Trading Community Architecture (TCA)
Oracle Trading Community Architecture (TCA) is a data model that allows you to manage complex information about the parties, or customers. Trading Community Architecture is the implementation of technology and applications to allow users to create and maintain relationships among entities. It is a way to understand who your customer interacts with inside and outside the enterprise. TCA key entities: Parties: Parties are the entities of type person/organization that enter into a business relationship Party Sites: Addresses of the parties Customers: Parties with whom you have a selling relationship Customer Accounts: The business relationships between you and your customers Customer Account Sites: Address of the party used in the case of customer accounts Locations: Geo-spatial points, usually defined by an address Contacts: People who have a contact or employment relationship with an organization or person...