7/14/11 > My company is the Buyer in the supply chain and we receive 856s from our > suppliers. We are currently using 4010VICS for the X12 856 transaction. > I have >recently discovered that our mapping specs' requirement of our > suppliers including the trailer/container seal number in TD309 is not > necessarily "legal", as the >standards state "NOT USED IN RETAIL INDUSTRY" > (which is what we are in). I looked ahead to current standards to see if > that restriction had possibly been >reversed at some point in subsequent > standards versions, but it doesn't look like it has.
A seal number in TD309 is certainly "ANSI X12" legal (004010) , even if not VICS-compliant. If you want to be "VICS compliant," the only data you should request of your vendors are data which is part of the VICS implementation; and if 'seal number' is supported by the VICS ASN then there must be a designated segment/element/qualifier somewhere in the VICS '856' Implementation to put it. If not found, then about all you can do is... A) destroy every figment of logic for the existence of industry IGs such as VICS and find a "mutually defined" data item in the VICS specs (REF seg?) OR B) Ask your vendors for TD309 seal anyway. If your vendors are NOT using some kind of "Screen interface, type 'em in" system and are actually generating ANSI EDI data via code or a mapping tool, this should not present any technical problems at all. If your vendors ARE using some kind of "Generic VICS ASN" desktop software, tool you will cause problems for your vendors requesting non-VICS data since a 'generic' tool by definition does not handle off-spec data. Of course, you "could" re-examine your CURRENT 'need' for the seal number.....I find lots of "required" data items my clients' (almost all sellers) partners ask for that they don't use, don't use anymore, thought they might want to use someday but never got around to it.. or.. ???. That's when I remind both my client and their trading partners that the important word in 'trading partner' is NOT 'trading.' It can be amazing what you can accomplish when you take the time to really talk. Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] ------------------------------------ ... 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/
