Last updated: 2026-02-11

Suppliers (window)

Register > Suppliers

In this window you register your riders and manage their properties. For more information, see Adding new riders.

The concepts of haulier and subcontractor are described in Carriers and subcontractors, overview.

Some of the information you enter on the tabs General, Details and Pricing and Billing is sent with the settlement exports to financial systems, such as Fortnox. For more information, see Supplier bill export to Fortnox.

General

Information

Function

Description

Code

Give the driver a code.

Name

Enter the rider's name as you want it to appear in Opter.

Reference

Please enter the name of your contact person at the haulier.

Description

A free text field. Describe the rider if you wish.

Name

Company name of the rider.

c/o

Enter the department of the company if you wish.

Street/No

The street name and number of the rider's address.

Zip code/City

Postcode and postcode of the rider's address.

Country

Select the country of the rider's address.

Contact Information

Function

Description

Phone 1

Phone 2

The rider's telephone number.

Fax

Fax number if applicable.

Email

Enter the rider's email address if you wish.

Details

Function

Description

Corporate ID number

Enter the rider's Corporate ID number.

VAT registration number

Enter the haulier's VAT number.

VAT reg. until

Applies only to Norwegian companies that have to withhold VAT for start-ups they hire.

If the haulier has VAT withheld, indicate the date until which you will withhold the VAT. See also the checkbox Withhold VAT on the tab Pricing and Billing.

Price information

Select the price details of the shipment to be displayed in the order preview.

Clicking on opens the Resource price access window where you make the settings. For more information, see (fönster).

Internet order setting

Select the internet order setting for the driver on the supplier web. Click on to open the internet order settings.

[Default]: The setting on the Internet tab in the office settings is used.

Login hours

The function was not used and is therefore removed as of Opter 2025.12.00.

Starting date

Enter the start date for when the haulier starts working for you.

Username and password for logging in to the supplier web. Applies to all users of this website. For more information, see Introduction to the supplier web and User accounts for the supplier web.

Pricing and Billing

Pricing

Function

Description

Resource Pricing

Choose resource pricing. You can also add new or modify existing resource prices by clicking on .

[None] means that no cost is generated, even if you enter a manual cost.

In the figure above, no cost has been generated for the shipment. The picture shows the shipment in the Order reception.

[None] thus means:

Fuel extra

Only valid if the checkbox No fuel extra (below) is unticked.

Choose which fuel supplement the haulier should receive.

For more information, see Fuel surcharge (fuel extra), overview and Selecting the fuel extra for a subcontractor or supplier.

No fuel extra

Choose whether the haulier should receive a fuel surcharge or not.

: The driver does not receive a fuel surcharge.

: The haulier receives the fuel surcharge according to the drop-down list Fuel extra above.

If no setting is configured or if the checkbox is deselected, the description provided for the Fuel extra drop-down list above applies.

Create cost price items automatically

: Cost price items are created automatically.

For more information, see Receiving invoices from subcontractors and suppliers, Settings for receiving invoices and tracking costs and Adding new cost price items to cost check.

: Cost price items are not created automatically.

Billing

Function

Description

Crediting interval

Select the settlement interval. To add a new settlement interval or change an existing settlement interval, click on . For more information, see Create Supplier Bills (window).

Supplier bill export

Select settlement export.

Ledger number

The sales ledger number for the haulier is sent along with the invoice to Netvisor.

Supplier bill design

Select the report for the supplier bills. For more information, see Reports (window).

Sends invoice

You can pay your hauliers and subcontractors in two different ways. You can credit the cost to them (self-billing), or they can bill you. For more information, see Receiving invoices from subcontractors and suppliers.

: The haulier sends an invoice. For more information, see Settings for receiving invoices and tracking costs.

: You credit the haulier. For more information, see Create Supplier Bills (window).

Withhold VAT

Applies only to Norwegian companies that have to withhold VAT for start-ups they hire.

The checkbox setting is available for printing on the settlement note and for exporting settlement information to accounting systems.

Do not pay the VAT to the haulier. The trader has VAT withheld.

There is no automatic deduction of VAT, so you have to keep track of this yourself (using the checkbox).

See also VAT reg. until under the tab Details.

: Pay the VAT to the haulier.

VAT Account number

Account number for VAT.

Bank account number

The rider's bank account number.

If you export supplier bills to Fortnox, Opter will retrieve the bank account number from this field and send it to Fortnox. It is important that you enter the bank account number and any clearing number in the correct format. For more information, see Supplier bill export to Fortnox.

Bank giro account

The rider's bankgiro number.

Post giro account

The rider's plusgiro number.

IBAN

IBAN, i.e. international bank account number.

BIC/SWIFT

BIC/SWIFT.

Payment Condition

For more information, see Payment Condition (window).

Currency

Enter the currency of the rider.

If you have travellers in other countries, you can make it easier for them by crediting them in their currency. For more information, see Currencies and Currencies (window).

Reference documents

On the Reference documents tab, files that can be opened on other computers can be added. The files that are added are not attached to orders, instead the function works as a file server and is intended for exchanging information. The files are saved in the database.

Function

Description

New

Adds a file that is on the computer. It is only possible to add one file at a time.

Delete

Deletes files from the registry. It is only possible to delete one file at a time.

Open

Opens the selected file in the list.

File name

(column)

The file name.

Created

When the file was added as a document in Opter.

File name

(field)

The file name of the selected file. You can rename the file by typing the new name and clicking Save on the menu. Remember to keep the same file extension (for example “.docx”), otherwise the application to use has to be selected when the file is opened.

Comment

Free text. Information about the file. The information is only shown here.

See also