Adding a Vendor lets you keep track of who you're getting you are purchasing items in your inventory from. This is an often overlooked convience of a POS software, it lets you keep track of many facets of your stores operation.

Adding a Vendor into your database is easy.

1. To add a vendor, click on the Options menu, then click on Adiminstrative at the bottom left. Select Vendor Maintenance.

2. Creating a Vendor:

• Click on the Add button.
   

• Type in a vendor number in the field marked Vendor Number. Many people use a telephone number as a vendor number. NOTE: Do not use an asterisk, *, in the vendor number.
   

• Use <TAB> or the mouse to move the cursor to the different fields. Once you have entered all the vendor's information click on the Save button. If you want quit without creating a vendor clock on the Cancel button.

3. To update or delete a vendor.
 

• Select the desired vendor. Scroll through desired vendor by using the right arrow or the drop down list in the middle of the arrows.
   

• Change the desired information on the vendor and then click Update. Click on Exit to quit without saving any changes.
   

• To delete a vendor that is selected, just click on the Delete button.

Now that you've added a vendor go to the next step of the tutorial: Add an Inventory Item

Step 4: Add a Department
Step 5: Add a Vendor
Step 6: Add an Inventory Item
Step 7: Add a Customer
Step 8: Process a Cash Transaction
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