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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To define departments</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Departments</Level1>
			<Level2>defining</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Offices</Level1>
			<Level2>defining</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Work centers</Level1>
			<Level2>defining</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>You must define those <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">departments</Link> in SSA ERP that issue orders and other document types. These departments are:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesOffice.td" role="glossary">sales office</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#PurchaOffice.tc" role="glossary">purchase office</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#ServicCenter.ts" role="glossary">service department</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000334" role="glossary">accounting department</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary">work center</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/fm/glossary/glossary#000006" role="glossary">shipping office</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>For example, a service center issues:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Service contracts</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Service orders</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Calls</ListItem>
		</List>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Department types</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can define more than one department of each type for a company. For example, you can have separate sales offices that deal with sales of different products or sales to different market segments.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>The department's financial company</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>A department is an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Entities.tc" role="glossary">entity</Link> of an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000011" role="glossary">enterprise unit</Link>. After defining the department in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs" role="module">Tables</GUIRef> module, you must define the department's enterprise modeling data in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm" role="module">Enterprise Modeling Management</GUIRef> module. Each enterprise unit is linked to one financial company. The financial data related to a department is registered in the financial company to which the department is linked.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>The business partner's department</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If you link a business partner with a specific role to a department, the business partner's financial data is registered in the financial company to which the department is linked. For details, see <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000312" role="manual">Business partner departments</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To define a department:</SectionTitle>
			<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To define a department, take the following steps:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>1 Define the department by using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0165s000" role="session">Departments (tcmcs0165s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>2 Define the department's enterprise modeling data by using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm1124m000" role="session">Departments (tcemm1124m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000318" role="manual">To use an accounting office</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000010" role="manual">To define employees</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000312" role="manual">Business partner departments</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
