The operational company to which the department belongs.
Departments (tcemm1124m000)Use this session to view and maintain the department's enterprise modeling data. You can:
Before you can use this session, you must enter the department's logistic data in the Departments (tcmcs0565m000) session.
Operational Company The operational company to which the department belongs. Department Type The department type determines the types of orders and
transactions that the department can control. Allowed values Department A company's organizational unit that carries out a specific set
of tasks, for example, a sales office or a purchase office. Departments are
assigned number groups for the orders they issue. The department's enterprise
unit determines the financial company to which the financial transactions that
the department generates are posted. Enterprise Unit The enterprise unit to which the department is assigned. The
financial transactions that result from the orders handled by the department
are posted to the financial company that is linked to the department's
enterprise unit. Note Once you have set up the multisite structure, you cannot change the existing links between key entities, enterprise units, and financial companies, for the following reasons:
Intercompany Trade Classification An attribute consisting of a code and a description that is
used to create groups of entities or enterprise units. To create a group, a number of entities or
enterprise units is linked to an intercompany trade classification. These
groups can be used to define intercompany trade relationships. Example A large international organization includes these enterprise units: In Europe
In Asia
Trade classification Europe is linked to the European enterprise units and trade classification Asia is linked to the Asian enterprise units. You can set up trade relations, for example to define different trade agreements in Europe and Asia, such as:
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