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# Suppliers

When a supplier's currency, tax type, or payment terms are wrong, every purchase order you send them and every supplier invoice you capture is wrong too. **Suppliers** in OrderEazi holds the companies you buy from, with their contact, currency, tax type, and terms. Purchase orders and supplier costs on your products use these details.

### Before you start

You'll need permissions in the **Suppliers** permission group:

* **View Suppliers:** To see the supplier list.
* **Create Supplier:** To add and import suppliers.
* **Edit Supplier:** To change suppliers.
* **Export Suppliers:** To export the list.

### How to add a supplier

1. In the main menu, select **Suppliers**.
2. Select **Add Supplier**.
3. Enter the **Company Name**.
4. Under **Default Settings**, choose the **Tax Type** and **Currency**, and set the payment terms.
5. Under **Default Contact Person**, enter the **Full Name** and **Email**.
6. Add the addresses and any **Supplier Notes**.
7. Select **Create**.

You see "Supplier Created". If your organisation uses an accounting system, the supplier's code comes from it once the supplier syncs. Suppliers can also be brought in from your accounting system by its supplier importer.

**Example:** You start buying chairs from a supplier in China who bills in US dollars. You add them with **Currency** set to USD and **Tax Type** set to the zero-rated import type. Their purchase orders are in dollars, and product costs from them are converted to rand on your projects.

### What you can do with a supplier

The list shows each supplier's **Code**, **Company Name**, **Category**, contact, **Rating** and whether they're active, and whether they've synced to your accounting system. Open the menu on a supplier's row to:

* **Edit:** Change the supplier. See [Editing a supplier](/central/order-management/suppliers/editing-a-supplier.md).
* **Payments:** See payments to the supplier. See [Supplier payments](/central/order-management/suppliers/supplier-payments.md).
* **Disable / Enable:** Mark the supplier inactive, or active again.

Select **Export** to download an Excel file of the suppliers matching your search.

### Related pages

* [Editing a supplier](/central/order-management/suppliers/editing-a-supplier.md): every field on the supplier screen
* [Import Suppliers](/central/order-management/suppliers/import-suppliers.md): add many suppliers at once
* [Products](/central/order-management/products.md): give a supplier's products their costs