Business Actions and Agreements

Status: Planned

Business Actions and Agreements

Business communication often carries commitments, not just information. A buyer requests a quotation; a supplier responds; someone sends an order; the other party accepts, rejects or proposes a change.

OPTEROM is designed to make those exchanges attributable to the right companies and their authorized actors.

An intended example

1. A buyer discovers a supplier and confirms the relevant legal entity.
2. The buyer sends a structured inquiry to a capability published by that supplier.
3. The supplier’s authorized representative replies with a quotation.
4. A buyer-authorized person issues an order referencing the agreed terms.
5. The supplier accepts, rejects or responds with an updated proposal.
6. Each participant can verify the signed event chain and distinguish a proposal from a commitment.

The exact required approvals, commercial terms and supported document formats depend on the future product contract.

What a business action should identify

A useful signed action has a unique identifier, sender and recipient companies, action type, relevant document or terms digest, timestamps, signer authority, relationship to preceding actions and a verifiable result or status.

An order and its acceptance are distinct events. A draft made by an agent is not automatically a binding order. A delivery receipt is not automatically contractual acceptance.

Compatible with existing software

The network is not intended to make every supplier replace email, ERP, accounting or procurement software. Supported adapters can provide a bridge while preserving the same company and action evidence model.

See Verify a Business Sender and External Software Integration.