The EDI 850 Purchase Order is an electronic version of a paper purchase order transaction set. A Purchase Order is sometimes also referred to as "PO". Organization use EDI to minimize the errors and costs associated with the manual keying of data, and to speed up the process of sending and receiving Purchase Orders.
A buyer will use the 850 Purchase Order to communicate to a supplier the specific items, price, and quantities they wish to have delivered. Shipping instructions will frequently accompany the purchasing information.
The supplier sends a 997 functional acknowledgment back to the buyer to confirm that they successfully received the Purchase Order. The next step is the for the supplier to pick and pack the items followed by shipping of the order
EDI 850 Purchase Order Key Data
Additional data that may be included in the EDI 850
Other EDI transaction sets related to EDI 850 are: