The line proposal document is sent from a supplier to a buyer to make a proposal for a specific collection which the supplier wants to produce for that buyer.
The order document is sent by a buyer to a supplier to order goods, finished or parts, in a certain quantity at a certain time.
Generalities or notes about the usage
Because in the upstream process the identification of goods is not as clearly defined as on the downstream side, it is possible to identify the ordered products in different ways. The range is from a GTIN to a reference to a technical specifications report.
The order response document is sent by a supplier to a buyer to indicate either, acceptance, rejection or change to an order.
Generalities or notes about the usage
The document can be handled either in a simple way, just specifying acceptance or rejection of a whole order document. In this case no details are transmitted.
The other use is for change. Then all details have to be specified.
The order status request document is sent by a buyer to supplier to request status information either about a specific order or about all open orders.
Generalities or notes about the usage
If buyerordernumber or supplierordernumber are specified, the request is meant for one specific order. Else a status about all open orders is requested.
The proforma invoice document is used when a regular invoice can not be produced but a commercial document is necessary due to legal needs.
Generalities or notes about the usage
This document is mainly produced for reasons of the custom authority when products are moved and no real business transaction is behind that movement, i.e. delivery to a plant which belongs to the company.
The quotation document is sent by a supplier to a buyer as reaction of a request for quotation document.
Generalities or notes about the usage
As the identification of goods in the upstream process is sometimes very complicated the range might differ from an article identification to a technical specification sheet.
A request for quotation is sent from a buyer to a supplier to request a quotation for the specified goods.
Generalities or notes about the usage
As the identification of goods in the upstream process is sometimes very complicated the range might differ from an article identification to a technical specification sheet.