Struggling with vendor payments

Andrew Sackville-West andrew at farwestbilliards.com
Fri Aug 5 13:42:37 EDT 2005



Andrew Greig wrote:
> Thanks Andrew,
> 
> That's a great tip! Despite your email address, there is no sign of a
> mispent youth here ;-)

well, largely mis-spent, but I get that email 'cause I'm the boss ;)

i get my tips 'cause I'm running the whole show in GNC and have to 
figure out easier ways of doing things... 16 employees, 20-30 invoices 
and a couple hundred other checks a month can really bog you down fast.

A

> 
> This will make things a lot easier.
> 
> Andrew Greig
> Melbourne, Australia
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 11:09 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> 
>>I know I'm a little late on the response here, but my .02 on the vendor
>>look up thing...
>>
>>
>>I always keep a "Payables Aging" report (right off the business reports
>>menu) open. Every time I reload GNC, it updates and shows my current
>>payables. The I click the hot links for each vendors total. this shows a
>>detail report of the bills and payments. click on a bill (doesn't matter
>>which one) and that opens the invoice itself, drop down the Tools (?)
>>menu, process payment. done.
>>
>>much easier than surfing through the vendor look-up screen, plus its
>>gives me loads of snapshot information everytime I look at it. helps
>>keep me up-to-date while I go along.
>>
>>Andrew
>>
>>Andrew Greig wrote:
>>
>>><< snippitty-doo-dah >> 	
>>>
>>>	I would really like to see a full vendor list drop down in
>>>	that "Process Payment>Payment Information" window, doing a search every
>>>	time is soooo tedious. Or even an auto-fill feature, so that typing
>>>	"Joe B" could produce "Joe Bloggs Automotive Repairs"
>>>
>>>	IANAA either and I am also not a programmer, but surely  wrt to that vendor
>>>	name field, there could be a link to the list, which could make it
>>>	happen.
>>>
>>
>>I always keep a "Payables Aging" report (right off the business reports
>>menu) open. Every time I reload GNC, it updates and shows my current
>>payables. The I click the hot links for each vendors total. this shows a
>>detail report of the bills and payments. click on a bill (doesn't matter
>>which one) and that opens the invoice itself, drop down the Tools (?)
>>menu, process payment. done.
>>
>>much easier than surfing through the vendor look-up screen, plus its
>>gives me loads of snapshot information everytime I look at it. helps
>>keep me up-to-date while I go along.
>>
>>Andrew
>>
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