> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://spreecommerce.org/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Suppliers

> Keep a list of who you buy stock from, ready to name on a purchase order.

A supplier is someone you buy stock from. Keeping them as records means a [Purchase Order](/docs/user/inventory/purchase-orders) names its supplier once, and the supplier's contact details and address travel with it.

To manage suppliers, open **Suppliers** under Inventory.

## Adding a supplier

Click **New supplier** and fill in:

| Field        | What it is for                                                                                                  |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name         | How the supplier appears on purchase orders. Must be unique                                                     |
| Contact name | Who you deal with there                                                                                         |
| Email, phone | How to reach them                                                                                               |
| Address      | Where they are. A complete address — street, city and country — is what lets a purchase order be posted to them |
| Notes        | Anything your team should know — account numbers, lead times, who to ask for                                    |

## On purchase orders

Every purchase order names a supplier, and the supplier's page lists the orders placed with them.

When importing purchase orders from a CSV file, each row names its supplier by name. The name has to match a supplier that already exists — a name that does not is refused rather than creating a new supplier from a typo.

## Removing a supplier

A supplier can be deleted only while nothing has been ordered from them. Once a purchase order exists, the supplier is kept: the orders naming it have to keep meaning something.

## Related

* [Purchase Orders](/docs/user/inventory/purchase-orders) — buying stock from a supplier
* [Inventory](/docs/user/inventory/stock-levels) — where received stock lands