Departments (tcmcs0565m000)

Use this session to view and maintain departments.

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Department
Department Type

The department type determines the types of orders and transactions that the department can control.

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Site

A business location of an enterprise that can maintain its own logistical data. It includes a collection of warehouses, departments and assembly lines at the same location. Sites are used to model the supply chain in a multisite environment.

These restrictions apply to sites:

  • A site cannot cross countries. The warehouses and departments of the site must be in the same country as the site.
  • A site is linked to one planning cluster. Consequently, all warehouses and work centers of a site must belong to the same planning cluster.
  • A site is linked to one logistic company.

You can link a site to an enterprise unit or an enterprise unit to a site.

If an enterprise unit is linked to a site, the entities of the site belong to the enterprise unit. Conversely, if a site is linked to an enterprise unit, the entities of the enterprise unit belong to the site.

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Description

The description or name of the code.

Enterprise Unit

The enterprise unit to which the department belongs.

Operational Company

The operational company to which the department belongs.

Financial Company

The financial company to which the department belongs.

This is the financial company to which the department's enterprise unit is linked. Transactions created by the department are posted to this financial company.

Service Department

If this check box is selected, the department is also a service department.

Manager

The employee responsible or the manager of the department. The specified employee is notified if, in the Print Hours and Expenses (Completeness Check) (bptmm1410m000) session, the Notify Manager check box is selected.

Address

A full set of address-related details, which include the postal address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address, identification for taxation purposes, and routing information.

City (Letterhead)

The name of the city that must be printed before the date in the department's letter headings.

Calendar Code

The calendar code which specifies the working hours of the project. The calendar code is used by the PMO.

Availability Type

The calendar's availability type. A calendar can be linked to many availability types. A specific combination of a calendar code and an availability type determines the calendar lines.

Extra Intrastat Info

For sales offices and purchase offices, this is the default Extra Intrastat Info set for warehouse orders created by the office.

If you link a warehouse to the sales office or purchase office, the extra Intrastat information set is the default extra Intrastat information set for orders created by the office. You can change the extra Intrastat information set on the warehouse order lines.

Note

For greater flexibility, leave this field empty and link Intrastat information to inventory transaction types in the Warehousing Order Types (whinh0110m000) session.

Labor Rate Code

The labor rate is used to determine the intercompany price for hours spent on fulfilling an order or project.

 

Add to Service

Adds the sales office, purchase office, or work center also as a service office to Service. You can specify the service office details in the Service Offices (tsmdm1100m000) session.

Examples of when to add a department to Service:

  • A work center that is used in Manufacturing for job shop must also be used for depot repair in Service.
  • A sales office that is used in Sales does not only perform sales activities, but also service activities.