PeopleSoft Payables Business Unit Overview

In a PeopleSoft system, a business unit is an operational subset of an organization that enables you to plan operations based on the way the organization functions.

Before you implement an application for an organization, determine how the business operates. To make the most of the PeopleSoft system's flexibility, you have to decide how to map operational business structures to the PeopleSoft application.

Some of the characteristics of PeopleSoft Payables business units can affect how you define them in the implementation of the application. This section discusses some of these key traits of business units so that you can decide the best way to use them.