| # Companies - overview A company is an LN working environment. The company details include: The company's address The company language The company's time zone and default calendar The company's currency system. LN uses the company's address, language, and calendar as default values for the company's: Departments Warehouses Employees Company data Each company has its own database tables. All the data you define and work with in the company are stored in the company's database tables. For example, company data includes: Currencies Units of measure and the base units Departments Business partners Item codes Ledger accounts Invoicing methods Sales orders Purchase orders Invoices Projects An LN system often consists of multiple companies. In a multicompany environment, the companies must or can share specific tables, depending on how the system is set up. Company types A company can be: A logistic company A financial company Both a logistic and a financial company In addition, a financial company can be a financial group company. Related topics Companies - setup Currency systems To use an archive company Electronic Data Interchange Example of external material delivery Intercompany settlement transactions – setup Intercompany transactions Overview of enterprise modeling Changing the company number |