9. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

The table below identifies primary transactions necessary for product flow throughout the channel of distribution. The key letters in column one are used in the table that follows. The number in the EDI column refers to the ANSI X.12 transaction set designation. Be sure to use the latest ANSI X.12 revision level which will be 4.1 or higher. Revision 4.1 (sometimes called 4010) is year 2000 compliant.

key	Transaction	EDI

A	Purchase Order	850
B	Purchase Order Change	860
C	Purchase Order Acknowledge	855
D	Manifest (ASN)	856
E	Receiving Acknowledgment	861
F	Return Materials Authorization	842
G	Receiving Discrepancies	861
H	Invoice	810
I	Funds Transfer (EFT)	820
J	Price Authorization Acknowledge	845
K	Specification/Technical Information	841

9.2 Critical Data Elements

Minimum data elements required to support the identified transactions include :

Data Element	Transaction
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K

Supplier Name	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P
Supplier ID				P	P	P	P	P	P
Supplier Address	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P
Customer Name	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Customer ID	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Customer Bill To Address	P	P					P	P	P
Customer Ship To Address	P	P		P		P	P
Product ID	P	P		P		P	P	P
Alternate Product ID	P	P						P
Product Description	P	P		P		P	P	P
Cost & extended cost	P	P						P	P
Quantity	P	P		P		P	P	P
Additional Charges								P	P
Purchase Order Number	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Invoice Number				P			P	P	P
Shipping Number				P	P	P	P	P
Invoice Total								P	P
Lot Number						P	P
Discounts