Roger Chris wants to send ASNs, not receive them.
> Hi Chris, > > > > Welcome to EDI. > > > > For the most part each retailer or company within an industry uses a slight > variation > > of the ASN for their own purposes - so the first thing to do is to define > who your trading partners are > > then get EDI implementation guidelines from them to determine your > requirements. > > > > If your customers/trading partners are the grocery retailers such as > Wal*Mart/Sam's Club, > > Kroger, Safeway, etc. you'll have variations on one basic ASN structure. If > you sell to a larger dairy company > > such as Knudsen or a private label for a grocery chain, then your structure > will be somewhat different > > as you are supplying tank cars of product vs quarts & gallons. > > > > The ASN is a hierarchal pyramid structure with HL levels. > > A retail grocery ASN might have a > > HL 'S'hipment level > > HL 'O'rder level > > HL 'T'are (pallet) and/or 'P'ack (carton) levels > one per pallet, one per carton, repeated several times. > > and HL 'I'tem levels defining the items in each carton > > > > Under each HL level are other EDI segments defining product codes, dates, > carton serial numbers bar coded, > > weights, carrier freight information, PO#, etc. > > > > If you sell bulk it might look like this > > HL Shipment > > HL Order > > HL Container (bulk trailer for example) > > HL Item i.e. 1000 gallons of > whole milk > > > > Hopefully that helps. If you want to let us know who you sell to or trade > with then > > the group can probably point you to some example guidelines. > > > > Good luck with it. > > > > Roger Curtis > > Sitcur e-business solutions with integrity > www.sitcur.com <http://www.sitcur.com/> > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > farmersedi > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EDI-L] Create ASN 856 > > > > > > Hi, > > I'm new to this form and new to EDI. I would like to obtain some information > on how to create ASN 856 EDI specifications for the company I work for. I've > scoured the internet for any general specifications for ASNs but have only > found ones that are tailored to a specific company. Could I use one of their > specifications and base mine on it or is there a way I can create it from > scratch? This will be the first time creating such a document. > > Looking forward to any responses that can start me off on the right foot. > > Thanks, > > Chris Ritcey > EDI Coordinator/Programmer > Farmers Co-operative Dairy Limited > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, > <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> > IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 6903 (20120221) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > Earl Wertheimer [email protected] http://www.spe-edi.com ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
