A Buy Side relationship is one in which you send outbound Purchase Orders to your Trading Partner(s) to purchase goods from them.
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With a Buy Side relationship, you send Purchase Orders (850) to your Trading Partners. Your Trading Partner will then return transactions to you in response to the Purchase Order. Examples of those documents can include, but are not limited to, the Purchase Order Acknowledgement (855), the Advance Ship Notice (856), and the Invoice (810).
Depending on your company’s configuration, the outbound Purchase Order can either be imported via your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system or would need to be created manually from Transaction Manager’s Outbox.
If importing the Purchase Order, you can navigate to the Outbox within Transaction Manager > select Transaction Manager > select Transactions. You will then be in your Inbox by default. Navigate to the Outbox > select import > follow the prompts to import the Purchase Order.
If creating the Purchase Order manually, you can navigate to the Outbox within Transaction Manager, and from the Action Bar, select Actions > select New > follow the onscreen prompts to select the appropriate EDI ID > select Trading Partner > select the Purchase Order transaction. The Purchase Order is then created and you can populate mandatory fields. Lastly, click Save > highlight the transaction in the Outbox folder > click Send.
Once your Trading Partner sends you the respective transactions, you will receive them within your Transaction Manager’s Inbox. The transactions can then be exported to your ERP system to close the Sales Order and complete the order cycle. If your organization is not integrated with any inbound transactions via an ERP system, the data can still be viewed within Transaction Manager.
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Critical Callout
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Please ensure you have the Trading Partner setup in your ERP system and the correct import doc type is set for the Purchase Order import within Transaction Manager.