EDI 888 Item Maintenance
This Draft Standard for Trial Use provides the format and establishes the data contents of the Item Maintenance Transaction Set (888) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set is used to enable a manufacturer, supplier, broker, or agent to provide detailed finished goods product information to a partner in a consumer goods market. This transaction set can be used to provide information about new products or changes in existing product specifications. Price changes will not be sent with this transaction set, but can be sent with the Price Change Transaction Set (879).
Segments
Position
Segment
Name
Max use
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
Opt
AtMax 1
To indicate the beginning of a transaction set
0100
LOOP
Mandatory
GT 1
Opt
AtMax 10
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
Opt
AtMax 3
To identify a person or office to whom communications should be directed
Opt
AtMax 20
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
Opt
AtMax 50
To identify price bracket values
Mandatory
AtMax 1
To specify pertinent dates and times
0300
LOOP
Mandatory
GT 1
0312
LOOP
Opt
GT 1
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)