Vendors

What is a Vendor

Vendors in Discovery denote specific businesses engaged in waste and/or recycling Services. Within Discovery, a Vendor encompasses associated individuals (Contacts) and legal documents that formalize service agreements (Vendor Contracts) with the Vendor entity.

How do I?

• How do I find a Vendor?
• How do I create a Vendor?
• How do I create a Vendor account?
• Vendor Contacts

Vendor Components

• Name: The name of the Vendor. If you are creating a new Vendor, try to use their formal legal name (often found on an Invoice or Contract).
• External Accounting Id: The Vendor's associated ID or Name in an external Accounting system.
• Invoice Type: This value determines the processing rules used for Vendor Invoices linked to this Vendor.
• Invoice Delivery Method: This value helps you determine what method of invoice gathering is available from this Vendor. Options include 
• GPS Tracking on Trucks?:Boolean Yes/No to determine if the Vendor uses fleet management systems. Users find this to be a good indicator of the Vendor's ability to provide real-time data about service ETAs, etc.
• General Email Address, Phone #, Fax Phone #: General contact information for the Vendor. This may be shown elsewhere alongside the Vendor, such as in an Incident related to this Vendor.
• Broker Email Address: Point of contact email address for the Vendor to work with 3rd party managers/brokers.
• Online Portal Url: A hyperlink to the Vendor's primary portal website. This may be a bill-pay portal or client reporting portal.
• Online Portal Accepts Payments: Boolean Yes/No to determine if the Vendor accepts payments online. Users find this to be a good indicator of a Vendor's ability to accurately record payments and scale disbursements to the Vendor using automated systems.
• Online Portal Can View Service Details: Boolean Yes/No to determine if the Vendor can share accurate service level details via their online portal.
• Physical Address: USPS qualified address representing the best approximation of the Vendor's primary office. For example, this could be the dispatch office where hauling trucks are parked.
• Check Remittance Address: USPS qualified address representing the best remittance address to send payments to.
• Legal Mailing Address: The vendor's preferred mailing address for any legal correspondence, including Certified Mail. Typically used in the Vendor Operations Vendor Contract Cancellation of Auto Renewal process.
• Manually Included Service Area Zip Codes: Override to indicate that a Vendor DOES perform service in a specific USPS zip code. This is a work in process feature.
• Excluded Service Area Zip Codes: Override to indicate that a Vendor DOES NOT perform service within a specific USPS zip code. This is a work in process feature.
• Service Area Zip Codes: A generated list of USPS zip codes that the Vendor DOES perform service within. These are accumulated from a variety of sources, including Location Addresses' with Services tied to this Vendor. This is a work in process feature.
• Attach New Certificate of Insurance (COI): Allows a user to add a new Certificate of Insurance to the Vendor, along with a date that the COI is valid through. Useful to track COIs by Vendor and know which Vendors need to supply new COIs.

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