Use this activity to connect a customer to the supplier to identify that the customer and the supplier represent the same company.
A connection between the supplier and the customer is made. The charge/no charge (component part) functionality can be used to support a subcontracting process, in which you are supplying (via a customer order) the supplier with material or components that the supplier needs to either manufacture or pack the parts that you then purchase. Here, the connection between supplier and customer is used by the system to identify the customer for which to create a customer order. This functionality allows you to either charge, i.e., sell the material or the components to your supplier, or not charge the supplier for the material and components that you supply them.
When a purchase requisition line or purchase order line is created for customer-owned parts, the connection between the supplier and the customer is referenced by the system to determine the default owning customer for the line.
When a customer order line is used for returning supplier-loaned parts, the connection between the supplier and the customer is referenced by the system to identify the owning supplier.