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Paradigm ERP Sales User Training Topics 

Below is the training guide for sales users in Paradigm ERP. Users should understand and be able to perform each of these items to be ready for live use.

The arrows () shown in this document link to related FAQs about each topic.


Basics

  1. Open and Sign In to Paradigm ERP  
  2. List Screens 
    • Opening A List
    • Column Chooser – Moving/Adding/Removing Columns  
    • Search and Saved Filters , clear filters, wildcards  
    • Opening list records 
  3. Accessing training videos and documentation site  
  4. Home page search  

Create Customer  

  1. Create a new customer ID,
    • When do we create a customer ID?
    • Create from the customer list
    • Create From Quote 
  2. Filling in customer email address for statements & invoices  
  3. Customer Detail Set Up
    • Terms & Credit Limit
    • Tax Settings
    • Price Level / Pricing Type

Create Transaction

  1. Header
    • When to use quote vs order vs invoice?
    • Create transaction header
      • From a list
      • From the home page
      • From a customer
    • Search for and select a customer 
    • Set ship to address
      • New address from scratch
      • Copy Bill To 
      • Recent order ship to address 
      • Customer Saved Ship ID  
    • Set Transaction Details
      • Ship Date
      • Salesperson
      • Customer Contact  
      • Customer PO
      • Ship Via  
      • Message to Print
      • Notes
      • Freight
    • Sales Tax Code 
    • How and when to use header buttons 
      • Save/Edit 
      • Add, Duplicate, add from template  
      • Split
      • Merge  
      • Scan UPC
      • Product Finder  
      • Color Switcher  
      • Cancel/Void/Delete  
      • Clear Locks, Edit locks   
      • Convert 
      • Update Prices, Lock/Unlock Prices  
      • Attachments  
      • (Optional) Import Line Items  
      • View Related 
  2. Detail Lines
    • Add a line to a transaction 
    • Search, product finder  
    • Changing Unit of Measure  
    • Linear vs Non-Linear Items 
    • Special Trim Items  
      • Open trim draw tool.
      • Draw trim & save to Paradigm 
      • Start from company standard trim , recent trim, or favorite trim 
      • Pitch calculator 
      • How to draw hems, reversals, beads
      • How to use edit mode
    • Special Order Items    
    • Bundles – how to add, how to use?  
    • Comment Lines – how to add, how to use?  
    • Checking inventory on an item (or its coil)  
    • Put a note on a line for production.  
    • Screw Calculator  
    • How/when/if to edit sales prices, discounts, or price level.  
    • (Optional) – Keyboard Shortcuts  
  3. Send Quote to Customer
    • Email   
    • Print
    • PDF 
  4. (Optional) Email Templates  
  5. (Optional) Send Online Payments and Confirmations Link  

Send order to shop

  1. Convert quote to order (and order to quote) 
    • Release to manufacturing
    • Create PO for special order items    
    • Change Orders (Editing The Released Order)  
      • What changes are allowed on a released order? 
      • Recognizing line statuses (production, pulling, dispatch)  
      • Send changes back to shop (re-release) 
    • Un-releasing the order 
    • How to handle credit holds, and prepay-only customers  

Invoicing

  1. When to invoice? 
  2. Pickup orders
    • Find/open from order list 
    • Convert to invoice 
    • Receive payment  
    • Print documents for customer 
    • When to create an invoice as an invoice instead of an order.   
  3. Delivered Orders
    • Done by dispatch after truck goes out.  
  4. How to handle back orders or partial shipments
    • When to use a back order from an invoice  
    • When to split the original order prior to invoicing  

Receive Payment  

  1. Payment Sources 
    • From order (one order, multiple orders) 
    • From Invoice (one invoice, multiple invoices) 
    • General payment on account, checking customer overall balance  
    • Single payment an order and invoice at once  
  2. Payment Methods
    • Cash
    • Check
    • Customer Credit
    • Credit Card  
      • EbizCharge – Manual Entry
      • EbizCharge – Send to Device
    • (optional) ACH  

Returns

  1. Create Credit Memo 
  2. Enter/link returned items
  3. Item getting returned to inventory, vs discarded 
  4. Giving money back to customer for returns 

Conversations

  1. Start conversation 
  2. Reply, tag, forward, etc. 
  3. End conversation 

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