Define organizations to describe the distinct distribution entities in your company, such as separate warehouses or manufacturing facilities.

You must define at least one organization to use Receivables. If other Oracle Manufacturing Applications that use organizations are installed, you should set up your organizations from within these products and use their product-specific documentation. If you have both Oracle Order Management and Receivables installed, you can set up your organizations from either application.

Prerequisites

• Define your ledgers

• Define your organization types using the ORG_TYPE lookup

• Define your job key flexfield structures, segments, and segment values

To define an organization:

1. Navigate to the Organization window.

2. Enter a unique Name for this organization.

3. Enter a range of Dates for this organization (optional). The default start date is today's date, but you can change it. If you do not enter an end date, this organization will be valid indefinitely.

   Note: The Location, Internal or External, Location Address, and Internal Address fields are not applicable to Receivables, so you can ignore them.

4. Save your work.

5. Enter the Organization Classifications Name for this organization.

6. To enable this organization classification, check the Enabled box.

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each of your organization classifications, then save your work.

8. To enter additional organization classification information, choose Others.

   Note: For an organization with an 'Inventory Organization' classification, you must first define your accounting and then your inventory information before you can enter additional information.

9. Select 'Accounting Information' to enter ledger information.

   Select 'Inventory Information' to enter inventory setup options.

   Select 'Receiving Information' to enter receiving setup options (this option is not applicable for an 'Inventory Organization' classification).

10. If you chose 'Accounting Information,' enter a ledger identifier. A ledger describes a group of accounts that share a common general ledger account structure, calendar, and functional currency. See: Defining Ledgers.

    If you chose 'Inventory information,' enter a unique Organization Code.

If you have Oracle Order Management installed:

After you define your organizations and items, you must specify an item validation organization in the Order Management Parameters window. The item validation organization, which must be an item master organization, indicates the organization that Receivables uses to validate items.

The information in the Organization window is shared by all Oracle applications that you install. Consequently, you can query all the organizations set up within other products. If you can query other organizations, then you do not have to set up an organization specific to Receivables.

You can disable an organization classification by unchecking the Enabled box next to that classification, and then saving your work.

Other Sources

• Oracle E-Business Suite Multiple Organizations Implementation Guide