After an EDI vendor receives an order from you, they can send an 855 P/O Acknowledgment. The system processes incoming 855 documents and places them in the EDI 855 P/O Acknowledgment Queue. Use the queue to review 855 documents that you receive from vendors.
Note: Users must be assigned the EDI.IN.REVIEW authorization key to access the review queue.
The 855 can update the expected receipt date of the ordered items and flag pricing discrepancies. Use the 855 to resolve pricing discrepancies prior to receiving the invoice.
If you have vendor managed inventory (VMI), the vendor sends an 855 P/O Acknowledgment in response to an 852 Product Activity Report. In this case, the system creates an open purchase order. For additional information, see EDI 855 VMI P/O Acknowledgments and Vendor Managed Inventory Overview.
Before the system can receive an 855, set up the system as follows:
Create a trading partner profile for which an 855 inbound document is defined.
Assign the vendor from whom you are receiving the 855 to this profile.
The following topics explain how to handle inbound 855s:
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