HOME ASSIGNMENT: WEEK 01
To be completed by: Thursday 23:59 Pacific Time
PART 01
Business Case: Financial Information for XYZ Motors will be tracked in a unique Tax ID. In this activity,
you will create a new company organization called XYZ Motors, Inc. based in Chicago, that will be used
for reporting purposes by the Finance organization
Requirements:
1. Create a Reorganization Event to group XYZ Motors events
2. Create a company called XYZ Motors, Inc. and assign supporting roles to the organization
Task#1 Create a Reorganization
1. Using the Create Reorganization task, create a new reorganization event. Use the following
information:
Field Name Entry Value
Reorganization Name <Your Initials>_XYZ Motors Expansion Project
Reorganization Date Today’s Date
Description Creation of XYZ Motors organizations
2. Click OK
Task#2 Create a Company Organization
1. Using the Create Company task, create a new company using the XYZ Motors reorganization
event you created.
2. Use the following information to create your company
Field Name Entry Value
Name <Your Initials>_XYZ Motors, Inc.
Subtype Company
Visibility Everyone
Company Currency USD
3. In the Assign Roles grid, click on Add row icon 4 times to add additional rows
Note: The owner role defaults to Logan McNeil. Do not remove this role
4. Add the following roles, and assign the Director, Accounting – Sara Goldstein to each of them:
a. Budget Manager
b. Company Costing Manager
c. Compensation Finance Partner
d. Controller
5. Click OK to save and view your Company organization.
PART 02
Business Case: You will create several cost centers that will be used for workers in the XYZ Motors
supervisory organizations. You will then put those cost centers into hierarchies for reporting purposes.
Requirements:
1. Create cost centers for the XYZ Motors organization
2. Create the following cost center hierarchy structures and include the appropriate cost
centers into each:
a. All products, including Cars, General Admin, and Trucks
b. All Functions, including Admin, Manufacturing, and Sales
Task#1 Create cost Centers
1. Using the Create Cost Center task, create the cost centers below using the XYZ Motors
Expansion Project reorganization event.
2. Make all the cost centers visible to role assignees and members
3. Ensure the code is included in the name of the organization
4. Assign Logan McNeil to the Cost Center Manager role
XM1000 XM2000
<Your Initials>_General <Your Initials>_Car Admin
Admin
XM2200
XM2100 <Your Initials>_Car
<Your Initials>_Car Sales Manufacturing
XM3100
XM3000
<Your Initials>_Truck
<Your Initials>_Truck
Sales
Admin
XM3200
<Your Initials>_Truck
Manufacturing
Task#2 Create cost Center hierarchy for all products
1. Use the Create Cost Center Hierarchy task to create the following cost center hierarchy
structure, called All Products, using the XYZ Motors Expansion Project reorganization event.
a. Select Area as the subtype for all cost center hierarchies
b. Make each cost center hierarchy visible only to the role assignees
c. Assign Logan McNeil as the Cost Center Manager
Note: To create Multiple levels, use the cost center hierarchy’s Related Actions and select
Reorganization > Create Subordinate
<Your Initials>_All
Products
<Your Initials>_Cars <Your Initials>_Trucks
Task#3 Assign Cost Centers to Cost Center Hierarchy
1. Use the diagram below to assign all cost centers into their appropriate cost center hierarchies.
Click each cost center’s Related Actions and select Reorganization > Assign Included
Organizations
Note: There is a difference between creating a subordinate cost center hierarchy and including cost
centers in a cost center hierarchy
<Your Initials>_All
Products
<Your XM1000 <Your <Your
Initials>_Cars Initials>_General initials>_Trucks
Admin
XM2000 XM2100 XM2200 XM3000 XM3100 XM3200
<Your Initials>_Car <Your Initials>_Car <Your Initials>_Car <Your <Your <Your
Admin Sales Manufacturing Initials>_Truck Initials>_Truck Sales Initials>_Truck
Admin Manufacturing
Task#4 Create Cost Center Hierarchy for All Functions
1. Use the diagram below and repeat the steps from Tasks 2 and 3 above to create a second cost
center hierarchy called All Functions, using the Function subtype.
<Your
Initials>_All
Functions
<Your <Your <Your
Initials>_Admin Initials>_Manufact initials>_Sales
uring
XM2000 XM3000 XM1000 XM2200 <Your XM3200 <Your XM2100 XM3100
Initials>_Car Initials>_Truck
<Your <Your <Your <Your <Your
Manufacturing Manufacturing
Initials>_Car Initials>_Truck Initials>_Ge Initials>_Car Initials>_Truck
Admin Admin neral Admin Sales Sales