Customers (as suppliers now) are managed and owned by the Trading Community Architecture (TCA) . This framework enables the management of master data in a single location. This framework started in early 2000 and is completed with Release 12. So when you create a customer, the following is the hierarchy of data you enter:
Party
Account
Address
Site
Business Purpose
This is true for all master data managed by TCA, including employees, suppliers, customers, and banks.
The party is not where E-Business Suite transactions occur. The transactions are performed at the account level. A party account is identified as a customer for transactions in Oracle Order Management and Oracle Receivables. It also identifies the supplier for Oracle Purchasing and Oracle Payables.
The details of TCA are not covered in this book. For more information on TCA and the technical and framework design please refer to the Trading Community Architecture Reference Guide (Part No. E13569...