# Managing Organizations (Quality) Veeva Quality Vaults provide a robust data model and functionality to manage information and processes involving the external partners your organization works with. If your organization does not need to differentiate between different types of external organizations your organization works with, you can use the _Organization_ object to manage information about an organization's qualification status, external contacts, and more. However, if you must differentiate between different types of external partner organizations, or your organization's configuration is robust enough that you are approaching the limit for the total number of inbound or outbound relationships to the _Organization_ object, instead of creating multiple object types on the _Organization_ object, you can use the extended organization data model to manage this information and any associated processes. If you're unsure of which model to leverage, contact your Veeva team for discussion. ## Organization Objects The following objects are part of the extended organization data model, and are integrated in key features, such as External Response Collaboration, that help you to manage the organizations you work with: * _Health Authority_ * _Hospital_ * _Hospital Location_ * _Organization_ * _Organization Location_ * _Third Party_ On the _Organization_ object, you can additionally differentiate between organization types by using the following standard object types. If you are leveraging the supporting organization objects listed above, we recommend using the following types of _Organization_ object: * _External Organization_ * _External Site_ * _Internal Organization_ * _Internal Site_ We recommend using the standalone organization objects and the standard _Organization_ object types listed above where applicable, rather than creating new object types on the _Organization_ object or using a single _Organization_ object type for different kinds of organizations. ### Common Organization Related Objects Additionally, you can use the following related objects to manage organizations in conjunction with the _Organization_ object and across the supporting organization objects: * **Person**: The _Person_ object provides the standard _Contact_ object type to store information about recognized contacts from partner organizations. You can add a _Person_ related object section to any organization object layout in order to create a list of known contacts from that organization. If your organization uses the External Response Collaboration feature, only _Persons_ associated with the type of organization selected on the _External Collaboration Object Control_ configuration are available to select as external collaborators. * **Qualification**: The _Qualification_ object stores information about an _Organization's_ qualification status, and lets your organization manage the qualification and requalification processes per your business requirements. * **Quality events and documents**: Almost all types of quality event records reference a type of organization, both in the merged _Quality Event_ object and in standalone quality event object records such as _Audits_, _Findings_, and _Change Controls_. Many types of documents, especially those which are proprietary to specific contract organizations, also leverage references to organizations either as owners or consumer audiences. These reference links are often used to drive security and reporting configurations. ## Organization Management Features The following features support the extended organization data model. You can use these features with any of the extended organization objects and any of the object types on the _Organization_ object. * External Response Collaboration * External Collaboration Checklists * Quality Document Generation * Reason for Change * Record History