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 |
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Provisory | 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 | Name,Language,Tax Number ,Payment Terms, 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 |
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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 | Name | Client company name. Alphanumeric field. |
General | Tax Number | Alphanumeric field. The tax number is not validated. |
General | Payment Terms | 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 Company master data |
Addresses | Address, City | Alphanumeric fields. Required for the insertion of an address. |
Addresses | Province, Zip code, Telephone, Fax, Email, Notes. | Optional alphanumeric fields. |
Addresses | Type | Address type selected from a list maintained values in the table, type address Company master data |
Addresses | Nationality | Country with reference to the address, selected from a list of values maintained in the table, nationality Company master data |
Addresses | Notes | alphanumeric field. |
Addresses | Defaults | Flag that determines the use of the address specified as the default address. |
Addresses | Use For Ticket Info | Flag. If the flag is activated when a user opens a Ticket enabled, information about the ADDRESSES field are automatically displayed in the appropriate form fields Ticket.
You can activate the flag in correspondence with one and only one address. |