What is an EDI 850?
An EDI 850 is the purchase order a retailer sends its supplier electronically. It carries everything the supplier needs to fill the order: line items by UPC or vendor part number, quantities, unit prices, the ship-to location, the requested delivery window, and the terms. It is the document that starts the retail order cycle, and every downstream document references its PO number.
An 850 is a commitment with dates attached. The delivery window it specifies is what an on-time-in-full score is later measured against, so reading the window correctly at intake is what prevents an OTIF penalty eight weeks later.
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