Status
| MESSAGE TYPE |
: PROINQ |
| REFERENCE DIRECTORY |
: D.01B |
| EANCOM® SUBSET VERSION |
: 004 |
A message enabling the sender to inquire on a
product or group of products from a master product catalogue according to criteria defined
in the message.
The message usually relates to a manufacturer
and/or supplier of goods and a buyer, or their respective agents.
The buyer may specify in the message the
attributes of a product or group of products for which it is interested in receiving
additional information. This will allow a manufacturer and/or supplier to send the buyer
only information for those products the buyer is specifically interested in rather than
the entire product catalogue.
The Product Inquiry message may request information in order to:
- select a specific group or family of products from a suppliers entire product
catalogue, e.g. a buyer requesting from a supplier of medical equipment all product
information related to sterilised products.
- select a product or group of products according to attributes or product
characteristics as defined by the sender in the message, e.g. a retailer requesting a
clothing manufacturer to send product information for all blue, white or
striped men's
shirts, sizes medium to extra-large.
- determine the availability, lead-time and/or general commercial/sales
conditions for a specific product.
The response to a Product Inquiry message will be
either a Price/Sales Catalogue (PRICAT) or Product Data (PRODAT) message, or both.
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