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Requesting a New System Vendor be Added to MealSuite System (i.e., a Managed Vendor)

Kevin U
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You can request that a new system vendor be added to the MealSuite system (i.e., database). 

If that vendor is approved and added, then it is available at the system level for use by other account, and as such any vendor products added by an account for that vendor will be maintained by the MealSuite Nutrition Services team and verified and linked to their appropriate parent food item (i.e., ingredient or prepared food) in the system. Note that a vendor available in the system is also known as a managed vendor. 

Requesting a new vendor be added to the system is ideal if you are a parent account and require that vendor be available for selection in your child accounts.

To request a new vendor be added to the MealSuite system, complete the following steps:

  1. From the left navigation sidebar, select Procurement > Vendors & Products. The Vendors screen appears.
  2. Click the Request Managed Vendor button. The Add Vendor slide-out panel appears.
  3. Click the Request Managed Vendor button. The Request Managed Vendor pop-up appears.

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  4. Enter the following information:
    • Vendor Name - enter the name of the vendor.
    • What is your Customer Number? - enter your customer number with the vendor.
    • Distribution Center/Store Name - enter the name of the distribution center or store.
    • Distribution Center/Store ID - enter the ID of the distribution center or store.
       
  5. Click the Request button. The request is submitted to the MealSuite Nutrition Services team. If approved, the vendor will be created and available in your MealSuite account. You will be notified via email and also on the notifications section on the home page.