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The purpose of this document is to describe the Purchase Order choreography supported in Procurement. The choreography described is between the buyer and the supplier. The buyer would be using Procurement and the supplier may be using Supply Order or any other xCBL based Order Management system (i.e integrated supplier).
In general, there are several interactions a buyer may have with a supplier regarding the exchange of Purchase Order information. These interactions include the buyer sending an order and the supplier sending an order response. In fact, the supplier can send several responses to the same order. Also, the buyer may cancel the order and the supplier either accepts or rejects the cancel. In addition, either party may initiate a change to the order. Although this isn't the complete list of interactions, it does highlight the many possibilities.
Because of the large variety of business scenarios surrounding the exchange of order information it is important to detail which scenarios are supported by Procurement. Also, this document does touch on how Procurement supports these business scenarios. By knowing the basics of how a scenario is supported it will be easier to estimate the effort required should additional scenarios be requested or existing ones either modified or taken away.
