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Supplier master

Maintain the suppliers you buy from — contacts, GSTIN, payment terms and payables — and archive or reactivate them.

5 min read · updated 28/05/2026
Who can do this
RoleView stock & batchesRecord receiptRecord adjustmentCreate / edit productWrite off / quality-hold batch
OwnerAllowedAllowedAllowedAllowedAllowed
ManagerAllowedAllowedAllowedAllowedAllowed
AccountantNot allowedNot allowedNot allowedNot allowedNot allowed
WarehouseAllowedAllowedAllowedNot allowedAllowed

Overview

Suppliers are the parties you buy stock from. The supplier master is the one place that holds each one's contact, GSTIN, payment terms and the payables you owe them — so every purchase batch and stock movement points back to a clean record instead of a name scrawled in a register. Keep it tidy here and the numbers downstream stay right.

Where to find it

In the web app, open Suppliers from the sidebar — route /suppliers. It opens on a dashboard: four KPI tiles up top (Active suppliers, Payables open, On-time %, Low reliability) and a table of your active suppliers below.

This is a desktop / web surface only. The sidebar entry shows for Owner, Manager and Warehouse (plus Operator). Accountant does not get the Suppliers menu — accountants see what's owed through the payables numbers, not the master itself.

Key concepts

  • GST Identification Number — the 15-character GST number. Neev checks two things: the format, and the final checksum character. A wrong checksum or a GSTIN already used by another supplier is rejected on save.
  • Tax category — one of Regular GST, Composition, Exempt, SEZ or Unregistered. It shows in the supplier's Category column.
  • Payment terms — free text in plain trader language: NET-30, Advance, COD, 50% advance + 50% post. Type it the way you say it.
  • Credit limit — the payables ceiling a supplier extends to you — how much you can owe them at once. Leave it blank if there's no fixed limit.
  • Reliability score, on-time %, SKU count, open payables — the at-a-glance numbers on the dashboard. These are read from supplier metadata, so they surface once that data exists and show a dash (—) until then.
  • Active vs Archived — a supplier's lifecycle state. Archiving is a reversible park, not a delete.

Common workflows

1
Add a supplier

Create the record with name, contact, GSTIN, tax category, payment terms and an optional credit limit. The name must be unique — a same-name supplier is rejected — and any GSTIN you enter is format- and checksum-checked.

2
Find a supplier fast

Use the search on the list. It matches on name and GSTIN, so pasting a GSTIN jumps straight to the right party.

3
Update details

Edit phone, email, address, payment terms or credit limit any time. Changing the GSTIN re-runs the same format and duplicate checks.

4
Archive a supplier you've stopped buying from

Archive it with a short reason. It drops off the active list but the record — and its history — stays. The reason is required.

5
Reactivate later

Bring an archived supplier back to active when you resume buying. If another active supplier has since taken its name, reactivation is blocked until you rename one of them apart.

Role notes

Viewing the master and editing it are separate powers, and archive/reactivate are tighter still.

RoleViewCreate / editArchive / reactivate
OwnerAllowedAllowedAllowed
ManagerAllowedAllowedNot allowed
AccountantNot allowedNot allowedNot allowed
WarehouseAllowedNot allowedNot allowed
  • Owner — full control: view, create, edit, and the only role that can archive or reactivate a supplier.
  • Manager — runs the master day to day: view, create and edit suppliers. Managers cannot archive or reactivate — that stays with the Owner.
  • Warehouse — can view suppliers (handy when receiving goods) but cannot create, edit, archive or reactivate. No master-data edits.
  • Accountant — does not operate the supplier master at all. Accountants work the money side; supplier records are maintained by operations.

Tips & time-savers

Tip
Search matches GSTIN as well as name — paste a supplier's 15-character GSTIN straight from an invoice into the list search to jump to the right record, even when their name is spelt three different ways in your head.

Type payment terms the way you actually negotiate them — 50% advance + 50% post is a valid entry, not just the tidy NET-30.

Gotchas

Warning
You can't archive a supplier that still has stock batches or stock movements linked to it. Neev blocks the archive so a live record can't disappear from under your purchase history — clear or reassign the linked stock first, then archive.
Warning
Supplier names must be unique. A second supplier with the same name is rejected on save, and reactivating an archived one is blocked if an active supplier has since taken that name. Add a city or branch to the name to keep two genuinely separate parties apart.

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