Definicja vendor confirmation

Notification from the vendor to the recipient regarding the status of a purchase order. The term covers a variety of communications sent by a vendor (external supplier) to a customer.

A vendor confirmation may take the form of an order acknowledgment, loading or transport confirmation, or shipping notification. Such confirmations enable the customer to plan more exactly because during the period between the PO date and the planned delivery date, the latter receives increasingly precise, reliable and up-to-date information from the vendor pertaining to the expected delivery.