This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Price Information Transaction Set (879) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used to enable a manufacturer, supplier, broker, or agent to provide a trading partner with pricing information.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To enable the supplier/broker to change pricing 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 transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
To identify a person or office to whom communications should be directed
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To provide price list references and descriptions
To specify vendor's conditions related to price change
To specify the geographic area in which a promotion or price is in effect
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify price bracket values
To specify unit amount and method of payment for a charge/allowance for a line item
To provide basic product identification information
To specify packing details of the items shipped
To describe an item in free-form format
To specify vendor's conditions related to price change
To specify the geographic area in which a promotion or price is in effect
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify unit amount and method of payment for a charge/allowance for a line item
To specify prepricing information
To request or identify a service, promotion, allowance, or charge; to specify the amount or percentage for the service, promotion, allowance, or charge
To provide a vendor's pricing structure associated with a specific line item
To specify unit amount and method of payment for a charge/allowance for a line item
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
