SAP MM – Organisation Structure

The following are the key organizational levels for materials management

• Client

• Company Code

• Plant

• Storage Location

• Purchase Organisation

• Purchase group

Client

Client is the highest level in the SAP Organisation Structure. Client will have individual set of master data and table sets. The data maintained at client level will be applicable for all organizational levels.

Company Code

• Company code is the smallest unit under a client

• Individual Financial accounting unit

• Individual P & L, Balance Sheet

Plant

• Plant is a organizational unit which is divided based on the production, procurement, maintenance and materials planning,

• Plant can be a production unit which can produce the materials or Depot.

• Data stores in plant level will be applicable for the specific plant only.

• Plant will be representing with 4 Digit alphanumeric key

Storage location

• Storage location is an organizational unit which is allocated to a specific plant.

• It is used to store the material physically and similar materials can club and stores in a specific storage location.

• Data stores in storage location level will be applicable for the specific storage location only.

• Storage Location will be representing with 4 Digit alphanumeric key

Purchase Organisation (Pur.Org)

• Purchasing organisation is organisational unit under logistics and takes care of procurement activities

• Pur.Org will be responsible to procure the materials and services related to the company codes and plants which is assigned to the respective purchase organisation.

• We can procure the materials and Services in the following forms based on the requirements

• Enterprise wide: It will be taken care of the procurement at Client level

• Companywide: It will take care of the procurement at Company code level

• Plant wide: It will take care of the procurement at Plant level