EDI 846 Inventory Inquiry Specifications
The EDI 846 Inventory Inquiry/Advice transaction set is used to communicate inventory information between manufacturers, their suppliers and resellers. It is used in a number of ways, including:
- By sellers of goods and services to provide inventory information to a potential customer
- By a seller’s representatives to supply the seller with inventory information
- By one seller’s location to supply another location with inventory information
- By a seller to inquire on the availability of inventory
- Quantity in float
- Quantity on hand
- Committed quantity
- On order quantity
- Returns
- Backorder quantity
- Quantity in transit
EDI 846 Format
ISA*01*0000000000*01*0000000000*ZZ*ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO*ZZ*123456789012345*101127*1719*U*00400*000003438*0*P*>
GS*IB*4405197800*999999999*20101127*1719*1421*X*004010VICS
ST*846*1001
BIA*13*PI*4589*20001104
DTM*040*20001108
N1*DS*HC DISTRIBUTOR*21*78YU0JN90
PER*IC*M.J. SMITH*TE*651-555-0891*EM*FEEDBACK@1edisource.com
LIN*1*MG*1000*UK*50387698433528*LT*43552
PID*F****DRAPE, SMALL TOWEL, CLEAR PLASTIC, ADHESIVE STRIP
CTT*1
SE*9*1001
GE*1*1421
IEA*1*000003678
EDI 846 Specification
This X12 Transaction Set 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.
Sources
Accredited Standards Committee X12. ASC X12 Standard [Table Data]. Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc., Falls Church, VA. http://www.x12.org