Example: Multisite configuration with separate general ledger accounts

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You can create two organizations that share a company set but maintain separate item sets. This example illustrates a way to reflect the structure of your enterprise with sites, organizations, and sets.

Your enterprise has two distinct business operations: a utilities operation and a fleet of vehicles. Both are run from a central location in Denver, Colorado, and both use the same list of vendors. Each operation has its own general ledger accounts.

The utilities operation also has a facility in Laramie, Wyoming. All operations and locations use the same vendors, although the utilities and fleet operations maintain different items and storerooms.

You can accommodate your enterprise structure by doing the following:

  • Create two organizations: Utilities and Fleet.
  • Create two sites for the Utilities organization: Util-Denver and Util-Laramie.
  • Create one site for the Fleet organization: Flt-Denver.
  • Create one company set for use by both organizations.
  • Create an item set for the Utilities organization.
  • Create an item set for the Fleet organization.
Figure 1. Two organizations with separate general ledger accounts
The figure shows a configuration in which two organizations share the same company set but have separate item sets.