Suppliers Overview
This screen provides information about the suppliers that you use.
The top half of the screen (known as the form), shows the details for the supplier that is
selected in the table that is in the bottom half of the screen. In the middle of the screen
is a filter. By right-clicking in the table, you open a context menu
where you can do things with your suppliers. You can activate the suppliers screen using CTRL+SHIFT+9.
Special things to note about the top half of the page:
- The name of the supplier must be unique. If you attempt to enter a duplicate name, BookStore will
simply not save the name.
- The PO Order Threshold is the value above which BookStore will draw you attention to
purchase orders
that can be ordered. It may be inefficient to place purchase orders below a certain value, for example
if delivery to you from the supplier costs a lot. You can work out the minimum order size that you
want to make for each supplier, and set the value here. If a PO is below this value, it can still be
ordered, but BookStore will not draw you attention to it until it contains enough products to take its
value over this threshold.
- Delivery Percentage is the percentage value of the suppliers RRP that should be added to your RRP
when calculating the RRP for products from this supplier where you want that RRP to include the
delivery charge from the supplier. It is ONLY used during product imports.
- Delivery Fixed is the fixed value that should be added to your RRP
when calculating the RRP for products from this supplier where you want that RRP to include the
delivery charge from the supplier. It is ONLY used during product imports.
- As well as adding an address, you can use the Contact Details field to add name and personal information
about the points of contact you have with this supplier. These details should allow you to build up
more personalable relationships with you suppliers.
In the middle of the screen is a filter. You can type search text there and it will limit what is shown in the
table below. Click on the 
icon for more information. The number in brackets, in the
header cell of the ID column of the table indicates how many rows match the given filter.
If the filter is empty, then this number is the total number of suppliers that you have.
If the cursor is in the filter, you can use the down arrow to move focus into the table.
The table in the bottom half of the screen has the following columns:
- ID - The Supplier ID, as generated by BookStore
- Name - The unique name of this supplier
- Country - The country in which this supplier is based.
You can sort rows in the table by clicking on the header cell of the column you wish to sort by, for example to
sort by "Name", click on the column header in the table. To reverse sort, click the header again.
Selecting a supplier in the table shows you its details in the form.
Right clicking on the table gives you a menu:
