Categorizing Vendors for reporting purposes.

Dear experts,
I would like to set up our new system in such a way that our vendors are categorized according to the reporting requirements from business, i.e. procurement.
What is the best way to conduct this? Is there a standard way, or are accountgroups normally used?
I know vendor hierarchies, which are normally used to represent the structure of a particular vendor and it's subsidaries.
Then there are the corporate groups to place them in a holding of companies.
What's your experience on this?
BTW, are SAP classifications often used to categorize vendors for reporting purposes?
Thanks for your input.

Hi Schotanus,
Please put in SD blog and get the help.
Regards,
Anil

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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190268.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
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Please see the example and help me out is there any solution to get below Required output.
with t as (select '61527' as cp_Code,'RELEASE SWITCH' as Cp_Des,'88967095' as Part_No,'1800' as List_Price from dual union all
select '61527' as cp_Code,'RELEASE SWITCH' as Cp_Des,'88967095' as Part_No,'909' as List_Price from dual union all
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61527           RELEASE SWITCH           88967095      1800
61527           RELEASE SWITCH           88967095      909
61527           RELEASE SWITCH           89018180      4071.53
61527           RELEASE SWITCH           89018180      5755.25
61527           RELEASE SWITCH           TEST1      100
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61527      RELEASE SWITCH      88967095                1800
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                         89018180                4071.53
                                        5755.25
                         TEST1                100
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61527 RELEASE SWITCH 88967095 1800
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