That concept is often referred to as the 800 pound gorilla.
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Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Pickup Date vs. Ship Date
Designation in an 850 v. 4010
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?