https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/ 2026-04-06T17:00:01+00:00 https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/ https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2025-11-09T23:20:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/names:adding_and_editing 5.01. Names: using, adding and editing About names In mSupply a “name” is one of these: * customer: a recipient of your goods * supplier: someone who sends your store goods * manufacturer: someone who makes the goods that you receive, store and distribute text/html 2021-06-07T04:35:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/names:adding_suppliers 5.06. Suppliers: adding and viewing New supplier To add a supplier, choose this item. Note- if this supplier will have invoices entered against it and you are exporting invoice data to an accounting program, a new “creditor” must be made in your accounting software with the same code, or you will get an error when you import! (You can usually make the code when you get the error in your accounting software when you try to import!) text/html 2020-01-14T11:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/names:contacts 5.02. Contacts This command from the Special menu displays a window where you can edit contacts. Contacts are usually associated with a name (a customer or supplier), and it is easier to edit such contacts using the “show suppliers...” or “ text/html 2020-01-14T11:26:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/names:merging_names 5.03. Merging two names If you accidentally enter two names into mSupply that identify the same organisation, you can use this command to combine them. Use extreme caution: This operation will move all historical records from the name you delete to the name you are keeping. The operation can only be undone by reverting to a backup copy of your data file (so it is a very good idea to take a backup just before you begin any merging). text/html 2021-05-18T14:39:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/names:name_categories 5.04. Name categories You can categorise names in mSupply with 6 different categories. This is very helpful for producing detailed reports. You can apply one or all or some of these categories to a name. Categories 2-6 are standard categories but category 1 is special - it's hierarchical and has 3 levels, level 1 is the top and level 3 is the bottom (similar to item categories). text/html 2021-09-23T22:57:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://docs.msupply.org.nz/docs/names:name_tags 5.05. Name tags Name tags are tags that can be attached to customers, suppliers and other names to identify them in a flexible way. They can be used in a number of ways including: * With programs to identify which customers can use which programs.