1. Click the Add button and a blank Vendor screen will open.

 

 

2. Enter a new vendor number in the Vendor Number field. It must be a unique vendor number.

 

If the number is not unique you will see this duplicate entry message when you click the Apply button. Correct the number and retry.

 

3. Now enter the name in the Company field and the rest of the vendor company and contact area information.

 

4. Click Apply. The new vendor has been added to the vendor file.

 

5a. Use the search tool  to find the vendor in the file and fill in the rest of the fields as required for the specific vendor in the Vendor tab including these sub-tabs: Remittance, Broker Address, Hot Message, Notes, Special Instructions, AP Notes, Accounting, Payments, GL/Account, Monetary Exchange, Miscellaneous.

 

5b. Then add a vendor image like a logo.

 

6. Click Apply to save your changes.

 

7. Once a vendor has been successfully added to entrée you can assign items a primary vendor in the Inventory File Vendor Tab.

 

When setting up the vendor file for the first time, many food distributors have found it easier to collect key information about their vendors before sitting down to enter the vendors into entrée. Some have even used vendors listings from their old system for this purpose.