Organization modeling in Sterling Order Management System Software

In Sterling Order Management System Software, 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 System Software.

Organizations can be defined in a hierarchical structure. Organization hierarchies are used in multiple places in Sterling Order Management System Software 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 System Software, in addition to assigning organization roles, any organization can be designated as having the following responsibilities:

• Enterprise
• Catalog Organization
• Inventory Organization
• Capacity Organization
• Config Organization

An organization can be defined with any or all of the above responsibilities at the same time.