{
  "product": "Quikpair",
  "module": {
    "slug": "suppliers",
    "title": "Suppliers"
  },
  "task": {
    "slug": "create",
    "title": "Add a supplier",
    "question": "How to add a supplier in Quikpair"
  },
  "url": "https://www.quikpair.com/how-to-use/suppliers/create/",
  "summary": "Create the record you will buy against.",
  "steps": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "instruction": "Open Suppliers and tap Add Supplier.",
      "controls": [
        "Add Supplier"
      ],
      "screenshot": {
        "desktop": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/suppliers/create-flow-1-desktop.webp",
        "mobile": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/suppliers/create-flow-1-mobile.webp"
      }
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "instruction": "Under Identity, enter the Supplier Name and the Registered / Trading Name if the legal name differs from what you call them."
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "instruction": "Add the Tax Number if it has to appear on your paperwork."
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "instruction": "Under Contact Information, add the phone number, email and address."
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "instruction": "If money is already owed, set the Opening Balance Amount and its Direction — Payable (We Owe) or Receivable (They Owe) — with the Balance As of Date.",
      "controls": [
        "SUPPLIER NAME",
        "OPENING BALANCE"
      ],
      "screenshot": {
        "desktop": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/suppliers/create-flow-2-desktop.webp",
        "mobile": "https://www.quikpair.com/screenshots/suppliers/create-flow-2-mobile.webp"
      }
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "instruction": "Add Additional Notes, leave the supplier active, and save."
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Payable is the usual direction: you owe them. Receivable means the supplier owes you, which happens after a return they have not settled.",
    "An inactive supplier stays on file with all its history but stops being offered when you raise a purchase."
  ]
}