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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000380" xml:lang="en" UserLevel="Expert">
   <Header>
      <Title>Companies - setup</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452284">
         <Level1>Companies</Level1>
         <Level2>setup</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452289">
         <Level1>Affiliated company</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452292">
         <Level1>Archive company</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452295">
         <Level1>Default company</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452298">
         <Level1>Financial company</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452301">
         <Level1>Financial group company</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452304">
         <Level1>Logistic company</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452307">
         <Level1>Operational company</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1452310">
         <Level1>Multicompany structures</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>During the installation of ERP Enterprise on your
		system ERP Enterprise creates a
		company with number 100. This is the company in which you define all your data
		such as language, units, and currencies.</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To define the data of a new company, change to the new company
		  and use the following sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0102s000" role="session">General Company Data (tccom0102s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Define the new company's data such as the address, the country
		  and the company language.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0500m000" role="session">Implemented Software Components (tccom0500m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Indicate which packages, modules, and other functionality the
		  company uses. This determines the way in which ERP Enterprise works.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm1170m000" role="session">Companies (tcemm1170m000)</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm" role="module">Enterprise Modeling Management</GUIRef> module</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Define other company details, such as:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>The company's type, <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#LogistCompan_tc" role="glossary">logistic company</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#FinancCompan_tf" role="glossary">financial company</Link>,
				or both.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The company's currency system.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The company's <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000064" role="glossary">home currencies</Link>.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>For a financial company, define the financial details such
				as the fiscal periods and ledger accounts used in the following
				sessions:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0503m000" role="session">Company Parameters (tfgld0503m000)</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000" role="session">Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection ID="work">
      <SectionTitle>Working with company data</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>When you work with ERP Enterprise:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>You can only access the data of the company in which you
		  work.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>You can only work in a single company at a time.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The system administrator specifies your default
		company in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">User Management</GUIRef> module of <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Enterprise Server</GUIRef>. To access the
		data of another company, you must change the company. However, in a
		multicompany structure, ERP Enterprise can be set up to automatically change the company if you need to
		alternate between working in a logistic company and in a financial
		company.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You automatically log on to the company that is
		defined as your default company in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad2500m000" role="session">User Data (ttaad2500m000)</GUIRef> session. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad2500m000" role="session">User Data (ttaad2500m000)</GUIRef> session, the following companies can be defined for
		you:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>The default company</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>When you log on to ERP Enterprise, you automatically work in this
		  company.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>A logistic company</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If you work in a financial company and you start a session that
		  belongs to a logistic company, you automatically switch to this logistic
		  company.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>A financial company</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If you work in a logistic company and you start a session that
		  belongs to a financial company, you automatically switch to this financial
		  company.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Financial group company</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>To see the consolidated financial results of a
		number of financial companies, link the companies to a <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#GroupCompan_tf" role="glossary">group company</Link>. If you link financial companies to another financial company,
		the latter automatically becomes a group company.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0503m000" role="session">Company Parameters (tfgld0503m000)</GUIRef> session you link a financial company to the group
		  company. Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000" role="session">Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)</GUIRef> session to define the group company parameters, such
		  as:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The reference currency</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The dimensions used</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The fiscal period</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>These parameters apply to the group company
		itself and to all the companies in the group.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Internal transactions</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph> ERP Enterprise carries out triangular invoicing for transactions within a single
		logistic company involving entities that are linked to a different enterprise
		unit. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual">Using triangular invoicing</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph> ERP Enterprise can automatically create intercompany transactions between
		different financial companies that belong to the same group company. ERP Enterprise generates intergroup
		transactions between financial companies that belong to different group
		companies. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Intercompany transactions</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph> ERP Enterprise generates intercompany settlements for transactions between
		different logistic companies without generating open invoices. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000313" role="manual">To set up intercompany settlements</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Archive companies</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can create <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000022" role="glossary">archive companies</Link> to store historic data. An archive company can be:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>A <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#LogistCompan_tc" role="glossary">logistic company</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>A <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#FinancCompan_tf" role="glossary">financial company</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Both.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Multiple companies</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can create more than one company on a single ERP Enterprise system. For
		  example:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>A financial company for your financial
		  administration.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>A logistic company to manage the manufacturing of your
		  products.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>An archive company to store historic data.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Operational company</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The operational company is the company to which
		a department, warehouse, project, or <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000074" role="glossary">internal business partner</Link> belongs, usually the company in which the entity was
		created. Transactions originating from the department, warehouse, or project
		can only be created in the operational company.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The operational company of a logistic
		department, warehouse, project, or internal business partner must be of the
		type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/emm.ctyp#logistic" role="option">Logistic</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/emm.ctyp#both" role="option">Both</GUIRef>. The
		operational company of an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000334" role="glossary">accounting department</Link> must be of the type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/emm.ctyp#financial" role="option">Financial</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/emm.ctyp#both" role="option">Both</GUIRef>. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000318" role="manual">To use an accounting office</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Affiliated company</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>A logistic company can act as a customer or
		supplier of another logistic company. To invoice this company, define the
		company as a business partner. Specify that the business partner is an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#AffiliCompan_tc" role="glossary">affiliated company</Link> and enter the company number in
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4500m000" role="session">Business Partners (tccom4500m000)</GUIRef> session. For an affiliated company business
		partner, define all the business partner roles.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Use sales and purchase orders to register the
		goods transfer between affiliated companies. If more than one financial company
		is involved, ERP Enterprise carries
		out the financial intercompany transactions.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To share company data</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Companies in a multicompany system can also
		share data. For example, the logistic companies can share the business partners
		and credit limit data, the financial companies the defined currencies and the
		currency exchange rates.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Companies on a single server can share database
		tables. The database administrator uses the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Database Management</GUIRef> sessions in <GUIRef href="" role="manual">BAAN Tools</GUIRef> to define which
		database tables the companies share.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To share data between companies installed on
		different servers, you must use the sessions of the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Exchange</GUIRef> module in <GUIRef href="" role="manual">BAAN Tools</GUIRef> to exchange and
		synchronize the database tables.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Electronic data exchange</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>You can use electronic commerce to exchange
		transaction data between companies and for communication with your customers
		and suppliers.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Multicompany structures</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>If your organization has offices in several locations and
		  branches in various countries, set up a multicompany structure. You represent
		  your organization's structure by defining:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Entities_tc" role="glossary">Entities</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000011" role="glossary">Enterprise units</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Then create the logistic and financial companies
		to make the most efficient use of the databases on the different
		servers.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You must create at least one financial company
		in each country, but a single logistic company can include enterprise units
		located in different countries.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You must use the sessions of <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm" role="module">Enterprise Modeling Management</GUIRef> to define the relationships between the enterprise units
		and to link the enterprise units to the logistic companies.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
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      <RelTopic>
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</ManualTopic>