This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Purchase Order Shipment Management Document Transaction Set (250) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to allow a retailer or manufacturer to communicate purchase order data, to a transportation provider, for the purpose of managing the purchase order cycle from the time of pick-up request through delivery.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set.
To specify identifying numbers.
To provide reference to a specific purchase order
To specify identifying numbers.
To specify transportation instructions relating to shipment
To provide totals relating to the shipment
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify special handling instructions in coded or free-form format
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 identifying numbers.
To provide totals relating to the shipment
To specify pertinent dates and times
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
