Suppliers

Vendors you buy parts from on purchase orders. They are not customers, not technicians, and they have no portal.

Inventory → Suppliers · /app/w/{workspace}/suppliers · capability + plan inventory · suppliers.view (create/update as granted)

Catalog-only workspaces (inventory entitlement off) never need this screen — the nav is hidden.

Create a supplier

1. Inventory → Suppliers → New supplier.
2. Identity and contact details the form requires. Email is required later to send a purchase order.
3. Save. Reference the supplier on New purchase order.

There is no supplier portal, no marketplace, and no /portal/{workspace} invite for vendors. Do not put suppliers in the customer import CSV.

What-if

If send PO has no email: edit the supplier and add email, then send from the issued PO. Creating the supplier without email is allowed; sending is not.

If inventory plan is off: Suppliers nav hidden.

If a vendor tries the customer portal: they cannot. Invite portal users from a customer only.

Related: Purchasing, Stock, Catalog.