The field "Department" of the profit center is a critical field that is used in BW to assign a cost center to a plant and then to a site. 

ex:

  • The cost center 7512-1022 is assigned to the profit center 7512-I0449
  • The department of the profit center 7512-I0449 is 7512

=> The cost center is assigned to the plant 7512

Depending on the type of profit center the department code can be: 

  • a plant code = a code maintained in table T001W in WP1 or PF1 (1) 

  • a generic plant code (only in WP1) created by GBU (2). This code doesn't exist in the table T001W. 



Rule by ERP + type of profit center

ERPType of profit centerDepartmentExample
PF1Reporting profit center= "blank"

Organizational profit center 


= plant code 

By default the department code = profit center code without the letter C

However the rule is to have one department code by site even if for historical reasons there can be several profit centers in the same site. 

ex: in Tavaux, all profit centers are assigned to the department TAU: 

Profit centerDepartment
CTAH Slvfr-Fr /Tavaux (Spc)

TAU Tavaux

CTAU Slvfr-Fr /Tavaux (Pvdc)

There is one exception when there are several management units / GBU in the site (only in GBU Soda Ash).

In the GBU Soda Ash, there should be one dedicated department for Soda Ash another one for Bicar. 

ex: in Torrelavega

Profit centerDepartment
CTOS Slvq-Es /Torrelavega (Su)

TOSA (management unit Soda Ash)

CTOSA Slvq-Es /Torrelavega (Sod)
CTOSB Slvq-Es /Torrelavega (Bir) TOSB (management unit Bicar)



WP1Profit center used in the master data of production cost centers (the codification of the cost center starts with the plant code (star))

= plant code 

= first digits of the profit center code (star)

ex: department of profit center 7512 -I0449 = 7512 

Profit center used in the master data of SG&A / CBS / Financial cost centers (the codification of the cost center starts with the company code (star))

These profit centers are used in cost center that could be shared between several plants/sites. 

Ex: in Rhodia Operation, there can be people working in the same team located in Paris or Lyon. Then the cost center is allocated neither to the Paris site nor to the Lyon site but to a generic site.

By default this rule applies to all cost centers that are not used on production plants.

The only exception is the facilities cost centers in CBS.

= generic GBU code 

= BFC GBU code + 00

ex:  Novecare = CS00 


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Generic code
CB00CB Corporate Business Services
CH00CH Special Chem
CM00CM Composite Materials
CS00CS Novecare
CT00CT Coatis
GY00GY Energy Services
NB00NB New Business Development
OG00OG Oil & Gas
PA00PA Aroma
PE00PE Peroxides
SD00SD Soda Ash
SI00SI Silica
SP00SP Specialty Polymers
TS00TS Technology Solution

Exception: Facilities cost centers included in the group ZCBS-FFAC of the ZCBS hierarchy

= plant code 

= first digits of the profit center code (star)

ex: department of profit center 7925 -I0569  = 7925

(star) For historical reasons, there may be exceptions to the codification