Set Up Profit Center Business Unit for a Maintenance Organization

To create resource rates in a maintenance organization, you must implement the cost management. If you intend to implement the cost management, then first you must associate the profit center business unit with the maintenance organization. The profit center business unit is used as a search parameter when implementing the cost management.

The steps to set up a business unit as a profit center are:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, select the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management offering.

2. Click the Setup button.

3. Select the Facilities functional area.

4. In the Facilities region, from the Show drop-down list, select: All Tasks. All the tasks for the Facilities functional area are displayed.

5. In the Task region, click the Manage Inventory Organizations link.

6. On the Manage Inventory Organizations page, search and select the newly created organization.

7. Click the Edit icon.

8. If Profit Center Business Unit field is blank, then select a value.

9. Click the Next button.

10. Confirm that the Item Master Organization is correct.

11. Click the Save and Close button.

12. On the Manage Inventory Organizations page, click the Done button.