Product brand or manufacturer is linked to the stock item on creation, the manufacturer can also be linked to a "supplier" providing a default when creating products.
The Manufacture is used in reporting and to enable the filtering of stock lists.
Resolution
In "Administrator" or via "Manager" click onto “Manufacturers"
Creating a Manufacturer
To create new Manufacturer click onto the "Green Plus"
Enter the brand name
Select the "Default Supplier" from the dropdown list
Move the required Sites from left to right to allocate
Select the "Green Tick" to confirm
When confirming the creation of the manufacturer, the system will prompt to create a Supplier for the Manufacturer. If the supplier and manufacturer are the same then click continue "yes", if not then you can link the same the manufacturer to a default supplier.
Manufacturer Site Details
In "Administrator" or via "Manager" click onto “Manufacturer”, and select the "Site Details" tab
Select the required site from the site list
Alternate Name – Ability to label the Manufacturer under a different name for the site
Default Supplier - ability to select an alternate default supplier for the site