One trading partner with many application partners

You may also want to maintain a single company address for the corporate level and separate addresses for each department or division. Define a single internal trading partner name and use the application partner entries to enable you to connect a given department with its trading partners, yet have all mail processed through the corporate partner relationship first. For example, you can define specific trading relationships with your dealer/distributor chain, your suppliers, and your customers. You may also configure relationships for each major application: the Order Entry department as an entity receives all incoming orders; the Billing department processes invoices; and Human Resources handles healthcare enrollments and claims processing.

In this case, you configure a trading partner for the company and an application partner for each division.