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An Order Acknowledgment is a commercial document issued by the Seller to the Buyer acknowledging the receipt of a Purchase Order or other document offering to buy goods or services. The Order Acknowledgment may be legally binding depending on the language used in the document. *)

The electronic formats for Order Acknowledgment include: EDI 855, ORDRSP.

Notes

An Order Acknowledgment is one of the documents exchanged between Buyer and Seller for order fulfillment:

1. Purchase Order
2. Order Acknowledgment
3. Order Confirmation
4. Advance Shipment Notice
5. Freight Status Update(s)
6. Proof of Delivery
7. Invoice

The sequence of these messages may differ by industry and/or supply chain configuration.

*) The information on this website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

Hierarchy

ID	Name	Level	x
T-DOC	Trade Documents	0	T-DOC
ACK	Order Acknowledgment	1	ACK

Term(s)

ID	Name	Clear	x
855	EDI 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgement		855
ORDRSP	EDIFACT Purchase Order Response (ORDRSP)		ORDRSP

Connections

From	Workflow	To
D*	Acknowledgment	S1
D*	Acknowledgment	S2
D*	Acknowledgment	S3
D*	Acknowledgment	S4
D1	Order Acknowledgment	S*
D102	Acknowledgment	S101
D102	Acknowledgment	S201
D2	Acknowledgment	S*
D202	Acknowledgment	S101
D202	Acknowledgment	S201
D3	Acknowledgment	S*
D4	Acknowledgment	S*

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