This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Motor Carrier Package Status Transaction Set (240) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This standard can be used to provide the status of a package, packages, or group of packages considered a shipment by a motor carrier.
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 additional names
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To reference a line number in a transaction set
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To supply the full name of an individual or organizational entity
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To provide basic information about the electronic format of the interchange data
To transfer binary data in a single data segment and allow identification of the end of the data segment through a count; there is no identification of the internal structure of the binary data in this segment
To specify instructions in this business relationship or a reference number
To indicate identifying marks and numbers for shipping containers
To specify the status of a shipment, the reason for that status, the date and time of the status and the date and time of any appointments scheduled.
To transmit identifying codes, weights, and other related information related to an individual carton (package)
To specify the status of the shipment in terms of lading exception information
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
