As described in the documentation on
Branch - Organizational Unit, plants must be linked to branches. More than one plant can be assigned to a branch.You can allocate a plant to a branch by choosing the Customizing path for
assigning CGC branches.
Before you can allocate the plant to a branch, the plant must be assigned to a company and the CGC company must be maintained.
If either the plant is not assigned to a company code or the CGC company is not specified, the field to enter the branch is not available for input.