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This is easy to
resolve. The key is, this is your customer. It doesn't matter what
you or anyone else thinks is right.
Peter Olivola
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From:
Electronic Data Interchange Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
Of Dave Taylor
One of our customer's trading
partners uses a code "010" in the DTM segment to mean either Ship Date, if our
customer is to ship the product, or Pickup Date, if they choose to pickup the
product. The trading partner then enters "CC" in the FOB01 element if they
want to pickup the product, or "PC" if they want the product shipped to
them.
It seems to me that the trading partner should use a
code "118" in the DTM segment to designate a requested pickup date, or a code
"010" to indicate a requested ship date, thereby designating both the
method of shipment and the date associated with it.
The use of payment terms to designate the method of shipment
is very dangerous if, for example, the trading partner wanted our customer to
ship the product on a collect basis. The trading partner could not have
a product shipped to them on a collect basis using this approach.
Does anyone have any thoughts on other ways to resolve this
confusion?
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