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Organisational Management

process component


Definition

Manages all organizational structures within a company, such as the organizational plan, functional organizational structure (department hierarchy, for example), and reporting structure.

Technical Data

Software Component Version ESM ERP 606
Technical Name OrganisationalManagement
Namespace http://sap.com/xi/ESM/ERP


Business Context and Use

Company employees are part of the organizational structure. You can use the Organisational Management process component to provide services for queries relating to information on reporting structure, department hierarchy, and the organizational plan.

Integration

This process component communicates with other process components using the following interactions:

Structure

The following entities are part of this process component:

Service Interfaces

Company Replication In  
Company Replication Out  
Cost Centre Group Hierarchy Replication In  
Cost Centre Group Hierarchy Replication Out  
Cost Centre Replication In  
Cost Centre Replication Out  
Functional Unit In The Functional Unit inbound service interface groups operations that are used to query functional unit data asynchronously.
Functional Unit Out The Functional Unit outbound service interface groups operations that are used to respond functional unit queries asynchronously.
Manage Company In  
Manage Functional Unit In An interface to determine, create, and change characteristics or assignments of Functional Units that are specific for armed forces, police, and aid organizations.
Manage Funds Management Centre In An interface to manage Funds Management centers.
Manage Plant In  
Manage Position In  
Manage Programme In Reads data for investment programs.
Profit Centre Group Hierarchy Replication In  
Profit Centre Group Hierarchy Replication Out  
Profit Centre Replication In To replicate profit center data received from central Financial Master Data Management system.
Profit Centre Replication Out Confirmation of profit center replication sent from remote operative system.
Query Cost Centre In Query to, and response from, the Cost Centre to determine the Cost Centre of a particular Organisational Centre.
Query Functional Unit In An interface to determine Functional Unit information.
Query Funds Management Centre In An interface to select Funds Management centers.
Query Organisational Centre In Group of operations that provide information about individual interfaces of the Organisational Centre that affect the organizational assignment of the employees and their relevant responsibilities.
Query Plant In  
Query Position In  

Business Objects

Company A financially and legally independent Organisational Centre that is not tied to a geographical location and is registered under business law.
Cost Centre An unit of organization that represents a clearly defined location at which costs arise, and for which costs are entered separately. It can be defined based on functional requirements, allocation criteria, physical location, or responsibility for costs.

Note:
The Cost Centre business object is part of the ERP foundation. The business content described here refers only to the enterprise services relevant to SAP ECC.

Functional Unit An organizational center that is responsible for the planning, execution, and administration of business process steps. The responsibility can lie with the organizational center itself or it can be delegated to other organizational centers.
Funds Management Centre Center in Funds Management represents the organization structure of an organization within a financial management area.
Organisational Centre A business unit belonging to an organizational structure of a company. Examples of such organizational structures are the organizational plan or the company’s financial structure. This kind of unit can assume one or more business roles such as organization, cost center, branch, and reporting line unit.

Note:
The Organisational Centre business object is part of the ERP foundation. The business content described here refers only to the enterprise services relevant to SAP ECC.

Plant This BO is used only from a pure organisational perspective. The BO Location is used to take into account the physical location of an ERP plant The supply planning area is used to take into account the planning aspects of the ERP plant
Position A Position is an organizational element within the organizational plan of a company that summarizes the tasks, competencies, and responsibilities that can be expected from one or more suitable employees.
If several employees are assigned to a job, they have the same tasks, competencies, and responsibilities.

Note:
The Position business object is part of the ERP foundation. The business content described here refers only to the enterprise services relevant to SAP ECC. 

Profit Centre An organizational center that represents an area of a company for which a separate period-based profit is determined and used for profit-oriented analysis and management of the area´s activities.
Profit Centre Group Hierarchy Hierarchical arrangement of profit center groups.
Programme Organisational Centre for managing a group of projects or subprograms for a given time period as part of a planned, large-scale activity.