and vendor balances.

Opening the Vendors menu

  • Click Vendors on the menu bar, or rest the pointer on it.
  • Or press Alt+N (the n in Vendors is underlined).

Centres

ItemWhat it doesRead more
Vendor CentreOpens the Vendor Centre: every vendor, with their details, balance and transactions.Vendor Centre
Bill TrackerOpens the Bill Tracker page over the Home Page: a money bar across the top (Purchase Orders, Open Bills, Overdue, Paid (last 30 days), each a filter) and every document behind it, by vendor, type and status. Esc goes back to the Home Page. Needs permission for the Bills list.Bill Tracker

Vendor forms

ItemWhat it doesRead more
Enter BillsOpens a blank bill.Enter Bills
Pay BillsOpens the list of every vendor you owe, with Pay beside each. Pay opens the full Pay Bills page for that vendor.Pay Bills
Create Purchase OrdersOpens a blank purchase order.Create Purchase Orders
Receive ItemsOpens the Receive Items screen, where goods that arrive are recorded against their purchase order.Receive Items
Enter Bill for Received ItemsOpens the Enter Bill for Received Items page over the Home Page. It first lists the Item Receipts Waiting for a Bill; choose the receipt, then fill in what the vendor's bill says (its number, date and terms). The receipt becomes the bill. Esc goes back to the Home Page. Needs permission for Enter Bills.Enter Bill for Received Items
Enter Vendor CreditsOpens a blank vendor credit over the Home Page. Esc goes back to the Home Page. Shown when your role can open the Vendor Credits list.Enter Vendor Credits
Enter ExpensesOpens a blank expense. Saving it takes you to the Expenses list.Enter Expenses

Inventory Activities ▸

ItemWhat it opensRead more
Adjust Quantity/Value on HandThe stock adjustments screen.Adjust Quantity/Value on Hand
Build AssembliesThe Assemblies screen.Build Assemblies
Transfer InventoryA blank transfer between locations.Transfer Inventory between locations
Inventory TransfersThe list of every transfer.Transfer Inventory between locations
WarehouseThe Warehouse screen: bins, putaway and picking.Warehouse and bin locations

Sales Tax ▸

ItemWhat it opensRead more
Manage Sales TaxThe Manage Sales Tax centre, where returns are prepared, filed and paid.Manage Sales Tax

Contractors

ItemWhat it opensRead more
Contractor Slips (T4A / T5018)The contractor slips screen.Contractor Slips (T4A / T5018)

Transactions

The grey TRANSACTIONS heading introduces the lists of vendor documents.

ItemWhat it opensRead more
BillsThe Bills list.The Bills list
Purchase OrdersThe Purchase Orders list.The Purchase Orders list
Vendor CreditsThe Vendor Credits list.Enter Vendor Credits
ExpensesThe Expenses list.The Expenses list
Vendor BalancesWhat you owe each vendor.Vendor Balances

How these items open

  • Forms, lists and screens open as screens of their own, each in its own window in Multiple Windows.
  • Bill Tracker and Enter Bill for Received Items are pages, and Enter Vendor Credits is a form the menu opens by itself: as in QuickBooks they open over the Home Page, and Esc goes back to the Home Page. Each uses the permission of the screen named above, but that screen is not opened.
  • An item your role cannot reach is not drawn. A submenu whose items are all out of reach (for example Inventory Activities for a role with no inventory screens) disappears too.

Common problems

  • Build Assemblies is missing. Assemblies are a SeroBooks feature; the item appears only in a SeroBooks company and for a role that can see the Assemblies screen.
  • No receipts are listed under Enter Bill for Received Items. Only goods received with the bill to follow are waiting for a bill. Goods received with their bill are already billed.
  • Enter Vendor Credits is missing. Your role cannot open the Vendor Credits list.