Client management

This function of itmSUITE® enable the user to manage:

• Clients master data
• Sales Contracts

Client master data

This functionality enable the user to manage client data. This function can be call be menu Clients Management / Clients

The actual display of client depends on user role

Adding, editing and cancelling Client

Adding of new client can be done directly from the main menu, or from the client list view.

Once called the add function the system shown a session with five information'tab to be managed: General, Addresses, Contacts, Banks, Organizations Units.

itmSUITE® manages the states of the client who may be the following: "Provisory", "Billable", "Inactive", "Canceled". In the following table are summarized minimum information required for each state and interactions with other itmSUITE® functions.

Status	Minimal Information	Interactions
Provisory	COMPANY NAME, LANGUAGE	This status enables the use of client in itmSUITE® that can then be associated to projects, services, resources, etc. In this state, you can not bill client.
Billable	COMPANY NAME,LANGUAGE,TAX NUMBER ,PAYMENT TERM, At least one valid address	This status enables to bill at client.
Inactive	The transition to this state is possible after the transition from "Billable" which inherits constraints.	In this state, you can not bill client.
Canceled	The transition to this state is possible after the transition from "Billable" which inherits constraints.	In this state, you can not operate on the client. To pass in this state, the flag BILLING COMPLETED tab General must be selected.

The table below summarized the useful information to present into the first four tabs of client.

Tabs	Field	Note
General	Creation Date	Creation date of the client. Field automatically updated by itmSUITE®
General	CREATION USER	The user who originally created the client. Field automatically updated by itmSUITE®
General	EDIT DATE	Last modification date of client. Field automatically updated by itmSUITE®
General	EDIT USER	Last modification user of client. Field automatically updated by itmSUITE®
General	STATUS	State of the client. The states are predefined.
General	CODE	Code assigned to the client.Field automatically updated by itmSUITE®
General	DESCRIPTION	Client company name. Alphanumeric field.
General	TAX NUMBER	Alphanumeric field. The tax number is not validated.
General	PAYMENT TERM	Information selected from Company master data'
General	AII	All Invoice Issue
General	TYPE	Information selected from Company master data
General	COUNTRY	Information selected from Company master data
General	LANGUAGE	Client language selected from General/Company/Business Languages .