Commerce sites must be able to accept payment via invoice. Oracle ATG Web Commerce allows end users to specify a purchase order number and billing address and generate an invoice. It supports purchase order numbers as a payment type, generates invoices that refer to purchase order numbers as well as to other payment types, and allows a user to split the bill for an order among several invoices, or among a combination of invoices and other payment types (corporate purchasing cards, for example).
The validation process can be customized and ensures that necessary information is present. Messaging allows communication with your other financial systems, and features are designed to make integration with back-end systems simple.
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