coreFORCE - Products: Managing Product Manufacturers

1. Click on Manufacturers
   

2. Click on your manufacturer of choice
   

3. Product Manufacturer Code

This code is used by the backend system to identify the manufacturer this can differ from the Description.

Please Note: Altering this Code can lead to loss of functionality

4. Description

This description is a label for the manufacturer to quickly identify which manufacturer is currently being edited

5. Image

coreFORCE offers a quick readout of the manufacturer's image that is currently active

6. Details
   

7. Detailed Description

Each manufacturer has the ability to have a description inserted, this description can be a great way to identify to your team any crucial information.

8. Web Page

The web page field is utilized to tie the manufacturer's web page if provided, this will offer a way for customers to visit the manufacturers directly and potentially find more items they may be interested in and explore your website for a listing on that item

9. Link Name

Link Name is a field that is utilized to offer a direct link to a list of all of your manufacturer's products. This is not the entire link it is simply the manufacturer's extension, this can be customized to whatever label you see fit

10. Logo

coreFORCE offers the ability to upload imagery for each manufacturer, this can be useful if the manufacturer has any alternate imagery that is not loaded in by default.

11. Manufacturer Logo

If there's a file currently uploaded, there will be a label with an eyeball image, clicking this link will open a full preview of the current image that is loaded

12. Remove Image

Remove Image offers a quick and convenient alternative to simply overwriting an image, this option will blank out the image entirely and show no data to the customer

13. Meta Title

A meta title, also known as a title tag, is like a webpage's introduction card on the internet. It's the snippet of text you see at the top of your browser when you visit a site and what you click on in search engine results.

For website owners, it's super important because it helps search engines understand what your page is about and influences whether people click to visit your site. A good meta title is short (usually under 60 characters), clear, and packed with keywords that relate to your content. It's basically your page's first impression online!

14. Meta Description

A meta description is like a sneak peek or a short blurb that summarizes what a webpage is all about. You often see it underneath the clickable title in search engine results. While it doesn't directly affect how high your page ranks in search engines, it's really important because it helps persuade people to click on your link and visit your site. Think of it as a teaser or a mini-advertisement for your webpage!

15. Cannot Sell

Marking a Manufacturer as Cannot Sell will restrict sales of any item under that manufacturer and will remove all listings for that manufacturer from the website. Utilize this option if you're unauthorized to sell a manufacturer's products or if you would like to simply not offer a manufacturer's goods

16. Cannot ship from distributor to customer

Cannot ship from distributor to customer is a simple toggle that forces all items to either get routed through a storefront for shipping or to be forced to be sent out as a secondary shipment from your store

17. Internal Use Only

Internal Use Only will limit and searches for these manufacturer's goods to admin users only

18. Inactive

Inactive will prevent this manufacturer from any newly acquired items

19. MAP
    

20. Select MAP is minimum price from Map Policy
    

21. MAP Holidays

MAP Holidays are special instructions that may be sent out from a manufacturer to ignore their MAP policy for a specific date range. Please utilize caution when establishing these dates as setting the wrong dates could throw your store out of compliance temporarily.

22. Click on Contact
    

23. Contact

Simply put this contact section can be filled with contact information at a manufacturer if your store has a specialized contact. This can be used to quickly help employees reach out for any potential MAP problems or general questions

24. Click On Tags

25. Tags

Currently coreFORCE offers one set of tags, this is an alternative way to mark a manufacturer as a featured brand, the other being our article for manufactuer's tags. As a quick refresher those features can be found in Setup > Manufacturer Tags

Updated on: 06/25/2024