A message by means of which a seller or seller's agent reports status information on an order. This message may be sent as a reply to an order status enquiry sent by a buyer or buyer's agent or a report sent at regular intervals as agreed by the parties.

The message may relate to:

The status can not trigger any action by the receiver of the message. For example, if the status is "ready for shipment", it can not be used to transmit despatch advice information. In this instance a DESADV message must also be sent.

The message can not be used to change anything except the status as previously reported. If information specific to the order, e.g. quantity ordered, is to be changed then in this instance an ORDRSP message must be sent.

The message may also be used to report on the status of a previously sent Cargo/Goods Handling and Movement message (HANMOV) by a logistics service provider acting on behalf of a supplier or buyer, and/or to report on the status of a previously sent Instruction to Despatch message (INSDES) exchanged between two trading partners.

The Order Status Report message is a status zero EDIFACT message and therefore will not appear in any EDIFACT directory. The message is currently being developed within the EDIFACT process.

This subset is based on the content of the message available in June 1997 and contains only EDIFACT segments which appear in the D.96A directory.