Can anyone point me to a document that explains the implications of using sales departments and divisions? I understand how they are set-up but am not sure of how their use affects the relationship between inventory, entry of orders and purchases and the eventual reporting available.

I have a specific question also about the use of departments related to inventory. If I want to track a specific part by sold by several sales departments, how would that be setup?

Example: Part X is sold by both dept 001 and dept 003. How is that reflected in the inventory record for that part?

 Thanks

Hi, not sure if you worked this out yourself but the use of divisions requires some discussion on what you'd like to accomplish and also depends how you're company is structured. Do you actually have two seperate and independent branches within your company? Or do each department act as a profit/cost center. If they're only profit centers than you may want to introduce a segmented chart of accounts to handle this for you. I'd recommend that you get in contact with your BV partner, and if you don't have one I'd be glad to provide some direction with this but it would require some discussion.. You can contact me by e-mail derick.sabourin@terracor.ca or call 204.477.5342.