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title: "Creating a Casual Supplier"
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Overview Similar to the customer creation option in  Point of Sale Maintenance  and when  Create a Sales Order , there is an option to quickly create a supplier for a purchase order or special product. To create a casual supplier, first enable   the  Can Create Casual Supp  flag under  Purchasing & Receipting  in  User Maintenance . How to Create a Casual Supplier To create a casual supplier, complete the following: Accessing the Create Casual Supplier Window The  Create Casual Supplier  window can be accessed in two ways: Creating a Purchase Order Click   and navigate to  Purchasing & Receipting  >  Transaction Processing  >  Purchase Orders  from the navigation tree. Click   to open the  New Purchase Order  window and create a new purchase order. Click   to open the  Create Casual Supplier  window. Creating a Special Product Click   and navigate to  Sales  >  Transaction Processing  >  Sales Orders  from the navigation tree. Click   to create a new sales order. Enter the necessary information and click   to create the sales order. Within the  Order Lines  tab, click   to open the actions menu and select  Add Special Product . Click   to open the  Create Casual Supplier  window. Refer to  Create a Sales Order  for more information. Refer to  Special Product Creation  for more information. Creating a New Casual Supplier In the  Create Casual Supplier  window, enter the following information: Enter the  Supplier Name . In the  Address ,  Suburb/City ,  State  and  Post Code  fields, enter the supplier's location details. In the  A.B.N  field, enter the supplier's Australian Business Number. Enter the  Contact Name  and any available contact details in their respective fields. In the  NuVu Output  field, select the supplier's desired format for invoices, etc. from the dropdown   menu. And any other necessary information. Then click   to create the casual supplier and use them for the purchase order or special product you are creating. The  Supplier ID  will be automatically generated upon creation of the casual supplier with the predefined prefix and a sequential suffix. Additional Information Refer to  User Maintenance  for more information about user settings. Refer to  Supplier Maintenance  for more information on supplier settings. The below system settings may be used to customise the functionality of your Frameworks instance. System Setting - General Setting Purpose CasualSuppPrefix Prefix to the Casual Supplier Code.