Customizing Manufacturers and Vendors
Within your organization, the Site Administrator can configure manufacturer and vendor object types to meet specific business needs and processes of your organization. You can customize these objects by doing the following:
• Create additional subtypes for the manufacturer and vendor object types
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Creating subtypes can be useful if you want to restrict access to particular object types. For example, you may want to restrict access to the parent object type (manufacturer and vendor), but allow unrestricted access to the subtypes of manufacturer or vendor. Additionally, each subtype can have its own attribute set.
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• Define new attributes for the manufacturer or vendor type for your organization
• Organize additional attributes into the create, edit, and information page attribute panels
For more in-depth information on using the Type and Attribute Management utility, see Working with the Type and Attribute Management Utility.
Creating a Supplier Subtype
To create additional supplier subtypes of the Manufacturer or Vendor types:
1. Log in as Site Administrator and access the Type and Attribute Management utility.
2. Locate the Supplier types: Manufacturer and Vendor.
3. Right-click the type for which you want to create a subtype, and select New Subtype.
4. In the New Subtype window, enter a unique internal name (for example, SupplierManuf) and the desired display name. Fill out other fields and click OK.
5. (Optional) Create new attributes to describe the new subtype. On the information page for the type you just created, click the Attributes tab. Create new attributes using 
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.| | When you create a new supplier, the new supplier subtype is available for selection from the Type list within the New Supplier window. |