Defining Business Structure › Define the Business Infrastructure › Vendor Types and Vendors

Vendor Types and Vendors

Vendor types are classifications for vendors that identify the type of company providing configuration items. For example, you might classify vendors that you lease configuration items from as leasers, while classifying vendors that provide service to you as providers.

Vendors identify the companies that supply your enterprise, including the type of company and a primary contact. Besides being referenced by configuration items, you can also reference a vendor in a user’s contact record.

Defining vendor types and vendors gives you a convenient way to organize your configuration items. For example, you can generate a list of vendors that fall under a particular vendor type and generate a list of configuration items from a particular vendor.