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Vendor (Description)

Vendors are organisations that sell services and products to your company.

Vendors must be uploaded before acutal spend is uploaded. When uploading actuals, the data will be checked against this vendor list to ensure vendor are active.

Field Name

Description

Mandatory

Vendor Code

The Vendor Code used by the Financial Management system to track the company providing the product or service.

Yes

Vendor Name

The name of the Vendor

Yes

Annual Target Spend

Client defined annual target spend on a specific vendor

No

Contract Rate

The hourly rate of the vendor if the contract is based on hours

No

Service Location

The location where the service is performed

No

Function

A high-level categorization of the function that the vendor provides.  Example: Consulting, Hardware, IaaS/PaaS, Leasing, Managed Service Provider, SaaS, Service Provider, Software, Staff Augmentation.  

No

Location

The location of the vendor

No

Manager

The internal person who manages the vendor relationship

No

Owner

The internal person who owns the vendor budget

No

Primary Service

The service provided by the vendor

No

Type

A classification of vendors to provide appropriate management and oversight to optimize pricing and risk.  Example: Strategic, Preferred and Transactional

No

Go to the templates menu to download a template of an accounts file.