Client: Commercially , technically client also an organizational unit or org level and at this level ,

system will maintain condition records and set of tables etc.,. It is top organizational level in SAP and
it is a 3 digit numeric number.

Fallowing are standard SAP clients

000 Master clients

001 Master client

066 Early watch client

800 IDES or training client (international demonstration education system)

Note: in real time , BASIS consultant will create new clients and we will work in that new
clients only

Company code: It is a separate account department or separate legal entity and at this level
accounts are maintained by FI people. Business balance sheet , Profit and loss statement etcv., will
prepare at company code level and submit to Govt.

Purchasing Organization: It is responsible to procure material or service by negotiating terms and

conditions with an external vendor or from an internal plant

Types of Purchasing organizations:

1. Plant specific pur.org

2. Cross plant pur.org
3. Cross company codes p.org
4. Central p.org
5. Standard p.org
6. Reference p.org

Q. When Central p.org will involve and what is the advantage of Central p.org ?
Ans. If material is required for several plants i.e in bulk then cenral p.org will be involved and
the advantage is better prices are possible

Plant: It is a manufacturing unit or an operational unit or a sales branch (depo or

warehouse)

Storage location: Keeping the stock of material in a place is called as storage location and
only for st.loc repetitive code is possible but in different plant.

MM Organizatonal levels:
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1. P.org ( Top level in MM)
2. Plant
3. St.loc (least level in MM)