INSTRUCTIONS

Using what you've learned about the Organizational Structure Elements in SAP's FI system, please read the mini-case below and do 2 things:

Questions,

Smart Snacks Inc. According to the company,

1) How can you structure the company using SAP Organization Items?

(Describe your answer graphically and create an organization chart.)

2) explain the function of the organization's elements and why you decided to include them in the structure?

(For every element you use in the schema)

CASE

You have been hired as a Project Manager by Smart Snacks Inc. to manage the Financial Modules of the SAP ECC 6 ERP software. The first step of this implementation will be to determine the Organizational Structural Elements required to support Smart Snacks Inc's operations. To obtain the information to start this phase of the project, you arranged interviews with the owner of the company, where you discovered the following information:

The firm is registered as a Canadian Corporation.

The firm has only been operational for about one year.

The firm is doing well and is well funded.

It is family-owned, but the owners have 2 major partners - one in the United States and one in Germany.

The firm makes a line of organic snack foods. All the products are made in Canada and sold in Canada, the United States and Germany.

There are 3 manufacturing plants in Canada that manufacture the products.

There are 4 Distribution/Storage Centers in the firm. Two of the Distribution Centers are in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver), one is in Germany, and the last one is in the United States.

The Distribution Centers in Germany and the United States are operated by Smart Snacks but operated by the Smart Snacks owners' partners.

Most of the products are Make to Stock, but some products are made to order as they are packaged differently for specific large customers (Costco and Walmart).

Each Distribution Center creates its own forecast for each product they will sell and receives sales orders for those products.

The owners of Smart Snacks are considering acquiring a new manufacturing facility and an additional Distribution Center soon to be set-up in South East Asia.

You should consider the following organizational elements in your proposed structure:

Client

Company Codes

Business Areas

Controlling Areas

Chart of Accounts

Plants