A Customer is a person, company, or other entity whom you sold goods on credit to and agreed to receive payment for these goods.
Accounts Receivable are also known as 'Trade Debtors' or 'Customers'.
A Customer Card is where all transactions entered against that customer is logged and stored as either a Invoice, Credit or Payment for further purposes.
The customer card only needs to be set up the once and access can be given to other users for further use.
Settling up a Customer Card.
- From the Navigation Panel click "Relationships"
- Click on Cards
- Click "New" (top task bar)
- Enter "Card ID" - (Customer code)
- Enter Card Type.
- Card types are a means grouping Customers together for Contract Pricing, Reporting etc.
- Enter Customer "Name".
- Tick "Is Customer'
- Enter "Card ID" - (Customer code)
- Click on Tab 'Status'
- On Stop -
- Account Closed
- Click on "General" Tab and fill in the relevant fields -
- Select a "Charge to" - If the customer is from a branch you will select the head office, otherwise it defaults to the customer code.
- Enter "Parent Company Name"
- Enter "Trading As' Name.
- Enter "ABN and ACN"
- Click on the Tab ' Bank Account' If you should have the customers bank details
Click on New, insert each Bank Accounts and assign the Primary Account accordingly- Enter the Payee Name
- Enter the BSB
- Enter The Account Number
- Select 'Customer Primary Account' Tick
- Click on "Contracts"
From with in this tab, you can preview the contracts that have been set up for this customer card. Otherwise click on Link to maintain Contracts. - Click on tab "Addresses" . This tab controls and identifies various Customer Addresses.
Eg below: - Click on Tab "Contact"
Contacts is a list of information about the people within a company and there roles and details.- Click on 'New' to insert the people (contacts) within that company and there details.
- Enter Name of the Contact
- Job Description of that Person
- Phone - for that contact
- Mobile - for that contact
- Fax
- Web Id
- Email Address - for that contact
- Tick the appropriate check box for the role of that Contact Person
See Example below:
- Click on Tab 'Cases'
Cases can be broken up into many categories eg:- Scheduling Appointments
- Phone Calls logged
- Report on Problems
- Service Orders
- Sales Orders etc
A Case can be inserted from within a Customer Card as well as from the Cases Icon. Click on the Link for further instructions.
Cases
- Click on Tab "Settings"
Click on 'General Settings'
The only fields that need to be reviewed are:- Discount from list - assign a value if you wish to give this customer a discount
- Auto Email Invoices - if tick is on, the customer will be set to email invoices.
- Available on Point of Sale - if tick is on, this customer can be seen at POS
- "Customer Settings" enter the fields required for your company.
- Sales Area
- Sales Person -
- Price Level
- Carrier
- Sales Group
- Cost Centre
- Tender
- Customer Payment Terms
- Customer Credit Limit
- Statement Delivery Method
- Invoice Mode
- Delivery Docket Report
- Invoice Report
- Add Extra Charge Product
- Orders on Web
- Customer Order Required
- Print Invoice
- Back Order Allowed
- Show in Sales
- Click on Tab Schedule
From within Schedule you can set up Reminders of different Events within the Calendar for the Card you setting up or reviewing. - Events can comprise of Cases, Cards, Service Orders and just reminders.
- Click on the link for further instructions: Schedule