Figure C.02 - Customer Business Entities

The Following Figure “C.02 – Customer Business Entities” presents the Customer main entities.<br/>The primary business entities in the Customer Data model are Customer and Customer Account. Additional business entities, unique to a given enterprise, can be added to extend this model.<br/>A Customer may possess one or many CustomerBillingAccounts. <br/>A CustomerBillingAccount is an arrangement that a Customer has with an enterprise (such as a communication service provider) through which the enterprise collects AppliedCustomerBillingRate (i.e. charges) to structure bills. It also collects payments for Products that are supplied by the enterprise to the Customer. The AppliedCustomerBillingRates are invoiced to the CustomerBillingAccount via CustomerBills.<br/>A CustomerBillingAccount is a type of Account.<br/>A Customer might be evaluated for its worthiness (PartyCreditProfile) and this evaluation might be based on external information (PartyCreditProfileReference).<br/>The AccountContact qualifies for an Account a contact point (PartyRole and ContactMedium) such as primary, secondary, and emergency contact.<br/>