- Created by ROLLIER, Charlotte, last modified by TORRES, Joao on Oct 30, 2025
In PF2, the name of a profit center is critical for the reporting, the rules must be strictly followed.
PIF level
The name of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (F)
position 1-3 = first 3 characters of the Business Area (Sector code + Activity 1 code)
- positions 4-5 = Spaces
- positions 6-10 = PIF code (always in Caps Lock ) + spaces to make it 5 chars
- positions 11-14 = industrial origin code - see transaction ZPRI - in case of tolling in an external plant, use the one of the Syensqo plant responsible for the tolling
- 9997 for product bought outside the group from third parties
- 9991 - 9994 for Rhodia GBU for which we do not know the specific industrial origin
position 15 = E (packed) or V (bulk) if a differentiation is made at that level.
positions 16-20 = free (not relevant for BFC)

Example
The name of the profit center F49JLAXXU1 is 349 JLA 3272E
Sector code = 3 PLASTICS
- Reporting Activity 1 code = 49 FLUOR MATERIALS
- “empty”
- PIF code = JLA Tecnoflon
Industrial origin code = 3272 SOLVAY SPOL US
Packaging code = E Packed
“empty”

The long text of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (F)
- Description of the PIF from table view ZZRT179V
- Space - hyphen - space
- City name of the establishment (EMEA… for 9991 - 9994 - and “3RD PARTIES” for industrial origin 9997)
- Space - hyphen - space
- “PACK” or “PACKED” // “BULK"
Note: If over the SAP 40-chars limit, abbreviate the names according to SLV traditions.

Activity 1 level
Example
The name of the profit center D3490 is 349
Sector code = 3 PLASTICS
- Reporting Activity 1 code = 49 FLUOR MATERIALS
- “empty”
- not applicable
- “empty”

The name of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (D)
- position 1-3 = first 3 characters of the Business Area (Sector code + Activity 1 code) - essential as used by COPA / BW for automatic determination
- positions 4-10 = Spaces
- positions 11-14 = Industrial origin code (only for specifics cheops value item like “ARRET”)
- position 15 = Spaces
- positions 16-20 = Free (not relevant for BFC)

The long text of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (D)
- Description from table ZZR_REPO_DIV taking the middle 2 characters from the Business Area (ex. profit center D9TN0 - search for “TN”).

Company level
Example
The name of the profit center E6288 is 6288 SFLX-DE
Reporting company code = 6288
- “empty”
- Enterprise abbreviation = SFLX
- "Hyphen"
- County = DE
The long text of a reporting profit center used at company level (E)
positions 1-4 = Reporting company code
- positions 5 = Space
positions 6-20 = Company “Enterprise medium name” from transaction ZPRI
Company and object level
Example
The name of the profit center SCHEF6329 is 6579 FIOP-BR
Object company code = 6579
- “empty”
- Enterprise abbreviation = FIOP
- "Hyphen"
- County = BR
The long text of a reporting profit center used at Company and object level (S)
positions 1-13 = PARTICIPATION
position 14 = Space
- position 15 -18 = Object company code
- positions 19 = Space
last positions = Company “Enterprise medium name” from transaction ZPRI

Unlike reporting profit centers, the description of organizational profit center doesn't matter.
- Short name - company code + space + plant “establishment abbreviation” from PF2 - ZPRI Display table ETAB (using the first 3 chars of the plant)
- Long text - plant NAME1 from view V_T001W (if needed using standard SLV abbreviation for the site) + abbreviated NAME2 from V_T001W if making it clearer.

In WP2, the name of a profit center does not matter as it is not used in reporting.
Plant level
The name of profit center created at plant level:
- PPPP = plant code
- name of the profit center
- VVVVV = value stream code
Example: 7666 divers Diphénols MEL - VZS05

Company code level
The name of profit center created at company level:
- PPPP = Generic plant code (=BFC GBU code + 00)
- name of the profit center (by default the GBU name)
- VVVVV = value stream code
Example: SI00 Silica - VSL01

3 Comments
Jean-Pierre Godbillon
What about PF1 "non reporting" profit center
ROLLIER, Charlotte
I found the rule in a procedure but it is not applied (I couldn't find an example that follows this rule in PF1). I don't remember why we need it ?
Jean-Pierre Godbillon
We were trying to find a way to discriminate reporting cost center vs organizational report cost centers to anticipate a solution of multi-GBU cost centers before implementing COPA in PF1