Author: Awais Farooq

This case assumes there is no impact from the organization change on a multiple organizations architecture. For information on multiple organization change, see Operating Units and Multiple Organizations.

In this case study, we use Fremont Corporation to demonstrate how to use Oracle Projects to address organization changes. In its original implementation, Fremont Corporation’s organization hierarchy contained four organizations directly subordinate to its business group. The four organizations have several subordinate organizations. Following is an illustration of Fremont Corporation’s initial organization hierarchy: Fremont Corporation…

If you add a new organization to the Project Burdening Hierarchy Version, you must do one of the following: If you want to add burden multipliers to a particular schedule version for the organization, you need to compile the affected schedule version. If you use the parent organization multipliers, you must submit the PRC: Add…

Many of the steps you perform to implement your first Oracle Projects operating unit define parameters and features that are shared across all operating units. To set up additional operating units, you only need to perform the steps that control parameters for an individual operating unit. Similarly, some Oracle Projects setup steps define parameters that…

You define a location for each address your enterprise uses. Give each location a short name and then assign it to an individual organization or to an employee. A location is easier to type than a full address, especially if many employees or organizations use it. If several organizations are located at the same address,…

To assign project burdening hierarchies, you follow the procedures described below: To specify project burdening hierarchies Depending on your enterprise organization structure and business process, it is possible for the Project Burdening Hierarchy Version to be different from the Project/Task Organization Hierarchy Version, Expenditure/Event Organization Hierarchy Version, or Default Project Reporting Organization Hierarchy Version that…

Organization hierarchies provide a structure for the relationships between the organizations within your enterprise. They enable you to manage expenditure and reporting data and coordinate project-owning organizations. If your organization uses business groups, you can create project burdening organization hierarchies for each business group. You define an organization hierarchy by telling Oracle Projects which organizations…

Operating units are another type of organization classification. You use operating units to partition data for a subledger application such as Oracle Payables, Oracle Receivables, or Oracle General Ledger. When an enterprise utilizes more than one operating unit, it is said to have a “multiple organization installation.” The implementation of multiple organizations in Oracle Projects…

The business group organizations you define represent each legislative unit under which your business operates. Within each business group, you can define organizations to represent the structure of your enterprise. Organizations and employees are partitioned by business groups. Many enterprises choose to use a single business group so that they can manage and report information…

Organizations can represent departments, sections, divisions, companies, business groups, or other organizational units within your enterprise. You can also create organizations that represent your external contractors. Oracle Projects uses organizations for the following business purposes: You use the Organization window to define all the organizations within your business group. The organizations you define appear in…