Plants

A Plant is a physical location for managing printed media:

  • Order Plants – Where posters get delivered.
  • Posting Plants – Where the Bill Posters obtain the copy for posting.

To locate a plant:

Static Campaigns

  1. Access Admin in the top-left menu, click the Operations tab, and then the Plants tile.

    2. This presents the filter search window.

  2. Click Search.

    3. The screen will refresh to show the list of Plants available. You can filter Plants according to their name.

  3. If applicable, click the Add button button to add a Plant.

    4. This presents the Add Plant dialogue box.

  4. Enter a Name and Code to identify the Plant.

    5. The Code for each Plant must be unique.

  5. Select to which Office the Plant is linked. See Create and Edit Offices.
  6. Enable the Active? check box to be able to use the Plant when defining your Static Copies.
  7. Click Save changes.

    8. You can add as many Plants as you wish.

To add an address to a plant:

Static Campaigns

  1. In the Plant record, click the Address tab in the left navigation bar.

    2. Address

    This presents the Address screen.

  2. Click the Add button button to add an address.

    3. This presents the Add Address dialogue box.

    Add Address

    Mandatory information is:

    • Type – Headquarter or Mail.
    • Address 1 – Enter the civic address.
    • Town/City – Enter the municipality.
    • Postal Code – Enter the district information.
    • Country – Enter the nation state.

    Additional information is:

    • Address 2 – Additional address information.
    • District – Enter the District information.
    • State – Select a state according to the Country selected.
    • Latitude and Longitude coordinates.

    This presents the Add Address dialogue box.

  3. Click Save changes.

This section describes how to link a contact to a plant.

Contacts may be created throughout the system and linked to the following entities:

  • Accounts
  • Campaigns
  • Plants
  • Posting Companies
  • Sites
  • Vendors

To link a contact to a plant:

Static Campaigns

  1. In the Plant record, click the Contacts tab in the left navigation bar.

    2. Contacts

    This presents the Contacts screen.

  2. Click the Link button button to link a contact to this Plant.

    3. This presents a filter search screen for available contacts.

    Note: Make sure that the contact has a valid email address.

  3. Choose the contact to link by selecting the check box next to it, then click the Link button.

  4. Click the Edit button button to edit the Contact Type, and select the type of contact required. For example, it could be Primary or Payment.
  5. Click Save changes.

Plants might have different Bins (Warehouses). You can add some to the Plants directly.

To add a bin to a plant:

Static Campaigns

  1. In the Plant record, click the Bins tab in the left navigation bar.

    2. This presents the Bins screen.

  2. Click the Add button button to add a Bin to this Plant.

    3. This presents the Add Bin dialogue box.

  3. Enter a Name and Code to identify the Bin.

    4. The Code for each Bin must be unique.

  4. Enable the Active? check box to be able to use the Bin.
  5. Click Save changes.

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