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B2B Business Units and Associates
Model complex buyer organizations with Companies, Divisions, Associates, roles, inheritance, Stores, and approval rules.
55 min
3 sections
b2b
business-units
associates
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01. Model the buying organization
Section 1 of 3
Business Units represent Companies or Divisions and allow you to model business structure and user access. They can be hierarchical, with Divisions inheriting Stores, Associates, roles, and Approval Rules from parent units depending on configuration.
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B2B hierarchy example:
Company: global-manufacturing-co
Division: us-operations
Division: texas-plant-17
Division: ohio-plant-09
Division: eu-operations
Division: germany-plant-02
Associates:
- procurement-admin
- plant-buyer
- finance-approver
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