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   <Header>
      <Title>To define departments</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1445932">
         <Level1>Departments</Level1>
         <Level2>defining</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1445937">
         <Level1>Offices</Level1>
         <Level2>defining</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1445942">
         <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 ERP Enterprise 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 department 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>
         <Paragraph>You can define <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">relationships</Link> between the departments for transactions
		  between the departments and between departments and warehouses, for example,
		  sales/purchase transactions. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000326" role="manual">Entity-entity relationships</Link>.</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 data by financial company</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>To define a department</SectionTitle>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListIntro>To define a department, take the following
			 steps:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Define the department by using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0165s000" role="session">Departments (tcmcs0165s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>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/000326" role="manual">Entity-entity relationships</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <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 data by financial company</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>