In Sterling Order Management, an "organization" represents any unit of a business whether it is a company, legal entity, a business group, sales organization, purchasing organization or warehouse. Departments and divisions would also be represented as an organization in Sterling Order Management.
Organizations can be defined in a hierarchical structure. Organization hierarchies are used in multiple places in Sterling Order Management to inherit configurations and other business rules. Even customers and vendors are defined as multi-level organizations.
When defining Participants of your organizational model in Sterling Order Management, in addition to assigning organization roles, any organization can be designated as having the following responsibilities:
An organization can be defined with any or all of the above responsibilities at the same time.