Your business - Suppliers

Suppliers

Whilst some standard suppliers have already been setup and are managed by Zeropath, there will be additional suppliers specific to your business that you will need to add to be able to record purchases and the linked carbon emissions.

To add suppliers to your business go to Your business —> Suppliers.

The main screen shows the suppliers you have added as well as the Core suppliers managed by Zeropath.

The filter option allows you to find a supplier in the list or search for deleted suppliers.

The Import button allows you to create or update suppliers from a file.

To add a new entry select Add a new supplier on the righthand side.

From here enter the new supplier's name and description and select a type, this will help with filtering, reporting and the unit.

Click Save to enter the rest of the Supplier details.

Use the address section to enter the details for the supplier so they are stored on record.

The Linked products section allows you to assign a product to the Supplier, which in turn is linked to the carbon categories.

This can be done by clicking on the Add a product button, this will show any products which are not currently linked to suppliers.

Click on the arrow next to the product you need to attach.

If the product is used by more than one supplier, click on the tick next to Show already used, this will display all products available.

The selected product will then sit in the linked products section and can be edited or added to at any time.

Once selected use the Close button to return to the previous screen.

Finally, use the Alternative Names section to enter how your supplier may be known within your ERP or finance system, this will be useful if you are importing transactional or supplier data using the data uploader tool and the supplier name is not exactly the same.