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Add suppliers and connect them to inventory items and bills.

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What to do if you added the same supplier twice

Handle duplicate supplier records carefully.

How the Suppliers page works

Understand the Suppliers page, including stock suppliers, bill suppliers, linked stock, linked bills, outstanding balances, and supplier actions.

What supplier types mean in Bizwazi

Learn the difference between stock suppliers, bill-only suppliers, and suppliers used for both stock and bills.

How to add a supplier

Step-by-step instructions for adding a supplier, choosing supplier type, and saving useful contact details.

How to link a supplier to inventory stock

Learn how suppliers connect to inventory items, stock value, low-stock warnings, and supplier-based stock control.

How suppliers connect to bills

Understand how bill suppliers and stock-and-bills suppliers connect to supplier bills, totals, outstanding balances, and payments.

How to read a supplier card

Understand the information shown on each supplier card, including linked items, linked bills, stock value, bills total, bills outstanding, address, notes, and action buttons.

How the supplier profile page works

Understand the supplier profile page, including stock value, linked inventory, linked bills, supplier details, quick summary, and blocked deletion warnings.

All Suppliers articles

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What to do if you added the same supplier twice Handle duplicate supplier records carefully. Featured guide

How the Suppliers page works Understand the Suppliers page, including stock suppliers, bill suppliers, linked stock, linked bills, outstanding balances, and supplier actions. Featured guide

What supplier types mean in Bizwazi Learn the difference between stock suppliers, bill-only suppliers, and suppliers used for both stock and bills. Featured guide

How to add a supplier Step-by-step instructions for adding a supplier, choosing supplier type, and saving useful contact details. Featured guide

How to link a supplier to inventory stock Learn how suppliers connect to inventory items, stock value, low-stock warnings, and supplier-based stock control. Featured guide

How suppliers connect to bills Understand how bill suppliers and stock-and-bills suppliers connect to supplier bills, totals, outstanding balances, and payments. Featured guide

How to read a supplier card Understand the information shown on each supplier card, including linked items, linked bills, stock value, bills total, bills outstanding, address, notes, and action buttons. Featured guide

How the supplier profile page works Understand the supplier profile page, including stock value, linked inventory, linked bills, supplier details, quick summary, and blocked deletion warnings. Featured guide

When to mark a supplier inactive instead of deleting it Understand why inactive suppliers are safer than deleting suppliers with stock, bill, or historical records. Featured guide

Why supplier deletion may be blocked Learn why Bizwazi blocks deletion when suppliers are linked to bills, inventory items, or other business records. Featured guide

How to fix unlinked inventory Use the Unlinked inventory warning to find stock items that do not have a supplier and connect them properly. Featured guide

How suppliers help with payables and cash flow Use supplier bills, bill totals, and outstanding balances to understand who your business owes money to. Featured guide

Common supplier problems and how to fix them Fix common supplier issues including missing stock links, wrong supplier type, blocked deletion, missing bill totals, duplicate suppliers, and incorrect outstanding balances. Featured guide

How to link suppliers to inventory Connect inventory items to suppliers so you know who provides each product.

How to edit supplier details Update supplier contact details, notes or status.

How supplier insights help you Use supplier insights to understand linked inventory and supplier activity.

When to mark a supplier inactive Use inactive status when you no longer buy from a supplier but need to keep old records.

How to use the supplier summary cards Understand total suppliers, active suppliers, inactive suppliers, linked records, stock suppliers, bill-only suppliers, and stock-and-bills suppliers.

How to use supplier risk cards Use Top linked suppliers, Low-stock suppliers, Out-of-stock suppliers, and Unlinked inventory to improve stock and supplier control.

How to search and filter suppliers Find suppliers quickly by name, contact, phone, email, address, notes, status, and supplier type.

How to edit a supplier Update supplier name, type, contact details, status, address, and notes without losing stock or bill history.

How to use suppliers for bill-only payees Use bill-only suppliers for rent, electricity, water, internet, services, repairs, transport, and other non-stock bills.

How suppliers help with stock ordering Use supplier links, low-stock suppliers, linked inventory, and stock values to prepare better stock orders.

Best practices for using suppliers Practical supplier habits for better inventory, bills, payables, stock ordering, and business records.

How suppliers help small Kenyan businesses Practical benefits of supplier records for dukas, mini-marts, kiosks, salons, cafés, service businesses, and small wholesalers.