Branch - Organizational Unit 

To reflect Argentine business processes, an organizational unit called issuing branch is available. This unit represents the level at which Argentine official document numbers are assigned.

In Financial Accounting, issuing branches are assigned to company codes. In other applications, issuing branches are assigned to corresponding organizational units.

Maintaining Issuing Branches

You maintain issuing branches in Customizing for Cross-Application Components, by choosing General Application Functions ® Cross-Application Document Numbering ® Argentina ® Define Issuing Branches.

You can define several issuing branches per company code. Maintain the branch number and the branch name.

Assignment of Issuing Branches

You assign issuing branches to the following organizational units using the corresponding paths:

Shipping Point	Logistics Execution ® Shipping ® Deliveries ® Cross-Application Document Numbering ® Assign Issuing Branch to Shipping Point
Sales Area	Sales and Distribution ® Billing ® Billing Documents ® Country-Specific Features ® Country-Specific Features for Argentina ® Assign Issuing Branch to Sales Area
Plant/Storage Location	Materials Management ® Inventory Management and Physical Inventory ® Print Control ® Cross-Application Document Numbering ® Assign Issuing Subsidiary to Plant/Storage Location

You can assign one organizational unit to two different branches – for example, one for domestic operations and one for export operations.