ORDERS
ORDERS is the UN/EDIFACT purchase order message — the electronic PO a buyer sends to a supplier to order goods or services. It carries the buyer and supplier, the order number and date, delivery location and requested dates, and the order lines: article numbers (often GTINs), descriptions, quantities and agreed prices.
ORDERS is the opening message of the procure-to-pay EDI cycle. The supplier typically replies with an ORDRSP (order response) to confirm or amend, ships against a DESADV (despatch advice/ASN), and bills with an INVOIC. Sending POs as ORDERS removes manual re-keying between buyer and supplier ERP systems — the source of most order errors.
ORDERS is the electronic purchase order — the start of automated procurement. Sent straight from the buyer's ERP into the supplier's, it eliminates the emailed-PDF-and-rekey step that causes wrong quantities, prices and delivery dates, and it timestamps the order for the whole downstream cycle.
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What is the ANSI X12 equivalent of ORDERS?
The X12 850 Purchase Order transaction set — the North American equivalent of the UN/EDIFACT ORDERS message.
What does a supplier reply to an ORDERS with?
An ORDRSP (Purchase Order Response), confirming, amending or rejecting the order lines.