This is the screen used to create and edit manufacturers. For background see Concepts|Suppliers.

The fields in the header are as follows:
Id - the ID
Company Name - the name of the manufacturer
Notes - any notes you want to add
Active - uncheck this box to deactivate the manufacturer

See Tabs for a description of the fields in Contacts tab.

The Representatives tab is used to set the Supplier-Persons that this manufacturer employs. Note that an organisation can have zero, one or more representatives defined.  As can be seen above the fields are:
Contact - the representative
From Date - the date on which the relationship started
To Date - the date on which the relationship ended