Purchase order acknowledgments

An acknowledgment is a notification that is sent from the vendor to the buyer to verify that the purchase order is received.

The acknowledgment is a summary of the information on the purchase order and validation of the order's authenticity. When you receive a purchase order acknowledgment, the acknowledgment date is updated on the purchase order.

You can receive purchase order acknowledgments when you issue a purchase order using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). After the purchase order is received, the vendor uses EDI to create and transmit a detailed acknowledgment of the purchase order.

If the supplier/vendor has access to create acknowledgements, they can use Supplier Portal to create them.