[Vendor] basic concepts

Vendor Master Record confignation

2. partner role

partner roles can be used to represent different functions saved by business partners within the procurement process. the partner role defines the rights, duties and tasks of a partner in carrying out a business transaction.
the partner roles that exist within materials management include the following:
ordering address
goods supplier
invoicing Party
different payee
partners can be defined for partner roles at the level of the purchasing organization, the plant, or the vendor sub-range.
partners can be maintained for partner roles in the vendor master record or the purchasing document. if partner have been maintained in the vendor master record, they are suggested by the system in purchasing events.
You can specify several partners for one partner role.

-- In perchasing Root

-- The partner schema relate to this section in vendor account group determination