diff --git a/SeaHaven.Services/Implementation/WorkOrderBoardUpdateService.cs b/SeaHaven.Services/Implementation/WorkOrderBoardUpdateService.cs
index 0da5f96..7e9fce2 100644
--- a/SeaHaven.Services/Implementation/WorkOrderBoardUpdateService.cs
+++ b/SeaHaven.Services/Implementation/WorkOrderBoardUpdateService.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ namespace SeaHaven.Services.Implementation
                 _mutationData.SetExpectedWorkOrderVersion(workOrder, workOrderVersion);
 
                 Dispatch? dispatch = null;
+                ResolvedDispatch? resolved = null;
                 if (WorkOrderBoardFieldNames.IsDispatchField(canonicalField))
                 {
                     var vendorIdHint = canonicalField.Equals(WorkOrderBoardFieldNames.VendorId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ namespace SeaHaven.Services.Implementation
 
                     var hadPrimaryDispatch = workOrder.PrimaryDispatchId.HasValue;
                     var replaceInactivePrimary = vendorIdHint.HasValue;
-                    var resolved = await ResolveDispatchAsync(
+                    resolved = await ResolveDispatchAsync(
                         workOrder,
                         request.PrimaryDispatchId,
                         vendorIdHint,
@@ -108,14 +109,30 @@ namespace SeaHaven.Services.Implementation
 
                 var auditField = WorkOrderBoardFieldNames.ToAuditFieldName(canonicalField);
                 var changes = await ApplyFieldMutationAsync(canonicalField, workOrder, dispatch, request.Value, auditField);
-                changes = changes.Where(c => c.HasChanged).ToList();
+                if (resolved is { Created: true, Dispatch: var createdDispatch }
+                    && canonicalField.Equals(WorkOrderBoardFieldNames.VendorId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    var previousVendor = resolved.Previous?.VendorId.ToString() ?? "";
+                    changes = new List<FieldChange>
+                    {
+                        FieldChange.ForField(
+                            auditField,
+                            previousVendor,
+                            createdDispatch.VendorId.ToString(),
+                            createdDispatch.Id)
+                    };
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    changes = changes.Where(c => c.HasChanged).ToList();
+                }
 
                 if (changes.Count == 0 && !_mutationData.HasPendingChanges())
                     return;
 
                 if (changes.Count == 0)
                 {
-                    await _mutationData.SaveAsync(ct);
+                    await SaveTrackedOrThrowAsync(workOrderId, ct);
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -136,12 +153,7 @@ namespace SeaHaven.Services.Implementation
                     }
                 }
 
-                var outcome = await _mutationData.SaveAsync(ct);
-                if (outcome == BoardSaveOutcome.ConcurrencyConflict)
-                {
-                    var currentState = await LoadBoardRowAsync(workOrderId);
-                    throw new WorkOrderBoardConcurrencyException(currentState);
-                }
+                await SaveTrackedOrThrowAsync(workOrderId, ct);
             }, CancellationToken.None);
 
             var row = await LoadBoardRowAsync(workOrderId);
@@ -211,7 +223,7 @@ namespace SeaHaven.Services.Implementation
                 CreatedDate = DateTime.UtcNow
             };
             _mutationData.TrackNewDispatch(created);
-            await _mutationData.SaveAsync(cancellationToken);
+            await SaveTrackedOrThrowAsync(workOrder.Id, cancellationToken);
             workOrder.PrimaryDispatchId = created.Id;
             return new ResolvedDispatch(created, Created: true, Previous: existing);
         }
@@ -250,6 +262,16 @@ namespace SeaHaven.Services.Implementation
                 throw new WorkOrderBoardValidationException("VendorNotFound", "vendorId does not exist.");
         }
 
+        private async Task SaveTrackedOrThrowAsync(int workOrderId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var outcome = await _mutationData.SaveAsync(cancellationToken);
+            if (outcome != BoardSaveOutcome.ConcurrencyConflict)
+                return;
+
+            var currentState = await LoadBoardRowAsync(workOrderId);
+            throw new WorkOrderBoardConcurrencyException(currentState);
+        }
+
         private async Task<FieldChange> ApplyWoNumber(WorkOrder workOrder, string? value, string auditField)
         {
             if (!WorkOrderNumberNormalizer.TryNormalize(value, out var normalized, out var error))
diff --git a/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderBoardUpdateServiceTests.cs b/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderBoardUpdateServiceTests.cs
index 7bb6f9b..edf9487 100644
--- a/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderBoardUpdateServiceTests.cs
+++ b/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderBoardUpdateServiceTests.cs
@@ -380,6 +380,15 @@ public class WorkOrderBoardUpdateServiceTests
         var leftover = await context.Dispatches.SingleAsync(d => d.Id == 10);
         Assert.Equal(1, leftover.VendorId);
         Assert.Equal(inactiveStatus, leftover.Status);
+
+        var vendorAudit = Assert.Single(
+            await context.WorkOrderAuditLogs
+                .Where(a => a.Action == AuditActionType.FieldChanged.ToString() && a.FieldName == "VendorId")
+                .ToListAsync());
+        Assert.Equal("1", vendorAudit.OldValue);
+        Assert.Equal("5", vendorAudit.NewValue);
+        Assert.Equal(result.PrimaryDispatchId, vendorAudit.DispatchId);
+        Assert.True(await context.WorkOrderFieldLocks.AnyAsync(l => l.FieldName == "VendorId"));
     }
 
     [Theory]