<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'
