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.