A message to submit master data - a set of data that is rarely changed - to identify and describe products a supplier offers to his (potential) customer or buyer. This information of long validity includes technical and functional product description but not commercial terms and conditions. This message can be used as well to update the information on a previously sent PRODAT message.
To head, identify and specify a message.
To indicate the type and function of a message and to transmit the identifying number.
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
To indicate that special conditions due to the origin, customs preference, fiscal or commercial factors are applicable.
To describe an item in either an industry or free format.
To provide free form or coded text information.
To indicate the group in which a product belongs.
To specify currencies used in the transaction and relevant details for the rate of exchange.
A segment specifying technical rules.
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
To specify sector/subject requirements and conditions.
To specify additional or substitutional item identification codes.
To specify a reference.
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
To specify the name/address and their related function, either by C082 only and/or unstructured by C058 or structured by C080 thru 3207.
To identify a person or a department to whom communication should be directed.
To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.
To specify a reference.
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
To identify and describe a specific characteristic and its relevance for subsequent business processes.
To provide the value of a characteristic.
To specify physical measurements, including dimension tolerances, weights and counts.
To specify the link of one non-EDIFACT external file to an EDIFACT message.
To give a precise definition of all necessary elements belonging to the configuration of a computer system like hardware, firmware, operating system, communication (VANS, network type, protocol, format) and application software.
To identify a communication number of a department or a person to whom communication should be directed.
To specify a reference.
To specify date, and/or time, or period.
To specify a pertinent quantity.
