Adding your Manufacturer details is a key step in setting up your Zedonk system. This process establishes a central address book, which serves as a foundation for several important functionalities.
By accurately inputting your manufacturer information, you'll be able to:
- Create and organise your Products, assigning each to its designated manufacturer.
- Efficiently generate and manage Production Orders for your manufacturing partners.
Tip: To edit an existing Manufacturer record, click on it in the Manufacturer list view.
To add a new manufacturer, select [+New Manufacturer].
Enter the manufacturer's general details.
- Manufacturer: Enter the name of your manufacturer.
- Category: Select the manufacturer category from the dropdown menu. For more information on how to add a manufacturer category, see Manufacturer Categories.
- Currency: Select the currency used to purchase goods from this Manufacturer. If you require an additional currency, see Add New Currency.
- MID Code: Enter the Manufacturer Identification (MID) Code. This will automatically populate on all relevant Production Costings and Export Invoices. For more details, see Manufacturer MID Code.
- Payment Terms: Enter the agreed terms to display on the Production Order.
- Shipper: Enter the agreed shipper to display on the Production Order.
- Shipping Terms: Enter the agreed shipping terms to display on the Production Order.
- Website: Enter the manufacturer's web address.
- Comments: Enter any internal information regarding this manufacturer.
Enter the manufacturers's Address/Contacts information.
Warning: It is mandatory to select a Country to save the Manufacturer record.
The country you add in the address section will automatically populate as the Country of Origin (COO) against the Products for this manufacturer and will carry through directly to your Export Invoices.
- Country: Select the country for the manufacturer. This field is required.
- Address: Add the main address for the manufacturer to display on the Production Order.
- Contact 1 & Contact 2: Add the general contacts for this manufacturer (up to 2 allowed).
Enter the Agent details (if applicable).
Enter the Accounts details (if applicable).
Info
The Info tab provides a clear, seasonal overview of your total PO (Production Order) Units, PO (Production Order) Total Value, Book In Units, and Book In Value. This allows you to track exactly how much you produce with this manufacturer across each season.
Tip: Click [Export CSV] to export this information to a CSV file.
Log
The Log tab allows you to view information regarding modifications, the user responsible for the change, and the corresponding dates and times.
Click [Save] to save the record.
Important: If the SAVE button is greyed out, please check that you have selected all mandatory fields, such as CURRENCY. Once updated, click SAVE to secure your changes.
Tip: If you are working with multiple manufacturers, you may find it easier to upload all your manufacturers in bulk using the Data Import tool - Manufacturers - Data Import - Create Manufacturers