In an embodiment, a plurality of logical deployment units are distributed throughout a system. Each logical deployment unit is provided with one or more business objects. Links are set up between the plurality of logical deployment units, and the logical deployment units are enabled to receive a business transaction and to identify an individual material associated with the business transaction. In the embodiment, each business object is visible only within its own logical deployment unit and has access to the individual material, and the plurality of logical deployment units and the one or more business objects are integrated.