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title: Manufacturers
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## Manufacturers

A manufacturer is an external **producer** of parts and raw materials.

To access the manufacturer page, click on the "Buy" navigation tab and click on "Manufacturers" option in the dropdown list.

### Add Manufacturer

Once the manufacturer page is loaded, click on the "New Manufacturer" button: the "Create new Manufacturer" form opens. Fill-in the manufacturer informations (`Company name` and `Company description` are required) and click on "Submit".

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	In the case the manufacturer sells directly to customers, you may want to enable the checkbox `is supplier` before submitting the form (you can also enable it later on). Purchase orders rely exclusively on [supplier parts](../supplier#supplier-parts), therefore the manufacturer will need to be set as a supplier too.

### Edit Manufacturer

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## Manufacturer Parts

Manufacturer parts are linked to a manufacturer and supplier part: they are the actual "items" sold by a supplier.

### Add Manufacturer Part

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### Edit Manufacturer Part

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