Document

Purpose

Flow

Advance Shipment Notice

To inform the distributor that a shipment was made before it arrives at the distributor’s facility

Invoice

An indication that payment is due to the producer.

Remittance Advice

An indication that payment for one or more invoices has been made by the distributor.

Purchase Order

A commitment for material initiated by the distributor.

Purchase Order Acknowledgement

Verification by the producer of the terms of the Purchase Order sent by the distributor.

Purchase Order Change

Requests for change to an existing Purchase Order by the distributor

Purchase Order Change Acknowledgment

Reverification by the producer of the terms of the Purchase Order.

Certification

Document

Purpose

                          Flow

Transaction Advice

To indicate to the receiver that the sender’s original transaction contained either structural or logical errors.

OR

Transaction Acknowledgement

To indicate to the receiver that the sender’s prior transaction was received.  No indication of acceptance is implied.

OR

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Shared Elements

Code Tables

Common Elements

Datatypes (W3C)