Cost Centers are a Core Commerce feature that allows users to track their internal costs by designating certain parts of their organization as cost centers. Core Commerce tracks which items and orders belong to each cost center.
For example, an insurance company could set up accounts with an office supply site so individual employees of the insurance company could log on and purchase supplies. The insurance company could set up several cost centers for each department that will be ordering supplies through the web site. When an insurance company employee logs in to purchase supplies, they would specify the department to which they belong. The insurance company could then track costs by department and run related reports.
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