856 Specifications

856 - Ship Notice / Manifest

Functional Group ID = SH

Introduction:
This standard privdes the standardized format and establishes the data contents of a ship notice / manifest transaction set. A ship notice / manifest lists the contents of a shipment of goods as well as additional information relating to the shipment, such as order information, product description, physical characteristics, type of packaging, marking, carrier information, and configuration of goods within the transportation equipment. Thetransaction set enables the sender to describe the contents and configuration of a shipment in various levels of detail and provides an ordered flexibility to convey information. The sender of this transaction is the organization responsible for detailing and communicating the contents of a shipment, or shipments, to one or more receivers of the transaction set. The receiver of this transaction set can be any organization having an interest in the contents of a shipment or information about the contents of a shipment.
Table 1: Heading
	Pos No.	Seg. ID	Name	Req Des.	Max Use	Loop Repeat	Notes and Comments
Must Use	010	ST	Transaction Set Header	M	1
Must Use	020	BSN	Beginning Segment for Ship Notice	M	1
	040	DTM	Date / Time Reference	O	10

Table 2: Detail
	Pos No.	Seg. ID	Name	Req Des.	Max Use	Loop Repeat	Notes and Comments
			HL - Shipment Level			20000
Must Use	010	HL	Hierachical Level	M	1
	080	MEA	Measurements	M	40
	110	TD1	Carrier Details (Quantity and Weights)	O	20
	120	TD5	Carrier Details (Routing Sequence / Transit Time)	O	12
	130	TD3	Carrier Details (Equipment)	O	12
	150	REF	Reference Identification	O	200
			Loop ID - N1			200
	220	N1	name	O	1
			Loop ID - HL (Order Level)			200000
	230	HL	Hierachical Level	O	1
	235	LIN	Item Identification	O	1
	237	SN1	Item Detail (Shipment)	O	1
			Loop ID - HL (Item Level)			200000
	240	HL	Hierachical Level	O	1
	250	PRF	Purchase Order Reference	O	1
	260	REF	Reference Identification	O	1