1. ERP and OFBiz Organizational Units

2. Objectives
Review selected OFBiz organizational units and understand their purpose

3. Organizational Units (Introduction)
All of the ERPs I know of are based on (hierarchical) organizational units
SAP has a company with a general ledger, purchasing organization(s) and sales organization(s)
OFBiz works similarly

4. Company The Company is the top-level organizational unit
It’s a “special” party group
It’s not a person
It has a currency
It (typically) does not have a login

5. Company (Information)

6. Company (Payment Information)

7. Facility (Introduction)
A Facility is another top-level organizational unit
A Facility belongs to a company
A facility has a type (Warehouse)
Inventory is received into a warehouse
Inventory is shipped from a warehouse
Goods are manufactured in a facility

8. Facility Manager (Illustration)
Use the Facility Manager to
Work with inventory
Manage warehouse picking and packing
Schedule production

9. Facility Information

10. Facility (Entity)
Size
Inventory
Store
UOM

11. Facility (Contact Information)

12. Accounting (Introduction)
Financial accounting must be configured before OFBiz can be run
Minimum requirements
Default organization (Company)
Default (main) currency
PartyAcctgPreference
Financial calendar
Global and company chart of accounts (COA)
Document numbering sequences