ProductOrigin

Choose from one of the following enumerators:

Data Code	Description
DirectPurchaseExclusiveDistributor	Company acquires product as a direct purchase from the exclusive distributor of the manufacturer.
DirectPurchaseManufacturer	Company acquires product as a direct purchase from the manufacturer.
DirectPurchaseRepackager	Company acquires product as a direct purchase from a repackager who purchased directly from the manufacturer.
IndirectPurchase	Company acquires product as an indirect purchase from a supplier or repackager that did not acquire the product directly from the manufacturer.
Originator	Company is the manufacturer of the product and originates the sale into the supply chain.
OriginatorExclusiveDistributor	Indicates the company that purchased this product is the Exclusive Distributor of the Product. In this case, the Exclusive Distributor will set ProductOrigin to be OriginatorExclusiveDistributor, and NOT DirectPurchaseManufacturer, even though the Exclusive Distributor did purchase from the manufacturer. This will ensure that outbound Transaction Histories for this product will start with the Exclusive Distributor and not "continue" the received Transaction History.