What are organizational units? In IMDS, the concept of organizational units was implemented in order to better structure companies registered in IMDS and to be able to send targeted information to individual organizational units. In this way it is possible, for example, to send material data sheets (MDS) directly to certain organizational units instead of to the whole company. When structuring in organizational units, further IMDS IDs are created for the various organizational units in an

The concept of Organization Units was implemented in IMDS in order to better structure the companies registered in IMDS and be able to transmit information selectively to individual Organization Units. In this way, Organization Units contribute to more efficient company organisation in IMDS. For example, it is possible to transmit material data sheets (MDS) directly to specific Organization Units – instead of sending them to the company in general. For structuring in Organization Units

With the new release, a new function was introduced into IMDS: MDS Updates.The objective and purpose of this function is to support compliance with change management. Change Management describes the conditions under which a material data sheet must be created anew or updated. In our Journal 09/2014, we have already mentioned this on Page 10.Extract from the Material Data System (IMDS) User Manual, Version 10.0This function lists updated MDSs of the suppliers and names the individual own or

It often happens that the internal IMDS processes or ownership structures of a company change. This makes it necessary to reorganise the company structures created in IMDS. Two scenarios can be reflected in IMDS: Firstly, two or more IMDS companies can be consolidated into one IMDS company due to a company merger. Secondly, it is possible to separate one or more organisational units from an IMDS company and transform them into a separate IMDS company due to a company split-off.However, before