diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_order_management.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_order_management.js.coffee
index 62f7411ab8..dd4fa5c05a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_order_management.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/bulk_order_management.js.coffee
@@ -9,12 +9,39 @@ orderManagementModule.config [
 orderManagementModule.value "blankEnterprise", ->
   { id: "", name: "All" }
 
+orderManagementModule.factory "pendingChanges",[
+  "dataSubmitter"
+  (dataSubmitter) ->
+    pendingChanges: {}
+
+    add: (id, attrName, changeObj) ->
+      this.pendingChanges["#{id}"] = {} unless this.pendingChanges.hasOwnProperty("#{id}")
+      this.pendingChanges["#{id}"]["#{attrName}"] = changeObj
+
+    remove: (id, attrName) ->
+      if this.pendingChanges.hasOwnProperty("#{id}")
+        delete this.pendingChanges["#{id}"]["#{attrName}"]
+        delete this.pendingChanges["#{id}"] if this.changeCount( this.pendingChanges["#{id}"] ) < 1
+
+    submitAll: ->
+      for id,lineItem of this.pendingChanges
+        for attrName,changeObj of lineItem
+          this.submit id, attrName, changeObj
+
+    submit: (id, attrName, change) ->
+      factory = this
+      dataSubmitter(change).then (data) ->
+        factory.remove id, attrName
+        change.element.dbValue = data["#{attrName}"]
+
+    changeCount: (lineItem) ->
+      Object.keys(lineItem).length
+]
+
+
 orderManagementModule.controller "AdminOrderMgmtCtrl", [
   "$scope", "$http", "dataFetcher", "blankEnterprise"
   ($scope, $http, dataFetcher, blankEnterprise) ->
-    $scope.updateStatusMessage =
-      text: ""
-      style: {}
 
     $scope.lineItems = []
     $scope.confirmDelete = true
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_order_management_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_order_management_spec.js.coffee
index a62a5afa8f..602ac64ce0 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_order_management_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/bulk_order_management_spec.js.coffee
@@ -159,4 +159,106 @@ describe "AdminOrderMgmtCtrl", ->
       httpBackend.expectDELETE("/api/orders/#{line_item1.order.number}/line_items/#{line_item1.id}").respond 404, "NO CONTENT"
       scope.deleteLineItem line_item1
       httpBackend.flush()
-      expect(order.line_items).toEqual [line_item1, line_item2]
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+      expect(order.line_items).toEqual [line_item1, line_item2]
+
+describe "managing pending changes", ->
+  dataSubmitter = pendingChangesService = null
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    dataSubmitter = jasmine.createSpy('dataSubmitter').andReturn {
+      then: (thenFn) ->
+        thenFn({propertyName: "new_value"})
+    }
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    module "ofn.bulk_order_management", ($provide) ->
+      $provide.value 'dataSubmitter', dataSubmitter
+      return
+
+  beforeEach inject (pendingChanges) ->
+    pendingChangesService = pendingChanges
+
+  describe "adding a new change", ->
+    it "adds a new object with key of id if it does not already exist", ->
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges).toEqual {}
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).not.toBeDefined()
+      pendingChangesService.add 1, "propertyName", { a: 1 }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).toBeDefined()
+
+    it "adds a new object with key of the altered attribute name if it does not already exist", ->
+      pendingChangesService.add 1, "propertyName", { a: 1 }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).toBeDefined()
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName"]).toEqual { a: 1 }
+
+    it "replaces the existing object when adding a change to an attribute which already exists", ->
+      pendingChangesService.add 1, "propertyName", { a: 1 }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).toBeDefined()
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName"]).toEqual { a: 1 }
+      pendingChangesService.add 1, "propertyName", { b: 2 }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName"]).toEqual { b: 2 }
+
+   it "adds an attribute to key to a line item object when one already exists", ->
+      pendingChangesService.add 1, "propertyName1", { a: 1 }
+      pendingChangesService.add 1, "propertyName2", { b: 2 }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).toEqual { propertyName1: { a: 1}, propertyName2: { b: 2 } }
+
+  describe "removing an existing change", ->
+    it "deletes a change if it exists", ->
+      pendingChangesService.pendingChanges = { 1: { "propertyName1": { a: 1 }, "propertyName2": { b: 2 } } }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName1"]).toBeDefined()
+      pendingChangesService.remove 1, "propertyName1"
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).toBeDefined()
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName1"]).not.toBeDefined()
+
+    it "deletes a line item object if it is empty", ->
+      pendingChangesService.pendingChanges = { 1: { "propertyName1": { a: 1 } } }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName1"]).toBeDefined()
+      pendingChangesService.remove 1, "propertyName1"
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).not.toBeDefined()
+
+    it "does nothing if key with specified attribute does not exist", ->
+      pendingChangesService.pendingChanges = { 1: { "propertyName1": { a: 1 } } }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName1"]).toBeDefined()
+      pendingChangesService.remove 1, "propertyName2"
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName1"]).toEqual { a: 1 }
+
+    it "does nothing if key with specified id does not exist", ->
+      pendingChangesService.pendingChanges = { 1: { "propertyName1": { a: 1 } } }
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]["propertyName1"]).toBeDefined()
+      pendingChangesService.remove 2, "propertyName1"
+      expect(pendingChangesService.pendingChanges["1"]).toEqual { "propertyName1": { a: 1 } }
+
+  describe "submitting an individual change to the server", ->
+    it "sends the correct object to dataSubmitter", ->
+      changeObj = { element: {} }
+      pendingChangesService.submit 1, "propertyName", changeObj
+      expect(dataSubmitter.calls.length).toEqual 1
+      expect(dataSubmitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith changeObj
+
+    it "calls remove with id and attribute name", ->
+      changeObj = { element: {} }
+      spyOn(pendingChangesService, "remove").andCallFake(->)
+      pendingChangesService.submit 1, "propertyName", changeObj
+      expect(pendingChangesService.remove.calls.length).toEqual 1
+      expect(pendingChangesService.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith 1, "propertyName"
+
+    it "resets the dbValue attribute of the element in question", ->
+      element = { dbValue: 2 }
+      changeObj = { element: element }
+      pendingChangesService.submit 1, "propertyName", changeObj
+      expect(element.dbValue).toEqual "new_value"
+
+  describe "cycling through all changes to submit to server", ->
+    it "sends the correct object to dataSubmitter", ->
+      spyOn(pendingChangesService, "submit").andCallFake(->)
+      pendingChangesService.pendingChanges =
+        1: { "prop1": 1, "prop2": 2 }
+        2: { "prop1": 2, "prop2": 4 }
+        7: { "prop2": 5 }
+      pendingChangesService.submitAll()
+      expect(pendingChangesService.submit.calls.length).toEqual 5
+      expect(pendingChangesService.submit).toHaveBeenCalledWith '1', "prop1", 1
+      expect(pendingChangesService.submit).toHaveBeenCalledWith '1', "prop2", 2
+      expect(pendingChangesService.submit).toHaveBeenCalledWith '2', "prop1", 2
+      expect(pendingChangesService.submit).toHaveBeenCalledWith '2', "prop2", 4
+      expect(pendingChangesService.submit).toHaveBeenCalledWith '7', "prop2", 5
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