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   <Header>
      <Title>Using organizations</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e309526">
         <Level1>Organizations</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e309529">
         <Level1>Organizations</Level1>
         <Level2>using</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/ec/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">organizations</Link> to determine what coding technique
(EDI standard) is used in the current company.
The ERP application can support multiple message standards in your
company and maintain a group of messages related to that standard.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Organizations are used to:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Maintain messages supported by your application and by your business partners.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Maintain code tables and <Link href="/baanerp/ec/glossary/glossary#000078" role="glossary">conversion tables</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Print and maintain text code tables.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Maintain and print <Link href="/baanerp/ec/glossary/glossary#000075" role="glossary">conversion setups</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Print mapping information.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Print and display generated messages (history).</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>