EDI 250 Purchase Order Shipment Management Document

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.

Segments

Position
Segment
Name
Max use
10
ST
Transaction Set Header
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
20
BGN
Beginning Segment
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
30
REF
Reference Identification
Opt
AtMax 10
To specify identifying information
40
SSD
Shipment Sort Segregate Data
Opt
AtMax 999999
To supply shipment sort segregate data and related shipment identification numbers
0100
LOOP
Mandatory
GT 1
140
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

Elements

PositionElementNameRequirementTypeMin/MaxRepeat
1
143
Transaction Set Identifier CodeMandatoryID3/31
2
329
Transaction Set Control NumberMandatoryAlphanumeric4/91