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Note: You must define the option for customer numbering when you implement Oracle Projects, whether or not you have also installed Oracle Receivables. If you have both Oracle Projects and Oracle Receivables installed, you enter the Oracle Receivables system options related to customers in Oracle Projects' System Options window.

In Oracle Projects, you use customers, customer addresses, and customer contacts to specify customers for which you are doing project work. Each Customer must have one primary bill-to address, one primary ship-to address, and one primary bill-to contact. The primary bill-to contact must be entered in the Primary Bill-To Contacts Role window and in the Business Purpose Details window.

Note: In a multiple organization environment, customers are shared across operating units. However, you must define customer addresses for each operating unit. If multiple operating units are doing project work with the same customer, each operating unit must have an address defined for the customer.

Fremont Corporation's accounting department needs to add three customers to their customer database. Fremont uses the Quick Customer Entry form to define customers. Since each customer has only one address, the addresses are set up as the primary bill-to and ship-to sites. Each bill-to contact is identified as the primary bill-to contact since there is only one contact for each customer.
The City of San Francisco is a Fremont Corporation customer:
Customer
Name			City of San Francisco
Number			1000
Address			City Hall San Francisco, CA 94112, US
Address		City Hall San Francisco, CA 94112, US
Bill			Yes
Ship			Yes
Market			Yes
Address Contact
Last Name	First	Title	Job Title	Bill	Ship
Lasky	John	Mr.	AP Supervisor	Yes	Yes
The Port of Oakland is another Fremont Corporation customer:
Customer
Name			Port of Oakland
Number			1001
Status			Active
Category			Customer
Profile Class			DEFAULT
Type			External
Address		10 E. Seaside Oakland, CA 94130, US
Bill			Yes
Ship			Yes
Address Contact
Last Name	First	Title	Job Title	Bill	Ship
Winston	Ed	Mr.	AP Supervisor	Yes	Yes
Another Fremont Corporation customer is The Bay Group. The Bay Group has different bill to and ship to addresses:
Customer
Name			The Bay Group
Number			1004
Address		120 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94120, US
Bill			Yes
Ship			Yes
Market			Yes
Address Contact
Last Name	First	Title	Job Title	Bill	Ship
Davies	J	Mr.	AP Supervisor	Yes	No
Address		Hunters Point South San Francisco, CA 94168, US
Bill			Yes
Ship			Yes
Market			Yes