The Vendors Dashboard is your starting point for everything on the supply side — the shops, distributors, and service providers you buy from. It’s the first screen that loads when you click Vendors in the left menu.

What you can do here #

• See who you owe money to and when bills are due.
• Track open purchase orders that haven’t been received yet.
• Jump to any vendor, purchase order, or vendor bill with one click.
• Open any of the sub-screens (Vendor Manager, Purchases Manager, Receiving, Returns, Reports) from the left sub-menu.

The sub-menu under Vendors #

• Dashboard — this screen.
• Manager — the searchable list of all vendors.
• Purchases Manager — every RFQ, purchase order, vendor bill, and vendor credit memo.
• Receive Inventory — the incoming goods queue. Mark items received and match them against POs.
• Vendor Returns — goods sent back to vendors and their resulting credit memos.
• Reports — PhreeForm reports grouped by vendor.

Useful widgets for this dashboard #

User avatar → Manage Dashboards → pick Vendors from the category list, then add:

• Aged Payables — who you owe, bucketed 0/30/60/90+.
• Open Purchase Orders — POs not yet fully received.
• Upcoming Payments — bills coming due this week.
• Top Vendors — biggest spend YTD.
• Recent Bills — last 10 vendor bills posted.

Important: Aged Payables and Aged Receivables are separate widgets. Don’t confuse them — one tells you who owes you, the other tells you who you owe.

Tips for Ridgeline Cycles #

• Leave Upcoming Payments pinned on Mondays so you don’t miss a discount-terms window (a missed 2/10 Net 30 on a parts order adds up fast).
• Use Top Vendors at quarter-end to plan negotiations — the shop that supplies 60% of your chainrings deserves a conversation about better net terms.

Where to go next #

• Vendor Manager — set up a new supplier.
• Purchases Manager — enter a purchase order or bill.
• Banking → Pay Bills — clear open payables.