Business Unit

A Business Unit corresponds to a set of organizations that are typically groups together during Partner creation. This field is defined during the creation of a workflow request, and it drives several other rules throughout the workflow.

These include:

• Sales Area (consisting of Sales Organization / Distribution Channel / Division)
• Purchasing Organization
• Customer Company Code
• Supplier Company Code
• Credit Segment

A Business Unit can encompass one of more of each of these areas, with some of them being required while others options They are also not mutually exclusive.

For example, the following Business Units could exist in the same configuration:

• Business Unit: US ("United States")

  • Sales Area: US01 / 01 / 01 ("USA") REQUIRED
  • Customer Company Code: US01 ("USA") REQUIRED
  • Purchasing Organization: US01 ("USA") OPTIONAL
  • Suppler Company Code: US01 ("USA") OPTIONAL

• Busines Unit: NA ("North America)

  • Sales Area: US01 / 01 / 01 ("USA") REQUIRED
  • Sales Area: CA01 / 01 / 01 ("Canada") REQUIRED
  • Salea Area: MX01 / 01 / 01 ("Mexico") OPTIONAL
  • Customer Company Code: US01 ("USA") REQUIRED
  • Purchasing Organization: US01 ("USA") OPTIONAL
  • Suppler Company Code: US01 ("USA") OPTIONAL

Using the example configuration above:

• If a user created a workflow for a BP under Business Unit 'US',
  • Someone at some point in the workflow will need to defined values for the "USA" Sales Area
• If a user created a workflow for a BP usines Business Unit 'NA',
  • Someone at some point in the workflow will need to defined values for the "USA" and "Canada" Sales Area.
  • Optinoally, they may also create this BP under Sales Area MX01 "Mexico".