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Customers

Customers is the master record list for shipping customers. Create and maintain customer records here before using them on shipping orders or leasing records.

Access: Orders -> Shipping -> Customers

What This Page Controls

The Customers page owns the customer master record. Use it to maintain:

  • Customer name and contact details
  • One stored address block per record
  • Price Level, Discount, Terms, and Currency
  • Ship Via default
  • Sales Representative, Supplier, and related customer fields
  • Record status through the Discontinued flag

For shipping-order entry and fulfillment, see Shipping Orders. For lease recipient usage, see Leasing.

Find and Filter Customers

The list page supports these built-in controls:

ControlPurpose
StatusFilter between Active and Discontinued records
Primary LocationsFilter by parent customer/location grouping
SupplierFilter by associated supplier
Search fieldsSearch by ID, Name, Contact, Phone, Payment Info, and Notes

The list also supports sortable columns and export links for print, CSV, and XLSX output.

The View column opens the contact list tied to that customer record.

Customer Record Fields

Identity and Contact

FieldUse
Customer IDInternal identifier for the record
NameMain customer name
Primary ContactMain order contact
Primary Contact TitleContact title or role
PhoneMain phone number
EmailEmail address
FAXFax number

Address

Each customer record stores one address block:

  • Address Line 1
  • Address Line 2
  • City
  • State/Province
  • Zip Code
  • Country

The page does not provide multi-address management, address history, or address-validation tools.

Pricing and Defaults

FieldUse
Price LevelDefault pricing level used with the customer
DiscountDefault discount value
TermsPayment terms such as Net30 or Due on Receipt
CurrencyCustomer currency
Ship ViaDefault ship method or carrier

Additional Record Fields

FieldUse
Sales RepresentativeAssigned employee
SupplierSupplier linked to the customer record
Location OfParent customer/location relationship
Ship To RecordRecord flag available on the shared editor
Customer LogoOptional linked logo
Payment InfoFree-text payment notes
NotesGeneral notes
DiscontinuedHides the record from active lists

Add and Maintain Customers

Add a Customer

  1. Open Orders -> Shipping -> Customers.
  2. Click Add Customer.
  3. Enter the core customer information.
  4. Set pricing defaults such as Price Level, Discount, Terms, Currency, and Ship Via.
  5. Save the record.

Edit a Customer

Open the customer record from the list and update the shared editor fields as needed.

Copy, Rename, and Bulk Edit

The shared customer editor also exposes maintenance actions such as:

  • Copy to create a similar record from an existing customer
  • Rename to change the customer name through the rename flow
  • Bulk Edit to open the grid-style customer editor for wider updates

Discontinue a Customer

Use the Discontinued checkbox on the customer record when the customer should remain in history but no longer appear in active customer lists.

Imports and Exports

The customer list supports print, CSV, and XLSX export from the list view. Customer import and bulk-update support also exists through the system import and edit tools.

Permissions

Customers is protected by the page security for the Customer List page. Adding and modifying customer records also depends on the Create/Modify Customer table permission.

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