This document provides an overview of the required and optional setup steps for vendor setup in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0. The required setup includes terms of payment, methods of payment, form setup, vendor groups, and posting profiles. The optional setup includes additional vendor information like vendor discount groups, item discount groups, buyer groups, and tax and warehouse related groups. It also provides more details on setting up vendor groups and posting profiles, which are critical for establishing the payment details for vendors.

1. Microsoft Dynamics™ AX 4.0
Rapid Configuration Tool
Vendor Setup
Part 1

2. Vendor Setup Requirements
• Use Vendor groups to group vendors whose payment details
are similar in nature
• Necessary to create at least one Posting Profile
• A/P Master Data should already be established
Accounts payable > Setup

3. A/P required setup
• Before creating Vendors, the following is required setup for Accounts
payable:
– Terms of payment
– Methods of payment
– Form setup
– Vendor groups
– Posting profiles
– A/P Parameters

4. A/P optional setup
• Before creating Vendors, the following is optional setup:
– Vendor/discount groups – Languages
– Item discount groups – Buyer groups
– Misc. charge codes – Sales tax groups
– Vendor misc. charges – Warehouses
codes – Purchase pools
– Item misc. charge groups – Purchase calendars
– Auto-misc. charges – Lines of business
– Supplementary item- – Cash discounts
vendor groups
– Bank accounts
– Item-vendor groups
– Payment specification
– Invoice accounts
– Payment schedule
– Terms of delivery
– Payment day
– Modes of delivery
– Central bank purpose
– Destination codes codes
– Currencies

5. Vendor Groups - Overview tab
• Establish the vendor group code and description
• Define the terms of payment
• Define the settlement period
Accounts payable > Setup > Vendor groups

6. Vendor Groups - General tab
• The tab repeats the same fields as found on the Overview tab
• If entered on Overview, nothing to do here

7. Vendor Groups - Inventory postings
Accounts payable > Setup > Vendor groups

8. Posting Profiles - Overview tab
Accounts payable > Setup > Posting Profiles

9. Posting Profiles - Table restrictions tab

10. Posting Profiles - Setup tab

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