To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a reference meaningful to those entities
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Manufacturer Coupon Family Code Structure Transaction Set (877) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used by a manufacturer or third party agent to notify a distributor or third party agent relative to coupon family code structures and their associated product codes.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify pertinent dates and times
To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a reference meaningful to those entities
To specify basic item identification data
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set