EDI 846 Inventory Inquiry Advice
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Inventory Inquiry/Advice Transaction Set (846) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used in the following ways: (1) for a seller of goods and services to provide inventory information to a prospective purchaser, with no obligation to the purchaser to acquire these goods or services; (2) for a representative of a seller of goods and services to supply inventory information to that seller; (3) for one location to supply another location with inventory information; and (4) for an inquiry as to the availability of inventory with no obligation on the seller of goods and services to reserve that inventory.
Segments
Position
Segment
Name
Max use
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the beginning of an Inventory Inquiry/Advice Transaction Set
Opt
AtMax 1
To specify the currency (dollars, pounds, francs, etc.) used in a transaction
Opt
AtMax 10
To specify pertinent dates and times
Opt
AtMax 12
To specify identifying information
Opt
AtMax 3
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
Opt
AtMax 20
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
N1
LOOP
Opt
AtMax 5
LIN
LOOP
Mandatory
AtMax 10000
QTY
LOOP
Opt
AtMax 99
Opt
AtMax 1
To indicate that the loop immediately preceding this segment is complete
N1
LOOP
Opt
AtMax 200
Opt
AtMax 1
To transmit a hash total for a specific element in the transaction set
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)