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What is a Buying Organization? |
Every Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition user is member of a Buying Organization. Some users, with wide responsibilities may be members of two or more Buying Organizations.
A Buying Organization is a group of users who have similar buying requirements and responsibilities. Each Buying Organization contains users who all select and purchase from the same subset of the items and suppliers in the Buying Organization catalog.
A large Enterprise can be sub-divided into Buying Organizations on the basis of:
Northeast, Mid-west, Atlantic, etc.
Business organization, for example:
Operations, Engineering, Sales, etc.
Functionality or Cost Center, for example:
Electro-mechanical, Construction, Chemical, Federal, etc.
The Enterprise has a single multi-supplier catalog, containing all the items from all the catalogs of all the suppliers with whom they have a purchasing relationship.
For convenience, each Buying Organization is provided with Buying Organization catalog, containing only those types of item they need to purchase for their routine operations, for example, users with maintenance responsibilities need access to suppliers of plumbing materials and electrical components, etc.
Sometimes, you may need to order an item that you know is in the multi-supplier catalog, but is not available in your Buying Organization catalog. To do this, you can submit a Shopping Cart containing a special request. When this is approved, the special item is ordered from the supplier for you.