Vendor onboarding

Know who you are paying before you place the first order.

Vendors fill their own details and upload their own documents. Your team reviews, verifies and approves, and only approved vendors can receive a purchase order.

Verification

Every field that affects a payment gets checked.

Tax registrations, bank accounts and MSME status are the details that cause wrong payments and compliance problems later. They are verified once, at the start.

  • GSTIN, PAN and state code checked for consistency
  • Bank account matched to a cancelled cheque or letter
  • MSME category recorded for payment timelines
Northfield Fasteners1 item pending
GSTIN06AABCN1234F1Z5 · verified
PANMatches GSTIN
Bank accountMatches cancelled cheque
MSMESmall enterprise
Quality agreementAwaiting upload

Capabilities

A vendor master you can trust at payment time.

Self-service vendor link

Send one link. The vendor fills company details, contacts, tax registrations and bank account, and uploads documents. No forms passed around by email.

Document checklist

Required documents set by vendor type: GST certificate, PAN, cancelled cheque, MSME certificate, and any agreement your category needs.

Bank detail control

Bank account changes need a fresh document and a second approval. Payments stop for that vendor until the change is approved.

One vendor, one record

Duplicate vendors are flagged by GSTIN, PAN and bank account, so the same supplier is not created twice under different names.

Expiry tracking

Certificates and agreements carry expiry dates. Vendors and buyers are reminded before they lapse.

Blocked until approved

A vendor cannot receive a PO until onboarding is complete and approved by the people you choose.

Questions

Vendor onboarding

Can we import our existing vendor master?
Yes. Existing vendors are imported from a spreadsheet or your ERP export during implementation. Missing documents can then be requested from each vendor through the same link.
Does Ipcosys check GSTIN format and PAN consistency?
Yes. GSTIN structure, the embedded PAN and the state code are checked against what the vendor enters, and mismatches are flagged for the reviewer.
Why does MSME status matter here?
Payments to registered micro and small enterprises have statutory timelines. Capturing MSME status at onboarding lets payment scheduling flag those invoices automatically.
Who approves a new vendor?
You decide. A common setup is buyer review followed by finance approval, with an extra step for vendors in regulated categories.

Start with a clean vendor master.

Set up a workspace with your own approval rules and tolerances, or walk through your current process with us first.