Customer accounts are used when creating a quote or job in the Transactions Module. Within this section you can assign a customer multiple addresses and contacts. If products have been setup, you can assign special Contract Pricing for a customer. Also, you can preset special comments for easy loading in jobs & quotes for a customer.
Customer- Company - this is the name of the company, eg. 'Australian Bottle Company'
- Name changeable - if set to yes, the name can be changed in a transaction. Usually customer names won't be changed so this would be 'no'. It is useful if setting up a generic cash customer which is used for miscellaneous transactions.
- Status - the current status of the account
- Active Account - this account operates normally.
- Contact - transactions for this account are charged to the 'Invoice Account'.
- Non-chargeable - transactions for this account can be prevented from being exported for the accounts system.
- On hold - new transactions can't be saved for this customer.
- On Stop Credit - new transactions can't be created for this customer.
- Inactive Account - this customer is not visible in the transactions section.
- Sales Rep - your company's main representative for the customer. The sales representatives in the drop-down list are added in the Employees section.
- Groups - the groups the customer is a part of (maximum of 4).
- Branch - the branch this customer usually uses.
- ABN - the Australian Business Number of this customer.
Primary Addresses- Delivery - the delivery address to use when the account is used in transactions. This can be overridden within the transaction.
- Postal - the postal address to use when the account is used in transactions. This can be overridden within the transaction.
Default Address- Website - the customer's main website address.
Contact Details- Sales Contact - the primary sales contact at the customer. This will be used by default in all transactions
- Accounts Contact - the primary accounts contact at the customer. This will be shown in the accounts section
- Phone - the main telephone number for this customer. Individual contacts for the customer may have different phone numbers.
- Fax - the fax number for this customer.
Account- Payment Terms - the payment terms for the customer. The payment terms in the drop-down list are added in the Payment Terms section.
- Credit Limit - the customer's credit limit.
- Discount (%) - the default discount for transactions. This can be overridden for each transaction.
- Default Tax Rate - the default tax rate for transactions created for this customer. This can be overridden for each transaction. These are added in the Tax Rate section.
- Currency - the default currency for this customer's transactions. This can be overridden for each transaction.
- Created - the date the account for this customer was created.
Marketing- Territory - the territory this customer is in. This can be used to geographically group customers for reporting purposes. Territories are setup in the Territories section.
- Source - how the customer was discovered.
- Industry - select the industry from the drop-down list which is the closest of the industry for the customer. This is used for reporting purposes.
Last modified: 6/01/2010
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AddressesEach customer can be setup with multiple addresses, but they are not required. They avoid having to enter the address manually for each quote, job, etc.
TransactionsThis shows a list of invoices and adjustments for the customer.
QuotesThis shows a list of quotes for the customer.
ActivitiesThis shows a list of activities with the customer, such as meetings.
TasksThis shows a list of tasks for a customer.
NotesThis allows you to keep notes about the customer.