To identify dependencies among and the content of hierarchically related groups of data segments.
To provide totals relating to the shipment
To specify the transportation details relative to commodity, weight and quantity.
To specify transportation details relating to the equipment used by the carrier.
To specify transportation special handling requirements or hazardous materials information or both
To specify the carrier, sequence of routing and to provide transit time information
To specify transportation instructions relating to shipment
To specify pertinent dates and times
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify the total invoice discounts and amounts
To provide reference to a specific purchase order
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify terms of sale.
To specify tax information.
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To identify the type and physical attributes of the pallet, and, gross weight, gross volume, and height of the load and the pallet
To indicate identifying marks and numbers for shipping containers
To reference a line number in a transaction set.
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify the physical qualities, packaging, weights and dimensions relating to the item.
To specify physical measurements, including dimensions, tolerances, weights and counts.
To describe marking, packaging, loading and unloading requirements.
To indicate identifying marks and numbers for shipping containers
To specify the basic and most frequently used line item data for the invoice and related transactions.
To specify additional item details relating to variations between ordered and shipped quantities, or to specify alternate units of measures and quantities.
To specify the physical qualities, packaging, weights and dimensions relating to the item.
To identify a commodity or a group of commodities or a tariff page commodity
To specify tax information.
To specify pricing information
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify physical measurements, including dimensions, tolerances, weights and counts.
857Shipment and Billing Notice
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Shipment and Billing Notice Transaction Set (857) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set provides the recipient of a shipment with data for both receipt planning and payment generation. EDI and telecommunications technologies suggest efficiencies in the way business data is processed. For example, the sender of a shipment may send the recipient's receiving function a Ship Notice/Manifest (856), and the payables function an Invoice (810), even though the contents of these two documents may be largely redundant. In certain business environments, the Shipment and Billing Notice permits the consolidation of these two documents into one. Specifically, this transaction set is appropriate where the shipment data, when it includes terms and item prices, can be used both to plan receipts and to generate payment. In this environment, the exact prices for the items shipped may not be known in advance by both parties. This transaction set is not appropriate in so-called Evaluated Receipts Settlement (ERS) environments, in which the exact prices for the items shipped have been agreed upon by, and are known to, both parties in advance. The Shipment and Billing Notice distinguishes two hierarchies of shipment data. The first hierarchy is for shipments in which multiple vendor's items are contained within the same packaging (pallet, pack or subpack). This hierarchy is Shipment, Order, Packaging, Item. The second hierarchy is for shipments in which each package (pallet, pack, or sub-pack) contains only one vendor's item. This hierarchy is Shipment, Order, Item, Packaging. This transaction set is not to be used to replace the Ship Notice/Manifest (856) or Invoice (810) individually, but only to replace both, together. For example, do not use this transaction set in place of a Ship Notice/Manifest while continuing to send either paper or electronic invoice.
