Third Party module

Introduction

Third-parties are an integrated part of an organisation as the suppliers, vendors, and customers play a huge role in initiating growth towards a company. However, keeping all the contact and contract related details regarding the third-party can prove to be hurdle. This is why tactic has allowed the users to eliminate this hurdle with the help of third-party module of Tactic. The users can easily create their customers, prospects, and vendors within this module while adding one or more than one contact for each of the third parties. The third party module help the users in managing a number of different entities, such as customers, vendors and prospects. Specific contact person for the third parties can be added as well.

Installation

There is no need of installing this module, as it is already included within Tactic services.

Setup

For using this module the users need to enable it by using an administrator account. The menu options for activating this module are: Home –> Setup – > Module. The users then need to click on Activate. The modules will be activated after completing this step. The settings icon will be visible at the end of the module box, the users can click in that to access setup.

Creation of a new Third Party

For the creation of a new customer the users need to click the tab 'Third parties' then under the menus Third party, the option of New customer/ vendor/ prospect need to be chosen. All the fields must me filled for better user experience. After creation of third party the user can add and link files and other important documents within the tab.

Modification of a Third Party

The user need to click Modify and type all the changes and at last press Save.

Deleting a Third Party

Clicking on the Delete option is enough to delete the customer/ vendor/ prospect. However, a customer/ vendor/ prospect cannot be deleted if it has documents linked with it.

Creating a contact in third party module

Contacts hold a very important place in the creation and management of third parties. The third parties can be associated with big companies and corporations. Hence, to keep a better connection with the third parties the users need to keep the contact information of one or two specific persons to contact the third party in the time of necessity without having to face much issues. For creating a contact the users need to visit the option of new contact. All the important criterion need to be filled effectively fir creating a new contact. The users need to choose the third party, for whom they are creating a contact as well.

Modification of a contact

A contact can easily be modified without having to go through a complicated process. For modifying a contact the users need to go to the contact card and choose the option of modify to modify a contact or to update the information or the details. For saving the modification the users need to click on save. 

Deleting a contact

For deleting a contact the users need to choose the Delete option.

Life cycle of a third party

There are two states that are associated with a third party. Which are active and inactive. The users can choose the statuses of the third parties as per their organisational needs.