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title: "Supplier Groups"
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description: "Learn about Supplier Groups in Marlin GTX trusted automotive software by Megabus."
updated: 2025-09-25T04:24:05Z
published: 2025-09-25T04:24:05Z
canonical: "help.megabus.com.au/supplier-groups-2"
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# Supplier Groups

****Marlin GTX**** enables Supplier Groups to be created and maintained for organising suppliers under departments and applying common defaults.

**Supplier Groups** sit between departments and individual suppliers and provide a way to group suppliers together for reporting and purchasing functions.

**Supplier Reporting Levels:**

- **Supplier Departments:** Summary of total supplier purchases
- **Supplier Groups:** Categories of suppliers within a department
- **Individual Suppliers:** Detailed reporting for a single supplier

Each Supplier Group belongs to a **department** and can have a [default supplier](/gtx/docs/supplier-groups#adding-suppliers-to-groups) nominated for automated purchase orders.

> add departments link/doc when done

Supplier groups can be viewed and edited by selecting **System > System Files > Suppliers > Supplier Groups** from the menu bar.

## Adding Supplier Groups

#### System > System Files > Suppliers > Supplier Groups

New supplier groups can be added by clicking on the **Add** button at the top of the Supplier Groups widow.

- The **Add Supplier Group** window will open.

**In the Details tab:**

- Enter a unique **Code** and **Name**.
- Select the **Department** for reporting and control purposes.
- Set the **Auto Purchase Order Supplier** to define the preferred supplier for this group when creating purchase orders from within work orders
  - Leave blank if not required

          Auto Purchase Order Suppliers

          

When a work order is created with insufficient stock, purchase orders can be automatically generated for all products with insufficient stock.

> work order/purchases doc?

The purchase order confirmation screen shows a supplier code for each product based on the **Normal Supplier** set in the Options tab of the product's Maintenance file:

- If the **Supplier Code** is blank, you can select any supplier
- If the **Supplier Code** belongs to a supplier group with an **Auto Purchase Order Supplier** defined, that supplier is used by default
  - You can select another supplier from the same group if required

## Assigning Suppliers to Groups

Suppliers can be assigned to a group through their Maintenance records, which can be accessed by selecting **Main > Suppliers > Manage Suppliers** from the menu bar.

**To assign a supplier to a group:**

- Open the supplier record in **Edit** mode
- Click on the **Options** tab

Select the **Supplier Group** using the picker at the top-left.

## Supplier Group Statistics

#### System > System Files > Suppliers > Supplier Groups > [Supplier Groups]

Collective statistics for all suppliers in a supplier groups can be viewed in statistics tab of the Supplier Group file.

**Add** button

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d7282b31-60c4-41e6-bf87-3f684d4da049/Images/Glossary/image-1704776179584.png)

Shortcut: **Insert**

**Edit** button

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d7282b31-60c4-41e6-bf87-3f684d4da049/Images/Glossary/image-1705889838140.png)

Shortcut: **F2**