ECTF EDIPro Standard

Provided for Use by the Truck Parts Aftermarket

 

852 Product Activity Data (ASC X12 Version 4 Release 1)

 

This document contains an outline of common business issues for consideration when implementing the EDI 852 Product Activity Data for ASC X12 Version 4010.  It is the intent of this document to act as an addendum to the ASC X12 EDI Standards documentation.

 

852 Product Activity Data

 

Included in this document:

 

    Page

Section 1: Business Issues.......................................................... 2

Section 2: Segment Notes....................................................... 3

Section 3: Sample Transaction............................................. 14

 

 

Section 1

852 Product Activity Data

Business Issues

 

This section contains business discussions about the use of the 852 Product Activity Data.  These discussions will assist in determining application changes and business process changes that may be necessary within a company.

 

    Page

Business Issues.............................................................................. 2

VMI Relationships....................................................................... 2

Conversion Issues....................................................................... 2

Definition of Customer.............................................................. 2

Quantity Field Definitions......................................................... 2

Transaction Frequency............................................................ 2

 


Business Issues

 

The following business issues should be considered when implementing the 852 Product Activity Data transaction.

 

VMI Relationships

 

The 852 Product Activity Data transaction is primarily used in VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) partnerships with participating suppliers. The information contained within this transaction can therefore be separated into two major concentrations: 1) current inventory status information provided to the supplier for product replenishment purposes, and 2) sales movement information provided to the supplier for use in the supplier’s product planning process.

 

Due to the very specific nature of these VMI relationships it is critical that each of the fields contained within this transaction be clearly defined and understood by both the customer and the supplier.

 

Conversion Issues

 

With version 4010 of the ASC X12 EDI standards, many data elements have changed positions and additional data elements are now available to clearly define the data positioning.  The definitions of the fields have NOT changed, only their position in the transaction.  Examples of the new positions include:

 

Data Value

Old Data Element

New Data Element

Order Point

ZA06

ZA02

Order Quantity

ZA06

ZA02

Order Count

ZA06

QTY02

 

Companies migrating from previous ASC X12 versions of the EDI 852 transaction should carefully review this document to identify the EDI translation mapping changes.

 

Definition of Customer

 

Throughout this document, the reference to the Customer may be interpreted to be the initial receiver of goods from the supplier/manufacturer. Depending on the specific channel, this could represent a distributor, OEM, retail organization, etc.  The distributor’s customer (contractor, etc.) or a consumer of a retail store is referenced in this document as the End Customer.

 

Quantity Field Definitions

 

VMI partnerships offer many methods of addressing the inventory planning and replenishment process. This document intends to be universal in its support of the many fields that may be used in these partnerships. It is therefore advised that the final definition of these fields be determined between the VMI partners.

 

Quantity On Hand versus Quantity Available

 

This transaction provides an opportunity to differentiate between two inventory quantities.  The “quantity on hand” (defined in the QTY segment) is the total inventory of an item.  The “quantity available” (defined in the ZA segment) is typically considered a portion of quantity on hand inventory that is available for sale and not committed to open customer orders.

 

Transaction Frequency

 

Dependent on the suppliers planning/replenishment algorithms, the frequency of these transactions may vary.  The common frequencies are: daily, weekly, or monthly transmissions as agreed between customer and supplier.

 

This is a high volume transaction. To reduce cost, consideration should be given to scheduling transmissions during off-peak hours.

 

 


Section 2

852 Product Activity Data

Segment Notes

 

This section contains business discussions about the use of the segments within the 852 Product Activity.  These discussions will assist in determining application changes and business process changes that may be necessary within a company.

 

852.................................................................................................. 4

ST..................................................................................................... 5

XQ................................................................................................... 5

XPO................................................................................................. 6

N1................................................................................................... 7

LIN................................................................................................... 8

CTP................................................................................................. 9

QTY(Inventory)........................................................................ 10

ZA................................................................................................. 11

QTY(Transactions)................................................................... 13

CTT............................................................................................... 13

SE.................................................................................................. 14

Sample Transaction................................................................................14

 

852

Product Activity Data - Functional Group =PD

 

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Product Activity Data Transaction Set (852) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by a distributor, warehouse, or retailer to advise a trading partner of inventory, sales, and other product activity information. Product activity data enables a trading partner to plan and ship, or propose inventory replenishment quantities, for distribution centers, warehouses or retail outlets. The receiver of the transaction set will maintain some type of inventory/product movement records for its trading partners to enable replenishment calculations based on data provided by the distributor, warehouse or retailer.

Heading:    

 

Pos

Id

Segment Name

Req

Max Use

Repeat

Notes

 

 

010

ST

Transaction Set Header

M

1

 

 

 

 

020

XQ

Reporting Date/Action

M

1

 

 

 

 

030

XPO

Pre-assigned Purchase Order Numbers

O

>1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 LOOP ID - N1

 

 

200

 

 

 

060

N1

Name

O

1

 

N1/060

 

Detail:       

 

Pos

Id

Segment Name

Req

Max Use

Repeat

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 LOOP ID - LIN

 

 

999999

 

 

 

010

LIN

Item Identification

O

1

 

 

 

 

020

CTP

Pricing Information

O

25

 

 

 

 

070

QTY

Quantity

O

1

 

 

 

 LOOP ID - ZA

 

 

>1

 

 

 

080

ZA

Product Activity Reporting

M

1

 

N2/080

 

 

090

QTY

Quantity

O

1

 

N2/090

 

Summary:  

 

Pos

Id

Segment Name

Req

Max Use

Repeat

Notes

 

 

010

CTT

Transaction Totals

O

1

 

N3/010

 

 

020

SE

Transaction Set Trailer

M

1

 

 

 


 


ST

Transaction Set Header

Pos: 010                           Max: 1

Heading - Mandatory

Loop: N/A               Elements: 2

 

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number.

Example:

ST*852*0001^

Element Summary:

 

 

   Ref  _

 Id _

                                               Element Name                                            

Req

Type

Min/Max

 

ST01

143

Transaction Set Identifier Code

Description: Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set

     Code   NAME                                                                                          

    852  Product Activity Data

M

ID

3/3

 

ST02

329

Transaction Set Control Number

Description: Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set

M

AN

4/9

 

XQ

Reporting Date/Action

Pos: 020                           Max: 1

Heading - Mandatory

Loop: N/A               Elements: 2

 

To specify reporting date and action to be taken.

Example:

XQ*G*20011201^

Element Summary:

 

 

   Ref  _

 Id _

                                               Element Name                                           

Req

Type

Min/Max

 

XQ01

305

Transaction Handling Code

Description: Code designating the action to be taken by all parties

     Code   NAME                                                                                         

    G     Plan Order(s) and Ship Product

M

ID

1/2

 

XQ02

373

Date

Description: Date expressed as CCYYMMDD

M

DT

8/8


 

XPO

Pre-assigned Purchase Order Numbers

Pos: 030                         Max: >1

Heading - Optional

Loop: N/A               Elements: 2

 

To transmit pre-assigned purchase order numbers.

ECTF Notes:

This segment is used to designate a purchase order number or a range of purchase order numbers which the customer is authorizing to the supplier's planner.