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Contents
Party 29
Party Roles 33
Organization Roles 35
Common Party Role Subtypes 36
Should Roles Be Defined at the Time of the Transaction? 36
Party Role Example 37
Role Types throughout This Book 37
Party Relationship 39
Party Relationship Examples 44
Party Relationship Information 46
Status Types 47
Party Contact Information 47
Postal Address Information 49
Geographic Boundaries 51
Party Contact Mechanism—Telecommunications Numbers
and Electronic Addresses 53
Party Contact Mechanism (Expanded) 54
Contact Mechanism Purpose 56
Facility versus Contact Mechanism 58
Party Communication Event 58
Communication Event Follow-Up 63
Summary 67
Chapter 3 Products 69
Product Definition 70
Product Category 71
Product Identification Codes 75
Product Features 76
Product Feature Interaction 78
Product Feature Subtypes 78
Product Feature Examples 79
Unit of Measure 80
Suppliers and Manufacturers of Products 81
Inventory Item Storage 84
Product Pricing 87
Pricing Subtypes 87
Price Component Attributes and Relationship to Product
or Product Feature 89
Pricing Factors 89
International Pricing 91
Example of Product Pricing . 91
Product Costing 93
Product to Product Associations 96
Products and Parts 100
Summary 104
Chapter 4 Ordering Products
Standard Order Model
Order and Order Items
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