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Posted to user@ofbiz.apache.org by David E Jones <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com> on 2008/01/04 20:11:32 UTC

Re: Supplier vs Vendor

 From the system perspective:

Vendor: role of a party that sells something with the system
Supplier: role of a party that something if purchased from

-David


On Nov 4, 2007, at 1:50 AM, Brendan Vogt wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I want to add a company like Sony, what role would be associated to  
> this
> company?  Then also, a company that sells Sony computer equipment  
> would be
> associated with what role?  Vendor?
>
>
>
> How do I see all the products for a supplier?
>
>
>
> Brendan
>


Re: Supplier vs Vendor

Posted by Adrian Crum <ad...@hlmksw.com>.
They could be suppliers or manufacturers, depending on how they fit in with your organization.

-Adrian

Brendan Vogt wrote:
> So flowers.com would be a supplier, and what would a company like Sony or
> Microsoft (makers of a product) be?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David E Jones [mailto:jonesde@hotwaxmedia.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 9:12 PM
> To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Supplier vs Vendor
> 
> 
>  From the system perspective:
> 
> Vendor: role of a party that sells something with the system
> Supplier: role of a party that something if purchased from
> 
> -David
> 
> 
> On Nov 4, 2007, at 1:50 AM, Brendan Vogt wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>>I want to add a company like Sony, what role would be associated to  
>>this
>>company?  Then also, a company that sells Sony computer equipment  
>>would be
>>associated with what role?  Vendor?
>>
>>
>>
>>How do I see all the products for a supplier?
>>
>>
>>
>>Brendan
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 


RE: Supplier vs Vendor

Posted by Brendan Vogt <br...@gmail.com>.
So flowers.com would be a supplier, and what would a company like Sony or
Microsoft (makers of a product) be?


-----Original Message-----
From: David E Jones [mailto:jonesde@hotwaxmedia.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 9:12 PM
To: user@ofbiz.apache.org
Subject: Re: Supplier vs Vendor


 From the system perspective:

Vendor: role of a party that sells something with the system
Supplier: role of a party that something if purchased from

-David


On Nov 4, 2007, at 1:50 AM, Brendan Vogt wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I want to add a company like Sony, what role would be associated to  
> this
> company?  Then also, a company that sells Sony computer equipment  
> would be
> associated with what role?  Vendor?
>
>
>
> How do I see all the products for a supplier?
>
>
>
> Brendan
>