purchases product or materials from third party distributors, manufacturers, etc
the organization from whose perspective the processes are described, and who will own and run the eventual system
a person or organization that purchases product from the company, can do so in one or more of these more specific Actor roles:
party who uses the product
party who places the order for the product
party who the product is shipped to from the company (and who will pass it on to the End-User Customer if they are not also that actor)
party to receives and who is responsible to pay the invoice for the order
creates actual product, either finished goods and/or sub-assemblies, from materials
a party that supplies product to the company, typically either a Manufacturer or Distributor