<odoo>
<record id="view_partner_form_inherit" model="ir.ui.view">
<field name="name">res.partner.form.inherit</field>
<field name="model">res.partner</field>
<field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_partner_form"/>
<field name="arch" type="xml">
<xpath expr="//field[@name='name']" position="after">
<field name="customer_code" string="Customer Code" placeholder="Customer Code"/>
</xpath>
<field name="branch_id" position="replace">
<field name="branch_id"/>
</field>
</field>
</record>
</odoo>
Make the number 1 position like this
'1
William'