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Retail | Product Catalog: Managing Brands and Vendors

Brands and vendors in the BLAZE Product Catalog are shared company-wide. Maintaining a single canonical list ensures consistency across menus, filtering, purchase orders, and reporting across every store location.

Prerequisites

  • Access to the BLAZE Web Portal.
  • Permissions to manage company-level Product Catalog settings (Brands & Vendors).

Managing Company Brands

The Company Brands page lists every brand along with its logo, name, website, contact info, lead time, and active status. You can search using the Search for a brand… bar or filter by status (All, Active, or Inactive).

How to Create a Brand
  1. Navigate to Products > Brands and click New Brand.
  2. Select your starting method:
    • Use a global brand: Select an existing brand pre-filled from the BLAZE global catalog.
    • Start from scratch: Create a brand entirely from nothing.
  3. On the Brand Profile tab, complete the relevant fields:
    • Brand Name: Enter the official brand name (Required).
    • Visibility: Set to Active or Inactive.
    • Contact Information: Enter Website, Phone, and Email.
    • Inventory Defaults: Set Lead Time (days) (the expected days from purchase order to receipt), Min Days On Hand, and Max Days On Hand.
    • Description: Add a public-facing description of the brand.
  4. Click the Logo tab to upload an image.
  5. Click Create Brand.
How to Delete a Brand
  1. Locate the brand on the Company Brands page and select Delete.
  2. If products are currently assigned to the brand, select an option in the reassignment dialog:
    • Reassign to another brand: Choose a replacement brand from the dropdown menu.
    • Clear brand from these products: Remove the brand reference entirely, leaving products without an assigned brand.
  3. Review the outcome and click Confirm to permanently delete the brand.

Managing Company Vendors

The Company Vendors page lists all vendor partners with columns for vendor name, license number, phone, email, and active status.

How to Create a Vendor
  1. Navigate to Products > Vendors and click New Vendor.
  2. Complete the vendor profile fields:
    • Vendor Name: Enter the business name (Required).
    • License Number: Enter the state/local license number.
    • Contact Details: Fill in Contact Name, Phone, Email, and Website.
    • Address & Notes: Add the primary physical address and internal Notes.
    • Visibility: Set to Active or Inactive.
  3. Click Create Vendor.

 NOTE: Every product requires at least one assigned vendor. The first vendor added to a product is automatically designated as its primary vendor. 

How to Delete a Vendor
  1. Locate the vendor on the Company Vendors page and select Delete.
  2. Review product reassignment rules before confirming:
    • Primary Vendor: Products that list this vendor as primary must be reassigned to a new vendor.
    • Secondary Vendor: If the vendor is listed as a secondary vendor on a product, that reference will simply be removed without requiring reassignment.
  3. Click Confirm to permanently delete the vendor record.

Important Notes

  • Immediate Catalog Sync: Because brands and vendors are company-wide, any updates made here immediately reflect on every product, purchase order, and menu that references them.

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