Why Are Trading Partner Profiles Important?
Your trading partner profiles, used along with trading partner agreements (TPAs) and process models, define how you and your trading partners exchange business documents. The different roles, for example, initiator (buyer) and fulfiller (seller), in a process model define the actions you perform for a transaction type, as well as the actions you expect your trading partners to perform during those transactions. In short, the configuration of process models, the application of TPAs, and the implementation of PIPs are what enable you to successfully interact with your trading partners.
You may need to perform different roles for different trading partners. For example, you might need to act as a buyer toward your suppliers and as a seller toward your distributors. In RosettaNet Module, you can define your trading partners, using trading partner profiles, and the roles the trading partners perform in transactions, using process models for each role:
For your organization, define your trading partner profile, known as the
enterprise profile. Then, customize a process model template for each role that you perform with your trading partners. If you perform multiple roles, you must have a separate process model for each role.
For your trading partners, define
one trading partner profile for each trading partner with whom you conduct transactions. Next, customize a process model template for each role the partner performs. Again, if the partner performs multiple roles, there must be a separate process model for each role.
A trading partner's role determines how you customize the process model template. When you define the process model, specify the sender and receiver of the business document by assigning a trading partner profile to each role. For information about customizing process model templates, see
Customizing Process Model Template. For information about process models in general, see
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