Create New Customer Accounts
You store all information, rules, and values that apply to a customer in a customer account record and view them in a customer card.
First, create a new card and fill in basic information, such as the customer's company name, contacts, and addresses. Then, you create additional information for the customer by attaching different codes and values to the card, such as default dimensions, currency codes, and bank account numbers.
When all of the required master data is created, you can configure additional customer information, such as alternative ship-to addresses and special cards for cash customers.
The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to the topics that describe them. These tasks are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.
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Create the master data record that will hold all the rules and values that govern how to conduct business with the customer. |
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Create an anonymous cash customer card to be used when making a cash sale with nothing to record in a customer account. |
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Initiate a new customer card based on a company-specific data template. |
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Assign one or more default dimensions to the customer card that will be included on related document lines and eventually work as a source of business analysis. |
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Record the customer's bank information to enable the transfer of refunds or compensations in connection with sales returns. |
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Enter information about alternative addresses where the customer may want goods shipped to. |
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Assign posting group codes to a customer card to ensure that transactions are posted to the correct accounts in the general ledger. |
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Apply standard sales codes to customers to enable quick creation of recurring sales document lines based on standard sales codes. |
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Define which currency to use when trading with the customer. |
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Define country/region codes for customers to use in connection with Intrastat reporting. |
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Define language codes for customers to govern which language to use in business documents to the customer. |