Maintain Customer

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Introduction

To keep the customer profile data such as addresses, telephone, fax, email, contact person, credit limits, credit terms, etc. In other words, it is your customer contacts.

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New Customer

To create NEW customer, CLICK on NEW button. See screenshot below.

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You will get a blank form to be fill-in with your customer particular.

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You may start input the following fields:

Field Name	Explanation & Properties
Company	Input the customer billing company name. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 100
Description 2 (UNDERLINE below Company)	An optional field recommended to input Chinese translated name, former company name, company register no, etc. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 100
Control A/c	Select an appropriate Customer Control Account wish to be posted to GL when customer documents are created. Field type : Lookup from the Maintain Accounts (Special Type: Customer Control Account) Length : 10
Code	AUTO/MANUAL generate the Customer Code. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 10
Cust Category	Categorize your customer for reporting purpose. Field type : Lookup from Maintain Company Category Length : 15

General

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Field Name	Explanation & Properties
Branch Name	You may maintain multiple set of addresses by differential the Branch Name. Default Branch Name: BILLING Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 100
Address (4 lines)	Input the company addresses. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 40 (each lines)
Attention	Input the contact person. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 70
Phone 1 & 2	Input the telephone no. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 30
Fax 1 & 2	Input the fax no. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 30
Email	Input the email. Field type : Alphanumerical Length : 60
Area	Select a default Area. Field type : Lookup from Maintain Area Length : 10
Agent	Select a default Agent. Field type : Lookup from Maintain Agent Length : 10
Currency	Select a default Currency. Field type : Lookup from Maintain Currency Length : 6
Credit Terms	Select a default Terms. Field type : Lookup from Maintain Terms. Length : 10
Credit Limit	Set the credit limit. (for non-Advance Credit Control module) Field type : Numeric
Statement	Select a default statement type, ie. Open Item or Brought Forward. Field type : Option Default : Open Item
Aging On	Select a default Aging type, ie. Invoice Date or Due Date. Field type : Option Default : Invoice Date
Price Tag	Set the price tag to the items. Field type : Lookup from Maintain Stock Price Tag. Length : 10

Note

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Sales Tax

Edit Customer

You can EDIT the customer, CLICK on EDIT button. See screenshot below.

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NOTE : 
1. User able to EDIT the customer data depends on the user access rights granted.
2. Any EDITING the system will be audited (logged) with changes made.

Save Customer

You have to SAVE the customer data before can be used. See screenshot below.

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Delete Customer

You can DELETE the unwanted customer data. See screenshot below.

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NOTE : 
1. User able to DELETE the customer data depends on the user access rights granted.

Customer Code Format

Customer code can be AUTO generate or overwrite it manually. See screenshot below.

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IMPORTANT : 
1. Every customer code is unique. 
2. If the system found there is an duplicate code trying to save, users will be notify by warning message.
See screenshot below.

You can set the customer code format via Tools | Options...(Customer). See screenshot below.

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Explanation of the Customer Code Format:

For example,

Company Name	Customer Control Acc	Format	Result
ABCD SDN BHD	301-000	%.1s-%.1s%.1d	3-A-1
ABCD SDN BHD	301-000	%.2s-%.2s%.2d	30-AB-01
ABCD SDN BHD	301-000	%.3s-%.3s%.3d	301-ABC-001
ABCD SDN BHD	301-000	%.4s-%.4s%.4d	301--ABCD-0001

Credit Control

Credit Control use to control the customer outstanding within the specific overdue and credit limit given. See screenshot below.

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IMPORTANT : 
1. Depends on the user access rights to the Customer Credit Control.
2. Override credit limit can be granted in the user access control.

Credit Control can be apply to the following:-

QT - Quotation
SO - Sales Order
DO - Delivery Order
IV - Sales Invoice
CS - Cash Sales
DN - Debit Note

See screenshot below.

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Control Type	Action	ALLOW EXCEED
Exceed Credit Limit	Unblock	YES
Exceed Credit Limit	Block	NO
Exceed Credit Limit	Override	PASSWORD REQUIRED
Exceed Overdue Limit	Unblock	YES
Exceed Overdue Limit	Block	NO
Exceed Overdue Limit	Override	PASSWORD REQUIRED