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Types of business partners

In this article you can find a detailed description of business partner forms.

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BPNL (Legal entity)

A legal entity, represented by a BPNL, is a business partner. It stands for a legally registered organization in company or tax registry.

  • Has one (the registered address) to N addresses being connected directly or via a site.

  • Data provided by any ecosystem provider

  • BPN generation and data QS & enrichment by Cofinity-X

BPNS (Site)

A site, represented by a BPNS, is a geographical area belonging to a legal entity where this entity is doing business. This might be a plant, an office building, a warehouse or any other infrastructure fulfilling a concrete business value

  • A legal entity might have 0 to N sites.

  • Data provision, QS & enrichment by data owner only

  • Optional; but typically operation level

BPNA (Address)

An address, represented by a BPNA, is a physical location described with a set of location attributes (like country, city, zip, street, houseNo, etc.).
Acting as operational location for some business purpose, like official entrances, postal delivery points or gates for trucks.

  • Data provides by any ecosystem participant

  • BPN generation and data QS& enrichment by Cofinity-X

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