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What is a 860 - Purchase Order Change Request - Buyer Initiated document?

The 860 EDI document type is an electronic version of a paper Purchase Order Change Request. Standard EDI formats include X12, ANSI, EDIFACT and its subsets. The 860 EDI document type is used provide information required for the established business and industry practices relating to a purchase order change. The transaction can be used by the buyer to request a change to a previous purchase order, or by a buyer to confirm acceptance of a purchase order change sent by the seller or by mutual agreement of both parties.

What makes up the 860 - Purchase Order Change Request - Buyer Initiated document?

An EDI 860 - Purchase Order Change Request - Buyer Initiated document is organized into segment and data elements. A segment can contain at least one data element. Each data element contains a data field. Data elements could include vendor number, purchase order number, items, quantities, and corrections, like in a paper purchase order change request. There are an infinite number of possibilities available for a company to include data on an 860 Purchase Order Change Request. There are an infinite number of possibilities available for a company to include data on an 860 - Purchase Order Change Request - Buyer Initiated.

How is a 860 - Purchase Order Change Request - Buyer Initiated used?

The 860 EDI document is used either by the buyer to request a change to an existing purchase order, or by a buyer to confirm acceptance of a purchase order change sent by the seller. After the 860 Purchase Order Change Request is received, a 997 Functional Acknowledgment is sent back from the buyer indicating that the Purchase Order Change Request was successfully received.

How is a 860 - Purchase Order Change Request - Buyer Initiated processed?

An EDI solution is required to process the EDI documents received into an ERP or accounting system or into a readable format for manual entry. Each trading partner will have an EDI Implementation guide outlining the specific segments, data elements, values accepted, and the applicable business rules to be followed.

eBridge Connections has pre-built maps for all EDI transaction documents including 850 purchase orders, 810 invoices, and 856 advance shipping notices.