# Suppliers

In the **Suppliers** section you can define the suppliers that are responsible for providing products that your store offers.

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You can filter the list of your suppliers by supplier ID, name, supplier number, order email or creation date.

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The **Supplier ID** is generated automatically when a new supplier is added.
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## Creating a new supplier

1. To add a new supplier to your suppliers database, go to **Products** -> **Suppliers** and choose **Add new suppliers**.
2. Provide all the information about your new supplier:

   **General information**:

   * **Name** - name of the supplier
   * **Supplier No.** - identification number of your supplier
   * **Customer No.** - customers to whom the products are provided by the supplier

   **Adress details**:

   * Contact details of the supplier

   **Orders details**:

   * **Order Method** - you can choose between single picking and collected picking
     * Select single picking for individual orders.
     * Select collected picking (wave picking) for orders from a supplier where the products are grouped together.
   * **Order Channel** - if you provide the email address of the supplier, you can set the channel directly as an e-mail order\
     To set the order channel as e-mail, fill in the supplier's **Order Email 1** address and then type **EMAIL** in the **Order Channel** field and click **Enter**. This adds the channel and links it with the supplier's e-mail address.

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The **Name**, **Supplier No.** and **Order Method** fields are mandatory.
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