Step 3 - Create an Accounts (Company)

An account in WMSmart is an equivalent of a Company in the accounting applications.

Accounts are the actual warehouse customers. These are the companies that are using the services of the warehouse. WMSmart allows working with multiple accounts.

This window allows editing properties of a new account.

The red markings indicate mandatory fields that must be filled in properly in order to create an account.

General Tab

This tab allows designating properties of a new account. 

Business Details

Fill in the Business Details: Name, Initials, Address, City, Zip Code, Country, State/Region, Office Phone, Office Fax, Web Page, and Status.

Shipping Address

To use the same address as in the Mailing Address, check the "Same as Mailing Address" box.

To use different address, fill in the specific data: Address, City, Zip Code, Country, and State/Region.

Billing Address

To use the same address as in the Mailing Address, check the "Same as Mailing Address" box.

To use different address, fill in the specific data: Address, City, Zip Code, Country, and State/Region.  

Enter all the necessary data.

Details Tab

This tab is used to set additional account details. It allows adding an Alias to a contact as well. 

Contact details

Fill in the Contact Details: Contact Name, Profession, Department, Title, Office, Birthday, Assistant Name, Manager Name, Mobile Phone, and contact Email address.    

 

To learn how to add an Alias, click on the following link Add an Alias.  

Storage Locations Tab

This tab is used to designate which warehouses are assigned to this account. It allows setting several warehouses for any account.   

To add a warehouse to the Storage Location, first select a Storage Location from the Available Storage Locations list. Click on the button, and the warehouse will be added to the Selected Storage Locations list.

To remove a warehouse from the list, select the warehouse from the Selected Storage Locations and click on the button. The warehouse will be removed from the account.

To add all the warehouses to a new account, click on the button. All the Storage Locations will be transferred to the Selected Storage Locations list.

To remove all the Storage Locations from the list, click on the  button. All the Storage Locations will be removed from the account.

Default Location

Click Choose in order to select default location for the current Account. Next window will open.

Click Ok to save changes.

Settings Tab

The Settings tab consists of five sections: Measurement, Reports, Financial, Item Codes, and Alerting/Notifications. 

Measurement

The Measurement section allows users to define the display format, default measurement units, and display settings to be used under the system accounts.   

 

Reports

This section allows users to define the format of the Reports to be used.


The user has three options:

1. Basic Report (Default)

2. Advanced Report

3. Barcode Reports

Financial

The Financial section displays current currency and taxes. You may choose currency from the drop-down list. You may check the "Include Sales Tax" box and enter the Tax ID (EIN) as well.

Item Codes

The Item Codes section allows users to define the format of the Secondary Item Code.   

There are three options:

1. Disabled (Default)

2. Secondary Item Code

3. After Market Item Code (Automotive)

Inventory Modes

In Inventory Modes tab you may select Inventory Mode to work with. Changing Inventory modes is a one-time conversion.

Committed mode can not be changed to Restricted one.

Deficit mode can not be changed to Committed or Restricted ones.

After all the necessary data was entered, click on the  button to login to the created account or click on the  button to create a new user and/or configurate E-mail Settings.

If no available locations were assigned, next message will appear:

Click "Yes" to assign account automatically or click "No" to edding this account. 

For additional information, go to the following links:  

Edit an Account

Optional Steps

Logging in for the first time