Add a supplier and supplier SKUs

Record who you buy from and how you buy each material from them. Kerno uses a supplier's SKUs to fill in purchase orders and to reorder automatically.

Add a supplier

1. Go to Purchases, then Suppliers, and click Add supplier.
2. Type the Supplier name.
3. Add the Contact person and Email. Purchase orders are emailed to this address.
4. Under Purchasing information, enter the Payment terms, such as Net 30, and check the Currency. SKU prices are in this currency.
5. Enter the Default lead time in calendar or business days. Kerno uses it when a SKU has no lead time of its own.
6. Click Add supplier.

Kerno numbers the supplier, such as SUP-0003, and opens its page.

Add supplier SKUs

A supplier SKU links one of your materials to the way this supplier sells it.

1. On the supplier's page, open the Materials tab and click Link material.
2. Choose the Material.
3. Enter the Supplier SKU / product code and a SKU name, such as Shea butter, 1 kg tub. Leave Kerno SKU code blank and Kerno numbers it.
4. Choose the Purchase unit and enter the Unit cost per purchase unit. The purchase unit must convert to the material's inventory unit.
5. Enter the MOQ (minimum order quantity) and, if it differs from the supplier's default, the Lead time.
6. Turn on Preferred supplier for this material if this is the SKU you usually order.
7. Click Link material.

The Materials tab lists each SKU with its purchase unit, unit cost, MOQ, lead time and whether it's preferred.

Good to know

• Leave Unit cost empty only when you don't know it yet. Kerno then flags the SKU as needing a cost and never reorders it automatically. A cost of 0 counts as no cost and alerts you and the workspace owner.
• Only one SKU per material can be preferred. Automatic reordering and new purchase orders use it by default.
• Minimum order value and Default MOQ on the supplier apply when a SKU doesn't set its own.
• The Suppliers page lists each supplier with its contact, number of materials, open purchase orders and lead time, and has Import and Export CSV.

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