Assigning products to vendors allows you to quickly generate Purchase Orders for inventory replenishment. This article walks you through how to create a vendor and how to assign products to one or more vendors.
NOTE:
Before adding a product to a Purchase Order, please ensure that:
The vendor has been created in the system, and
The product has been assigned to a vendor
Create a Vendor
You can easily add, edit and delete vendors.
From your Client Portal, navigate to Purchase Orders > Vendors
To add a new vendor, click the Add Vendor button from the top right-hand side
Fill out the required information:
Name: vendor name
Email(s): include your vendor email or your company email
Account Number: optional
Internal Note: optional
Click Save
Once your vendor is created, you can edit all information from the Vendors page.
Assign Multiple Products to Vendor(s)
You can update many products at once either in the ShipHero interface.
Update Products & Vendors
From your Client Portal, navigate to Inventory > Products
Select multiple products by selecting them in the checkbox column.
Once you have selected the products you need to assign a vendor to, click Manage Vendors at the top left-hand side of the Products page.
In the pop-up window, choose your vendor from the dropdown menu. You have the option to add or remove that vendor from your selected products.
Click Process
Assign Single Product to Vendors
From your Client Portal, navigate to Inventory > Products
On the Products page, find the product listing that you would like to assign a vendor to. Click on that product name.
On the product listing page, scroll down to the Vendors section.
In the search box, begin typing the Vendor's name as it has been entered. The name should auto-populate.
Hit Enter, and the vendor name will now be present in the Assigned Vendors table below.