There are three business levels in Hasmate - Business Level 1, 2, and 3 - that allow users to organize their business structure. Business Level 1 represents the biggest division of the business, such as branches or locations. Additional levels further divide the business, such as departments within branches. Users name each level in the program's control section before adding the specific names of each branch, department, etc. under the appropriate level in the master files. The levels provide flexibility for businesses of different sizes to represent their unique organizational structure in Hasmate.

1. HASMATE
Understanding Business Levels

2. What does the business structure look like?
There are three business levels to use in Hasmate – many businesses will only use 1 or 2 of these.
How does your business divide up? Do you have a number of locations, branches or departments?
Think of the biggest way you can divide up your company – this is your Business Level 1.
Does your “Business Level 1” divide up further? If not, you don’t need to set up Business Level 2 or 3.
If it does, then this will be your Business Level 2.
And so on for Business Level 3.
Each Hasmate program allows the user to “name” Business Level 1, 2 and 3 in the “Control” part of the
program (e.g. Business Level 1 could be called Branch, Business Level 2 could be called Department).
This needs to be done at the very beginning – before information is entered into Hasmate.
Once the Business Levels have been named, then you need to add each of them.
They are found under “Master Files”, and then “Business Levels”.
If Business Level 1 was called “Branch”, you would then add the different branch names in.
If Business Level 2 was called “Department”, you would then add the different
department names in, while connecting them to the appropriate branch, etc.
Explaining Business Levels

3. Business Level 1
= Business
(set up in
“Control”)
ABC Ltd
(5 employees
in 1 location)
ABC Ltd
ABC Ltd
Pink = this is the “Company Name” to be added into “Control”
Purple = these would be the names of the “Business”
– set these up in Master Files / Business Levels / Business
Small Business Example 1

4. Business Level 1
= Department
(set up in
“Control”)
ABC Ltd
(20 employees
in 1 location)
ABC Ltd
Factory Office
Pink = this is the “Company Name” to be added into “Control”
Purple = these would be the names of the “Department”
– set these up in Master Files / Business Levels / Department
Small Business Example 2

5. Business Level 2
= Department
(set up in “Control”)
Business Level 1
= Business
(set up in “Control”)
ABC Ltd
(10 employees in 1 location,
but looking to start another
branch/business)
ABC Ltd
ABC Ltd
Factory Office
??
Pink = this is the “Company Name” to be added into “Control”
Purple = these would be the names of the “Business” – set these up in Master Files /
Business Levels / Business
Teal = these would be the names of the “Department” – set these up in Master Files /
Business Levels / Department
Growing Business Example

6. Business Level 3
= Department
Business Level 2
= Division
Business Level 1
= Location or Branch
ABC Group Ltd
(1,000 employees over 3 locations)
ABC Group Ltd
Auckland
Water
Division
Wellington
Environment
Division
Land Claims
Water
Division
Hawke’s Bay
Engineering
Division
Management
Admin
Project
Management
Pink = this is the “Company Name” to be added into “Control”
Purple = these would be the names of the “Branch” – set these up in Master Files /
Business Levels / Branch.
Teal = these would be the names of the “Division” – set these up in Master Files / Business
Levels / Division.
Orange = these would be the names of the “Department” – set these up in Master Files /
Business Levels / Department.
Large Business or Franchise Example