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Overview: As a Restaurant Manager, it is important to understand how supplier records work, as they control how supplier products are listed, priced, ordered, and validated. Each field in the form plays a role in how the supplier is used across the platform—from sending orders and scheduling deliveries to managing invoices, claims, and reports. This article explains all the available fields in the supplier form so that you can correctly configure supplier details for use in procurement, recipe costing, deliveries, and financial processes in Easilys.

To learn how to create a new supplier record step by step, see Create a new supplier record.

Start from: The Easilys menu. 

During the creation of your new supplier record, you will be prompted to fill out a supplier form. Here, you will find the following field groups used to configure how the supplier will operate:

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Name: Supplier name

  • Internal Code: Internal reference code

  • Client Reference: Local site's reference at the supplier

  • Company registration no.: Supplier's SIRET number

  • VAT Number: Intra-community VAT number

  • Health Stamp: Sanitary stamp of the supplier

  • Referencing period: Validity period for supplier reference, with filters available

  • Accounting account number: Code used for accounting interface

  • Comments: Free text, not used by the application

ORDERS

  • Minimum Order Amount: Defines minimum order value

  • Prohibit orders below the minimum order amount: Prevents sending orders below threshold

  • Shipping costs: Set delivery charges

  • Cancel shipping costs if the order exceeds the minimum order: If checked, shipping is free above minimum order value

  • Cost Centre for Shipping Fees: Analytical group for allocating shipping costs

  • Order period: Defines delivery day relative to order day (working days only)

  • Order deadline: Influences delivery day based on time of order

  • Authorize a delivery date earlier than the minimum time: Allows overriding minimum lead time

  • Opening Days: Specify supplier’s operational days

  • Sending Mode:

    • Manually

    • By email (requires setup)

    • By fax (requires setup)

    • By EDI (requires setup)
      Only selected modes are available at time of ordering

  • Order Form Language: Choose supplier’s preferred language

  • Display a clickable read confirmations link in the order email: Adds a clickable confirmation link in the order email

  • Specifications to be printed on purchase orders: Allows custom text on the purchase order

  • Internal note displayed on the order form screen: Displays a note during order placement

  • Purchase Type: Used in food cost tracking and receipt filters

  • Terms of payment: Terms agreed with supplier, used for due date calculation

  • Payment Method:

    • Default is auto-filled on new orders/invoices

    • History retained per transaction

    • Inherited supplier methods are not editable

    • Special methods can be added by admin

  • Use Pre-Orders: Enables pre-order functionality

  • External process used to validate orders: Launches third-party app on validation (e.g., budget control)

Order Commitment

  • Define market commitment references per supplier and period

  • Automatically applied to orders within the period

  • Cannot be edited on the order

  • Child sites inherit parent site commitments

  • Depot suppliers do not inherit group commitments

  • Adds a mandatory or optional free-text field at checkout

  • Displays on the order

DELIVERIES

  • Delivery Days: Define valid delivery days

  • Activate by Production Day: Forces delivery scheduling per production day

  • Minimum time between delivery and production: Working days only

  • Time Between Delivery and Consumption: Not defined

  • The status of a reception is 'Pending' whereas the EDI delivery note has not been received: Applies to EDI orders

  • Receipts are validated automatically, regardless of how the purchase order is sent: Triggers automatic invoice generation (requires setup)

  • Receipts and credit notes are valued on the basis of the price list in force on the date of delivery: Applies current rate card price at delivery date

INVOICES

  • The delivery note is also the supplier invoice: Generates invoice and accrual upon receipt validation

CLAIMS

  • Automatically create Claims: Triggered if received quantity or price differs from order

  • Enable the Claims Workflow: Triggers validation process if active

  • Mandatory Validation: Applies to claims marked “Requires Validation (workflow)”

  • Send automatically by Email: Sends claims to supplier upon receipt (requires setup)

  • Send automatically by Fax: Sends claims by fax upon receipt (requires setup)

CREDITS

  • Send automatically by Email: Sends credit requests by email upon receipt (requires setup)

  • Send automatically by Fax: Sends credit requests by fax upon receipt (requires setup)

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Phone/Fax/Email:

    • Multiple entries with labels

    • Use cases include: All emails, Purchase Orders, Credit Requests, Claims, Tenders

    • Multiple emails separated by semicolons (no spaces) send to all recipients

ADDRESS

  • Includes: Address, Postal Code, City, Country, Website

  • Display in Supplier Directory: If checked, appears in supplier list screen

SPECIFICS

  • Supplier Type: Used in filters and supplier directory

  • Universes: Categorises suppliers by domain for filtering

  • Product Family: Links product categories for filtering

  • Descriptions: Associates product certifications or tags

Once you have completed the configuration, select Save at the bottom of the form to validate the creation. 

Notes: Only the Name element is required to create your supplier. You will then be able to modify your form to complete it with the requested information. However, we recommend that you complete at least: 

  • The client reference 

  • The shipping method 

  • The delivery days 

  • The order period.