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You can submit the Company structure with the Branches, Sections, Departments, and Units list, which comprises all the company divisions and allows assigning users to them. The organization structure of a company has the following gradation:
Company → Branch → Section → Department → Unit.
The Locations list allows storing and specifying all the geographical locations used for describing the companies and their organizational structure.
See Administrator Actions to learn more about managing the lists of companies, their organization elements, and locations.
Companies
The Companies list is used to keep information about all organizations your company conducts business with. You can assign a company class representing the type of activity, dependencies, or kind of relationships with your company.
See below how to create new companies and their organizational items.
Create a new company
Role required: admin.
To create a new company, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Organization → Companies.
- Click New and fill in the form.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.
The company form fields
Field | Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Y | Company name. |
| Type | Y | The field specifies the type of organizational structure item with one of the following possible values:
The Type field is automatically filled with the appropriate value when creating any organization element. |
| Class | Y | This field represents a type of activity or relationship with one of the options below:
You can choose one of the possible values from the drop-down list. |
| CEO | Y | Name of the Chief Executive Officer. |
| Master contact | N | Specify the main point of contact for this company. |
| Account manager | N | Specify the employee which is an account manager of this company. |
| Parent company | N | Name of the parent company if it is needed to be signed. |
| Location | Y | Specify the company's location with the record from the Locations list. According to the Location record selected, the City, Street, State/Province, Zip/Postal Code, and Phone fields are automatically filled with appropriate values. |
| City | N | A name of the city where this Branch is located. |
| Street | N | A name of the street of a Branch location. |
| State/Province | N | A State or Province name of a Branch location. |
| Zip/Postal Code | N | A zip or postal numeric code of a Branch. |
| Phone | N | A phone contact number. |
| Notes | N | Enter the additional information. |
| Related Lists | ||
| Branch | N | The list of the company's branches. |
| Section | N | The list of the company's sections. |
| Department | N | The list of the company's departments. |
| Unit | N | The list of the company's units. |
Create a new branch
Role required: admin.
To create a new company, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Organization → Branches.
- Click New and fill in the form.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.
The form fields
Field | Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Y | A department name. |
| Type | Y | The field specifies the type of organizational structure item with one of the following possible values:
The Type field is automatically filled with the appropriate value when creating any organization element. |
| Company | Y | Assign a company from the list. |
| Branch head | Y | Assign a person in charge from the Users list. |
| Location | Y | Assign a location from the list. |
| City | N | Enter the name of the city where this Branch is located. |
| Street | N | Enter the name of the street of a Branch location. |
| State/Province | N | Define a State or Province name of a Branch location. |
| Zip/Postal Code | N | Define a Zip or Postal Code of a Branch. |
| Phone | N | Enter a Branch phone contact number. |
| Notes | N | Enter the information notes. |
Create a new section
Role required: admin.
To create a new section, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Organization → Sections.
Click New and fill in the form.
Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.
The Section record contains all the same form fields as the Branch record (except the Branch Head) along with the additional fields below:
- Branch - specify a parent branch with the record from the list.
- Section Head - assign an Employee from the list as the section head.
Create a new department
Role required: admin.
To create a new department, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Organization → Departments.
- Click New and fill in the form.
Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.
The Section record contains all the same form fields as the Branch record (except the Branch Head) along with the additional fields below:
- Branch - specify a parent branch with the record from the list.
- Section - specify a parent section with the record from the list.
- Department Head - assign an Employee from the list as the department head.
Create a new unit
Role required: admin.
To create a new unit, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Organization → Units.
- Click New and fill in the form.
Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.
The Section record contains all the same form fields as the Branch record (except the Branch Head) along with the additional fields below:
- Branch - specify a parent branch with the record from the list.
- Section - specify a parent section with the record from the list.
- Department - specify a parent department with the record from the list.
- Unit Head - assign an Employee from the list as the unit head.
Locations
If some of your company branches or departments are located in various areas, you may use Locations to specify a location to a required company or a department. An administrator can assign a location filling the form fields with an address data (Country, City, etc.), specifying the geographic coordinates and designating a contact person from the Users list.
Create a new location
Role required: admin.
To create a new location, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Organization → Locations.
- Click New and fill in the form.
- Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.
The location form fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Specify the location name. |
| Street | Enter the name of the location street. |
| City | Enter the city's name. |
| Zip / Postal Code | Specify the Zip or Postal code of the location. |
| Country | Select the location country from the list. |
| Contact | Assign a user from the list as a contact person. |
| Phone | Enter the phone number. |
| Fax Phone | Enter the fax phone number. |
| Parent | Specify the parent location record if it is necessary. |
| Latitude | Specify the geographical coordinate data of the location. |
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