Company

A Company record is used for every organization relevant to Asset Management: your own locations' owning entities, Manufacturers, and Vendors all use the same Company entity.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview
• Core Fields
• Manufacturer and Vendor Flags
• Address
• Asset Manager
• Country
• Cost Center
• Locations
• Related Articles

Overview

A single Company can be referenced from a Hardware Asset as its owning Company, its Manufacturer, and/or its Vendor at the same time — there is only one Company list to maintain.

Core Fields

• Name
• Description
• Short Name – used to build a Model's Display Name together with the Model Number.
• Icon and Content Type (max. 5 MB).

Manufacturer and Vendor Flags

Is Manufacturer and Is Vendor are independent switches on the same Company record — a Company can be a manufacturer, a vendor, both, or neither.

Address

• Street
• City
• State
• Postal Code

Asset Manager

A Company can have an Asset Manager (a single User) or an Asset Manager Group (a Group) responsible for its assets.

Country

A Company links to one Country record.

Cost Center

Used for billing assets back to the right Cost Center.

Locations

A Company can be linked to one or more Locations.

Related Articles

See also: Country, Location, User, Group, Model, Hardware Asset

The Asset Manager set here can be scoped via Roles & Permissions to limit what an Asset Editor can manage