Business relations contain location and contact information for all addresses defined in the system. They also contain tax details that are directly referenced or used as defaults for customers and suppliers.

Business relation codes are defined at the database level. This lets you maintain all address data in one function, and then reference it in other functions that require address data, such as customer and supplier records. When the business relationship address data is modified, all other codes that reference that address are also updated automatically, reducing time and duplicate maintenance effort.

Each business relation code identifies a set of up to six system-defined address types that can be associated with different types of records in the system, from customers and suppliers to end users and docks. Some address types are used only in financial functions. These include reminder and remittance types. Others are used only in operational functions. These include ship-to, dock, and end user. The headoffice address is used in both financial and operational functions. See Address Type for details.

The creation of operational address types is described in QAD Master Data User Guide.