This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Customer Call Reporting Transaction Set (886) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to enable a broker or manufacturer to communicate retail store level information such as condition of products, shelf space allocation, store conditions, marketing programs in effect, information on competitor products, selective pricing information, display information, etc.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To designate the entities which are parties to a transaction and specify a reference meaningful to those entities
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To provide information in response to ad hoc survey questions
To indicate the type of activity performed and the start and end times for the activity
To provide basic product identification information
To specify quantity information.
To specify product display information for a retail store
To specify pricing information
To specify advertising type and coupon information
To supply information on conditions
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
