| # Enterprise structure modeling This section explains the DEM sessions you must use when you construct an Enterprise Structure Model. Note You must define the majority of the data you want to incorporate in an Enterprise Structure Model in the EMM module, in Common Data. Enterprise Structure Models (tgbrg0512m000) To create and maintain Enterprise Structure Models, use the Enterprise Structure Models (tgbrg0512m000) session. You can create an Enterprise Structure Model from scratch, or base it on an existing Enterprise Structure Model. To create an enterprise structure model, complete the following steps: In the Enterprise Structure Model field, specify the name for the Enterprise Structure Model. On the Authorizations tab, specify the model authorization.
Key fields for the Enterprise Structure Models (tgbrg0112s000) session
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Map | Select a map used in the Modeler to visualize the graphical locations of the enterprise units.
Copied-From Model | If the enterprise structure model is copied from another enterprise structure model, select the model from which the current enterprise structure model is copied.
Copied-From Model Version | Select the version from which the current enterprise structure model is copied.
To view the enterprise units linked to the Enterprise Structure Model you have selected: Select an Enterprise Structure Model and click Enterprise Structure Model Browser...; alternatively, on the appropriate menu, click Enterprise Structure Model Browser.... When you have defined the necessary data, you must start the Modeler to create enterprise units and the relationships between them. To do this: On the appropriate menu, click Edit icon, or Edit Diagram... , Enterprise Units (tgbrg0130s000) To create and maintain enterprise units, use the Enterprise Units (tgbrg0130s000) session. To start this session, in the Modeler: Double-click an Enterprise Unit or right-click an Enterprise Unit and click Properties. An enterprise unit represents part of a multinational organization that meets the following conditions: Has its own financial responsibility towards the overall organization. Is confined to one country because it is linked to one financial company. Consists of a set of entities which are parts of the LN application, such as warehouses and departments. Represents, together with other enterprise units, a logistic company. Can either be a site, which is part of your organization or an external business partner such as a supplier or customer. Enterprise units can be modeled to represent parts of the organization using the LN software, such as sales outlets, production plants, and distribution centers. They can also be modeled to represent external business partners not using the LN software, such as suppliers and customers. The function of the enterprise unit is defined by a category, such as sales outlet or production plant. The applications also use the Enterprise Structure Model to decide whether it is possible to transfer goods from one enterprise unit to another; however, this depends on the relationships defined between the enterprise units in the Enterprise Structure Model. To create an enterprise unit: In the Enterprise Units field, specify a name for the enterprise unit. In the Enterprise Unit Category field, select a category to classify the enterprise unit. An unlimited number of categories can be defined in the Enterprise Unit Categories (tgbrg0132s000) session. However, each category must be of category type: Site Customer Supplier The selection you make here determines the function of the enterprise unit in the enterprise structure model. A site does not mean that one enterprise unit is the complete physical site. Several enterprise units of the category-type site can represent different financial units located at the same physical site. If a category is defined, a bitmap must be selected that decides the appearance of the enterprise unit in the Modeler. In the Financial Company field, select a financial company to let the applications determine what financial transactions must be carried out, which currencies, and which financial company must be used when logistical transactions take place between enterprise units. In the Calendar Code field, select a calendar code. A calendar code serves as an intermediate link between the financial company and a time zone. To process the financial data for a certain period, a financial company needs to be linked to a time zone.
Key fields for the Enterprise Units (tgbrg0130s000) session
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Business Model | This field lets you link a business model to the enterprise unit. The link does not influence the applications. The business model determines which business control diagram you can select in the Business Control Diagram field.
Business Control Diagram | You can only select a business control diagram that is incorporated in the business model you have selected in the Business Model field. You can only select a single business control diagram, not an entire model. The business control diagram helps to explain how the enterprise unit functions.
Business Control Diagram Category | The business control diagram category is based on the control diagram you selected.
If you click Entities by Enterprise Unit, the key entities linked to the enterprise unit are displayed. You can define the link between an entity and an enterprise unit in the entity session itself. Enterprise Unit Relationship (tgbrg0134s000) To define a relationship between two enterprise units, use the Enterprise Unit Relationship (tgbrg0134s000) session. To start this session in the Modeler: Double-click an enterprise relationship; alternatively, right-click an enterprise relationship and click Properties To define a relationship between two enterprise units: In the Relationship Category field, select a category to specify the kind of flow that is going from one enterprise unit to another. In the Enterprise Unit Relationship Categories (tgbrg0145s000) session, you can create and maintain categories, and link one of the category types listed below to the relationship. Therefore, the category type determines the actual relationship. Document flow Goods flow Money flow Order flow In the Effective date field, specify the date when the relationship should come into force. In the Expire date field, specify the date when the relationship must finish. If a goods transfer takes place between two enterprise units that have the category type Site linked to them, you can select a goods transfer from the Goods Transfer (tcemm2150m000) session in the Relationship Detail field. To start the Goods Transfer (tcemm2150m000) session: Click Relationship Detail The relationship detail data determines the pricing type, invoicing, and default currency that must be used when goods are transferred between the two enterprise units. |