The Distributors window allows you to define the distributors that supply your products. You must define your distributors in Millennium before you can add purchase orders and track product sales by distributor on reports.
Select Data > Company Information > Distributors.
The Distributors window displays.
In the Company Name field, type the name of the distributor.
In the Address field, type the distributor's address.
In the Abbreviation field, type a two-character abbreviation to use for the distributor.
In the Phone Number field, type the distributor's phone number.
In the Fax Number field, type the distributor's fax number.
In the Contact Name field, type the name of the distributor's contact person.
In the Contact Phone field, type the contact person's phone number.
In the Email field, type the contact person's email address.
In the Web Site field, type the address of the distributor's web site.
In the Account Number field, type your account number with the distributor.
In the Terms field, type the terms used to pay for products purchased from the distributor.
Examples: Net 30 or 2% 10, net 30.
In the Tax Rate field, type the tax rate added to products sold by the distributor.
Tip: When you create a purchase order, the product cost of each product includes any applicable tax.
Note: If you are paying sales tax when you purchase products from a distributor, you are not liable for the full amount of sales tax received when you sell the products.
