Vendors
This is Procurement's own vendor directory: the companies you can invite to submit a quote when you turn an approved requisition into an RFQ. Testing Hub has none registered yet, so the page shows Total Vendors, Active Vendors, and Categories all at zero.
Add a vendor
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Click Add Vendor.
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Enter the company name, a contact person, phone, and email. Website and address are optional.
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Set a category (Office Supplies, IT Equipment, Facility Maintenance, Professional Services, Marketing, Logistics, or Other) and a status (Active, Inactive, or Suspended).
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Add any notes, such as payment terms or onboarding details, then save.
Edit a vendor or change its status
Use Edit on a vendor's row to change any of its details. The Activate / Deactivate button next to it flips a vendor between Active and Inactive without opening the edit form. There's no delete: retiring a vendor means marking it Inactive or Suspended rather than removing the record.
Only active vendors can be invited to quote
When you build an RFQ, the vendor checklist only lists vendors whose status isn't Inactive. Suspend or deactivate a vendor here to keep it out of future RFQs without deleting its history.
Not the same list an employee sees
The "preferred vendor" dropdown an employee sees when submitting a purchase request pulls from a separate, company-wide vendor directory shared with Inventory, not from this page. A request can arrive with a preferred vendor that isn't in this list at all, and Procurement is free to source a different vendor from here when it builds the RFQ.