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Murdoch's Vendor Portal

Vendor Management Platform

A single, secure home for everything your vendors share with us — company and compliance details, business and trade policies, and complete hardgoods and softgoods catalogs. Everything is collected, validated, and made ready to flow straight into Dynamics 365.

What This Platform Is

This is the central portal where our vendor partners manage their relationship with us end to end. Rather than trading spreadsheets, PDFs, and email threads, vendors log in to one place to provide their business information, agree to our operating policies, submit required compliance documents, and build out the full product catalogs we sell. Our internal teams review that data in the same system and push approved records into Dynamics 365 — no re-keying, no lost attachments.

How It Works

The platform guides each vendor through onboarding, information collection, and product setup, validating data at every stage so records are accurate and complete before they reach our systems.

1

Vendor Onboarding & Access

Vendors receive secure login to their own portal, where they can see exactly what's required of them and track their progress through each stage.

2

Company & Business Information

Vendors provide core company details — legal name, tax information and W-9, key business functions and contacts, billing information, and shipping addresses.

3

Terms, Policies & Compliance

Vendors set up business terms such as EDI and defective/returns handling, and provide ordering, payment, rebate, and trade policies, MAP policy, coop funding, employee discounts, along with certificates of insurance.

4

Product Catalog Submission

Dedicated hardgoods and softgoods portals capture every product attribute and selling detail — pricing, styles, descriptions, images, and category-specific specs — in the format we need.

5

Review & Import to Murdoch's Systems

Our internal teams review and validate each submission, sending records back for correction when needed, then import approved data directly into our internal systems.

What Vendors Provide

The portal organizes everything we need into clear, guided sections so vendors always know what's outstanding and what's complete.

Company Information

Legal and business name, tax details and W-9, key business functions, and primary contacts.

Billing & Shipping

Billing information, remittance details, and shipping addresses for accurate ordering and payment.

Business Terms

EDI setup, defective and returns handling, and other operating terms that govern how we do business together.

Policies

Ordering, payment, rebate, and trade policies that define the commercial relationship.

Marketing & Promotions

Coop funding, MAP policy, and employee discount programs.

Compliance Documents

Certificates of insurance, W-9, and other required documentation, uploaded and tracked in one place.

Hardgoods Catalog

Full product records with attributes, pricing, specifications, images, and all selling information.

Softgoods Catalog

Style-, size-, and color-aware product records with attributes, pricing, images, and selling details.

Who Benefits

One shared system removes the back-and-forth and gives everyone accurate, up-to-date information.

For Vendors

A single, self-service portal with clear requirements and status at every step — fewer email chains, faster approvals, and full visibility into what we need and when.

For Buyers & QA Teams

Structured, validated data instead of loose spreadsheets and attachments — less manual entry, easier review, and confidence that records are complete before import.

For the Organization

Accurate, auditable vendor and product records, faster time-to-shelf, and a clean, reliable path into Dynamics 365.