About Vendors

In SOMAX, a vendor is an entity or company that does business with your organization. For example, a vendor can be any company that:

• Supplies parts
• Provides assets 
• Provides service to your assets

Vendor Contacts

A person that you actually interact with in your vendor's company is called a vendor contact. There can be multiple contacts within each vendor which are stored in the vendor's information. 

For help accessing and managing your vendor's contacts, see Adding Vendor Contacts

Vendors and Other SOMAX Modules

This section will show how vendors relate to other modules in SOMAX. 

Vendors and Assets

A vendor you assign to an asset is typically the company that supplies that asset or does maintenance work on that asset. 

For more help creating or editing vendors or assets, see: 

• Adding a New Vendor or Editing a Vendor
• Adding an Asset or Editing an Asset
• Adding a Vendor & Warranty to an Asset

Vendors and Parts

A vendor you assign to a part is typically the company that supplies that part. You can assign multiple parts to one vendor or multiple vendors to one part.

For more help, see Linking Parts and Vendors.

Vendors and Purchase Requests/Orders

A purchase order in SOMAX starts as a request for a part. Naturally, the purchase request or order will include the vendor of the part you want to order. 

For more help creating purchase requests or orders, see:

• Creating a Purchase Request
• Creating a Purchase Order

Vendors and Work Orders

Personnel you assign a work order to is typically the corporation that will complete that work. You can add multiple vendors to a work order.

For more help with work orders, see:

• Creating a Work Order
• Scheduling a Work Order