Customer Payments Training Guide

1. In the navigation panel, click Relationships>Customer Transactions> Payments.

2. Click New. The Customer Payment window displays as below.

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3. Enter the header details for the payment
   
   • Enter the date of the payment. For transactions off a bank statement, this has to be the date that is on the bank statement. For other transactions it will be today's date.
   • Select the Customer from the drop down filter and draw it to the screen 
   • Enter the full value of the payment received
   • Enter a description to best drescribe the payment.
   • Select the correct tender method.  This is very important as the tender selected affects the bank reconciliation.
   • Payment reference if working off the bank statement has to be one full word off the statement that reflects the payment, as this will be used when Importing the Bank Statement for the Bank reconciliation.
     If you receive a cheque payment then enter the Cheque number in this reference field.
4. If the payment is by cheque, ensure that you add the Cheque Bank Details to the Card first off before you commence entering the customer payment. Card general settings
5. When you have finished entering all the payment details at the header level, you have two options. 
   1. Click Finalise to finalise the payment without allocating it. 
   2. Click Finalise and Allocate to finalise the payment and allocate it against an the open items in that make up the payment

1. In the navigation panel, click Relationships > Cards.
2. Search for the customer either by cardid or by customer name and highlight it

3. Click on the 'Status' Tab in the detail area and then click on 'Customer Open Items' tab

     

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4. Make sure the drop down filter on the Customer Open Items is 'unallocated open items'

5. Hold down the Ctrl Key as you click on each individual Open item you wish to flag to pay.  As you click and highlight each open item you will notice that the '$ Value" in the Pay $ is increasing. 
   Or if you select a range of open items, hold down the shift key on the first open item and then click on the last open item in the list , all open items in the range will be highlighted for payment. 

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   1. Click on button "Pay $..." button
   2. Change the "Date" if required. For transactions off a bank statement, this has to be the date that is on the bank statement. For other transactions it will be today's date.
   3. Key in a 'Description' to best describe the payment
   4. Select the correct "Tender" method. This is very important in respect to when you are doing your bank reconciliation. (The tender you select will then update on the customer payment tender on the card for future payments.)
   5. Check the value is the total value of the payment you have received

   6. Payment reference field must be at least one word that is on the Bank Statement.  The word has to be spelt exactly as is on the bank statement and is not case sensitive.
      If you receive a cheque payment enter the cheque number and ensure you select the drawer details
      You can tidy up the customer cards by adding the reference to the field of 'customer payment reference' on the settings tab on the card or from within the customer payment , add the field of 'Customer Payment Reference' onto the customer payment window.

   7. Insert the customer reference into the payment reference field as well as the Customer payment reference field and this will pre-populate over to the card when you complete the payment.

       Customer Payment Ref on the Card

      
      
      

6. When you have finished entering the payment details, check that the open items in the line details are correct, which are the ones you tagged for payment are the correct open items that make up the payment. 
7. Click Finalise to finalise the payment and the allocation.

A customer payment in Readysell indicates that a customer has made a payment for the items they have purchased.  A payment can be received via direct deposit, cheque, eftpos or cash.

Once a payment has been entered, it can then be allocated against the customer card, and it then reduces the balance owing by the customer.

If you have been paid by the Customer in the form of a Cheque, ensure that you enter the cheque bank details onto the customers card before you insert the Payment see link Card general settings
Once the Bank Details are entered onto the Customers Card, when inserting the customer payment ensure to select tender for cheque, then drop down the arrow on the field of 'Bank account' and select the cheque drawer details to the customer payment. 

1. In the navigation panel, click Relationships>Cards.

2. Find the Card and Highlight it

3. Right Click on the Card and highlight New>Customer Payment 
   or 

4. Drop down 'New'>Customer Payment from the top ribbon

5. The Customer Payment window displays.

6. Enter header details for the payment:
   
   • Enter the date of the payment. For transactions off a bank statement, this will be the statement date; for other transactions it will be today's date.
   • Enter the full value of the payment received.
   • Enter a description to best describe the payment received
   • Select the correct tender method. This is very important as it affects bank reconcilations.
   • Enter a reference for the payment. Working off the bank statement, the reference must be at least one word that is on the bank statement that best references back to this direct deposit.
     If Paid by cheque then enter the cheque number and ensure to select the drawer details.
     
     
7. When you have finished, you have two options. 
   1. Click Finalise to finalise the payment without allocating it.
   2. Click Finalise and Allocate to finalise the payment and allocate it against an the open items in the list.
      
      

There are many ways within Readysell of reversing a Customer Payment. The method below is working from the Customer Transactions.

Through Customer Transactions 

1. In the navigation panel, click Relationships>Customer Transactions>Payments

2. Drown the Filter to show 'All Customer Payments'

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3. Search for the customer payment value in question or for the cardid or for the customer.

4. If a payment has not been reversed, the Reverse action button will be active.
5. Highlight the payment
6. Click on 'reverse' action button

7. If the payment has an allocation you will get a validation error

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8. If you wish to reverse both the customer payment and open items that are part of this allocation, click on Ignore.

9. You are now prompted with a date. This will be the date for the reversal. If you leave the default date,  you could get an error if this date is part of a posted bank reconciliation. Click on Ok

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10. Validation error pop up box will appear if the date is in a reconciled period. Click on Close and decide if you still want to reverse the customer payment or not. If you do, change the date on the reversed transaction and click on OK

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11. By reversing a customer payment that has allocations and dating the reversal a different date, the system creates the reversed customer payment and allocates it against the original customer payment and all the open items that were linked to the original customer payment are now outstanding.

Through Cards

1. Log onto Readysell>relationship>cards
2. Find the card in question and highlight
3. Click on Status Tab
4. Click on Open items
5. Find the customer payment
6. Either right click and select 'source record' or highlight the payment and click on 'source record' in the detail ribbon
7. the payment will appear to screen
8. Click on Reverse action button
9. A date window will appear. Normally you would date the reversal the same date as the original. If a bank reconciliation has been done for that date range, then you will have to date it another day.
10. You maybe prompted that the payment has been allocated, select Ignore then enter a date and click on OK

Overview

A customer is someone to whom you provide goods and services on credit and from whom you agree to receive payment for these goods and services. Customers are also known as Trade Debtors and Accounts Receivable.

In Readysell, you set up a card for each customer to track all transactions associated with them. This includes sales, service orders, invoices, payments and credits.

The steps below guide you through the actions required to set up a customer in Readysell. Depending on the way your system is set up, you may need to fill in some other fields. If you try to save a customer record without filling in all required fields, Readysell will tell you which fields you still need to fill in.

Procedure

1. In the navigation panel, double-click Relationships, then click Cards.

2. Click New in the ribbon to create a new card. The Card Details screen will display. 

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    If you are creating a customer that is similar to an existing customer, you can use the Copy option to copy some of the existing customer's details.

3. In the top section of the Card Details screen, enter details for the card as follows:
   
   • Card ID - short code for the product
   • Card Type - this is optional
   • Status- there is no need to changed the field 
   • Enter customers Name
   • Tick Is Customer to mark this card as a customer.
4. Click on the General tab.
5. Fill in the following fields as necessary:
   • Enter Trading As- Optional 
   • Enter ABN for the company- Optional
   • Enter Parent- Optional
   • Select a Charge To card- Default is the customer you are creating 
6. Click on the Bank Accounts tab. 
7. Enter bank account details for the customer as follows:
   1. Click New to create a new account.
   2. Enter the payee name, BSB and account number.
   3. Check Customer Primary Account- If customers primary acc.
   4. Repeat this process for as many bank accounts as you wish to add.
8. Click on the Addresses tab.
9. Enter address details for the customer as follows:
   1. Click New to create a new address.
   2. In the Name field, enter the customer's name. 
   3. In the Street 1-4 and Suburb fields, enter the customer's address details.

10. Check the purpose of this address: Accounts, Delivery, Physical or Postal. An address can have more than one type.

    Delivery must be checked if the address is to be used for the customer’s invoice and/or delivery docket.

    
    

    1. Repeat this process for as many addresses as you wish to add.

11. Click on the Contacts tab.
12. Enter contact details for the customer as follows:
    1. Click New to create a new contact.
    2. Enter Name of person.
    3. Enter Job Description for the person.
    4. Enter their Web ID- optional
    5. Enter the Phone, Mobile, Fax and Email Address optional fields.
    6. Enter persons Role.

13. Select one of the checkboxes, specify the roles that the contact plays within Readysell. 

    If only one contact then you can mark them as a Primary Contact instead of selecting individual flags to make sure no issues arise when issuing statements, invoices and delivery dockets.

    Repeat this process for as many contact people as you wish to add. You must have at least one contact person.

14. Click on the Settings tab, then the General Settings sub-tab.

15. Fill in the fields as follows:
    1. Select Card Status- Optional 
    2. Enter customer discount in Discount from List field - Optional
    3. Optionally, assign a Tax Code to the card.
    4. Check Available on POS - Optional
16. Click on the Customer Settings sub-tab.
17. Fill in the following fields:
    1. Select the Customer Tender - (Optional) If you leave this empty, at the time of completing a sale, you must choose the tender.  If you preset it using this field it means at the time you go to complete a sale, it automatically tenders off to this tender without you having to select it.  You cannot change this tender during the sale if you preset this.
    2. Select the Payment Tender - (Optional) this is the payment tender used at the time of a CUSPAY (Customer Payment).  It defaults the field but you are able to change this on the current transaction you are trying to process.
    3. Select a Payment Term the customer will have with you
    4. Key in a Credit Limit - If you do not set a credit limit, you will be warned every time that the customer is over their credit limit and the sale will go on hold.
    5. Select Invoice Mode - Manual Invoicing is where every picking slip gets invoiced, Batch Invoicing is where the customer gets one invoice per month (they get delivery dockets for each of the goods that go out), Invoice Per Order is where the customer gets an invoice once their order is completely supplied (they get delivery dockets for each of the goods that go out)
    6. Select the Supply Type - you must fill this one in - this supply type is used at the time of a sale.  If you do not fill this in, you will not be able to ship or complete an order or a shipment.
    7. Enter any other appropriate details. See Card settings to learn more about the fields on this tab.

18. Click Save to save the customer's record in Readysell.

     Card references covers details about optional tabs on this detail view including cases, machines, favourites, schedule, tags, notes and customer fields

Procedure

1. In the navigation panel, double-click Relationships, then click Cards.

2. Click New to create a new card. The Card Details screen will display. 

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    If you are creating a supplier that is similar to an existing card, you can use the Copy option to copy some of the existing card's details.

3. In the top section of the Card Details screen, enter background details for the card:

   • Card ID
     

     If you are part of the Office Brands group then ensure that you use the Supplier Card Ids from the Data Portal.
     You can download a spreadsheet to identify the supplier card ids from either the Data Portal or your price book.  

   • Card Type- this is optional
   • Status- there is no need to changed the field 
   • Enter customers Name.
   • Tick Is Supplier to mark this card as a supplier.
4. Click on the Status tab.
5. Fill in the following fields as necessary:
   • On Stop: if On Stop is flagged, any purchase orders placed for this supplier will automatically be put on hold; it then requires a user with appropriate permission to release the order.
   • Account Closed: if this is flagged, the supplier will not be visible when placing purchase orders, supplier misc debits, misc credits or payments. You should not have to do this for new suppliers.
   • Enter Last Sale Invoice- Optional

   • Enter Last Purchase Invoice Date- Optional 

     • Use Column Chooser to add column name Comment to the Status tab display layout
     • Comment can be configured via system reference PURCHASE-INVOICE-OPEN-ITEM-COMMENT of the Purchasing system type to display one of the following 
       • Site
       • Purchase Order Transaction Number
       • Purchase Receipt Transaction Number 

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     • Assign the system reference to the required property e.g. PurchaseOrderTransactionNumber.

             

     
     

     • Use Column Chooser to add Comment column to the Status tab.
     • Comment column will display the value of the system reference property assigned above e.g. 5977 is the purchase order transaction number
     • Note that the displayed value is persistent i.e. the value is bound to the property assigned at the time

             

     
     

6. Click on the General tab. 
7. Fill in the following fields as necessary:
   • Enter Trading As- Optional 
   • Enter ABN for the company- Optional
   • Select Parent
8. Click on the Bank Accounts tab, should you have the supplier's bank account details.
9. Enter bank account details as follows:
   1. Click New to create a new account.
   2. Enter the payee name, BSB and account number.

   3. If this is the supplier's primary account, check Supplier Primary Account.

      Repeat this process for as many bank accounts as you wish to add. See Card bank accounts for more information on adding bank accounts.

10. Click on the Addresses tab.
11. Enter address details for the supplier as follows:
    1. Click New to create a new address.
    2. In the Name field, enter the supplier's name.
    3. In the Street 1-4 and Suburb fields, enter the supplier's address details.
    4. Check the purpose of this address: Accounts, Delivery, Physical or Postal. An address can have more than one type.
    5. Repeat this process for as many addresses as you wish to add. 
12. Click on the Contacts tab. 
13. Enter contact details for the supplier as follows:
    1. Click New to create a new contact.
    2. Enter Name of person
    3. Enter Job Description for the person
    4. Enter their Web ID- optional
    5. Enter the Phone, Mobile, Fax and Email Address optional fields.
    6. Enter persons Role.

    7. Select one of the checkboxes, specify the roles that the contact plays within Readysell.

       Repeat this process for as many contact people as you wish to add. You must have at least one contact person.

14. Click on the Settings tab, then the General Settings sub-tab. 
15. Fill in the fields as follows:
    1. Select Card Status- Optional 
    2. Discount from List field does not apply to suppliers.
    3. Optionally, assign a Tax Code to the card.
    4. Available on POS does not apply to suppliers.
16. Still on the Settings tab, click on the Supplier Settings sub-tab.
17. Fill in the following fields:
    1. Select the Tender- Optional
    2. Select a Payment Term 
    3. Check Back Order Allowed to allow back orders with this supplier.
    4. Supplier Acc Number field.
    5. Enter any other appropriate details. See Card settings to learn more about the fields on this tab.

18. Click Save to save this card in Readysell.

     Card references covers details about optional tabs on this detail view including cases, machines, favourites, schedule, tags, notes and customer fields

A manufacturer is a person, group or company that manufactures goods. A manufacturer in Readysell may also be a customer, a supplier, or both.