Effects of customer and vendor roles in Order Entry
To record the transaction of inventory moving across country barriers, you place a customer order in Order Entry using your customer role. You define the order as a drop ship order and assign the appropriate vendor role as your vendor. The order then processes as a normal drop ship order, so the vendor (through a vendor role) directly ships the goods to your customer. Also, the vendor company can send the goods directly to you, and you can ship them to your customer.