ORDRSP
ORDRSP is the UN/EDIFACT purchase order response message — the supplier's reply to a buyer's ORDERS. Line by line, it confirms the order as placed, proposes changes (a different price, quantity or delivery date), or rejects items that cannot be supplied. It may also add the supplier's order reference and confirmed ship dates.
ORDRSP closes the ordering handshake: the buyer's ERP reconciles the response against the original PO and flags only the exceptions — a back-ordered line, a price mismatch, a slipped delivery — for a buyer to act on. Without it, discrepancies only surface at goods receipt or invoicing, when they are far more expensive to resolve.
ORDRSP is the supplier's "yes, but" to a purchase order. Catching a price change, short supply or a slipped date at order-response time — not at receipt or invoice — is what keeps procurement exceptions cheap and lets the buyer's system auto-match everything else.
ORDERS
confirms / amends
flagged
What can an ORDRSP tell the buyer?
Line by line: the order is confirmed, or a change is proposed (price, quantity, delivery date), or an item is rejected — plus the supplier's reference and confirmed ship dates.
What is the X12 equivalent of ORDRSP?
The X12 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgement transaction set.