The following steps will explain in detail how to add a new Inventory Manufacturers.
1.From the Main Menu, click on Inventory Control, then Inventory Manufacturers. This will open the Inventory Manufacturers form. Next click the New button to clear the form so you can enter a new manufacturer. You can also open this form from either the Inventory Item or Inventory Assembly Items form by clicking the ellipse button next to the Manufacturer combo box on those forms. The cursor will be flashing at the top of the form in the Manufacturer field.
2.You must assign a unique Manufacturer for each inventory manufacturer, which can be 30 alphanumeric characters in length. When you have finished entering data for each field, press the TAB or ENTER key to move your cursor to the next field.
3.You can then fill in all the basic manufacturer information like contact name, address, city, zip code, county and country. Entering data in these fields is optional. You will notice as you Tab through these fields the program will skip over the City and State and bring you to the Zip Code field combo box. The zip code combo box will list every zip code you have entered up to this point. If you enter a zip code that you have not used before, a message will appear asking if you want to add the zip code. If you choose to add the zip code then the Zip/Postal Code form will open. You will then need to fill in the city, state, county and country and click the Ok button to add it to the Zip Code records. The city, state, county and country will now be automatically filled in and you will never have to enter that information twice. From now on in any form that uses zip codes you will be able to select and use the one you just entered saving your data entry time. You can add, delete and edit zip codes from the Zip/Postal Code form at any time.
4.Then enter a phone number of the manufacturer in the Phone 1 and Phone 2 fields. The format for these phone number fields can be changed in the Company Preferences form in the Phone Input Mask field.
5.The Notes field is an extra field that can be used to enter any data you wish about the manufacturer.