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Supplier Sites and Site Uses

Suppliers often operate at multiple locations, and each location may serve a different business purpose — one site for purchase orders, another for receiving payments. FAP handles this with a two-level hierarchy: supplier sites and supplier site uses.

Supplier sites​

A Supplier Site links a FAP supplier to a party site in PRM. The party site holds the physical address and contact details, while the supplier site adds FAP-specific attributes:

  • Supplier site name — an optional label for the site within the FAP context
  • Status code — tracks whether the site is active or inactive
  • Remittance bank account — an optional reference to a bank account in CMM (Cash Management) from which remittances for this site are paid

Each supplier site belongs to an organisation within the tenant. The same party site can only be linked once to a given supplier organisation, preventing duplicate site records.

Remittance bank account​

When a supplier site carries a remittance bank account, Raytio validates that the bank account's owner party matches the supplier's party. This ensures that remittance accounts are always associated with the correct supplier and prevents data entry errors.

Supplier site uses​

A Supplier Site Use defines the business purpose of a supplier site. Three purposes are supported:

Purpose codeMeaning
PURCHASINGThe site is used for raising purchase orders
PAYThe site is used for making payments to the supplier
RFQThe site is used for requesting quotations

Site-use purpose codes support i18n, so display values can be configured per locale.

Payment term override​

Site uses can override the supplier-level payment term. When a transaction is created, the payment term is resolved using the following defaulting chain:

  1. Site use payment term — if set, this takes precedence
  2. Supplier payment term — fallback if no site use override is present
  3. Error — if neither level provides a payment term, the transaction cannot be validated

This allows a single supplier to have different payment terms for different billing locations — for example, 30-day terms for domestic sites and 60-day terms for international sites.

Authorisation​

Supplier sites and site uses inherit authorisation from the underlying PRM party structure and from the parent supplier record. The platform controls visibility, ensuring users only see sites and site uses they are permitted to access.

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