1. OVERVIEW

1.1. Introduction

1.2. GS1 System

1.3. GS1 Standards

   1.3.1. GS1 EDI Standards

   1.3.2. GS1 Identification Keys

   1.3.3. Data Carriers

   1.3.4. GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network

2. EANCOM^® MESSAGES

2.1. Categorisation

2.2. EANCOM^® Information Flow

2.3. Master Data Alignment

    2.3.1. Party Information (PARTIN)

    2.3.2. Product Inquiry (PROINQ)

    2.3.3. Product Data (PRODAT)

    2.3.4. Price/Sales Catalogue (PRICAT)

2.4. Transactions

    2.4.1. Pre-Order Messages

       2.4.1.1. Request for Quotation (REQOTE)

       2.4.1.2 Quotation (QUOTES)

       2.4.1.3. Contractual Conditions CNTCND)

    2.4.2. Order Messages

       2.4.2.1. Purchase Order (ORDERS)

       2.4.2.2. Purchase Order Response (ORDRSP)

       2.4.2.3. Purchase Order Change Request (ORDCHG) (ORDCHG)

       2.4.2.4. Order Status Enquiry (OSTENQ)

       2.4.2.5. Order Status Report (OSTRPT)

    2.4.3. Transport and Delivery Messages

       2.4.3.1. Cargo/Goods Handling and Movement (HANMOV)

       2.4.3.2. Instruction to Despatch (INSDES)

       2.4.3.3. Firm Booking (IFTMBF)

       2.4.3.4. Booking Confirmation (IFTMBC)

       2.4.3.5. Transport Instruction (IFTMIN)

       2.4.3.6. Forwarding and Consolidation Summary (IFCSUM)

       2.4.3.7. Transport Status (IFTSTA)

       2.4.3.8. Arrival Notice (IFTMAN)

       2.4.3.9. Despatch Advice (DESADV)

       2.4.3.10. Receiving Advice (RECADV)

       2.4.3.11. Announcement for Returns (RETANN)

       2.4.3.12. Instructions for Returns (RETINS)

    2.4.4. Payment and Financial Messages

       2.4.4.1. Invoice (INVOIC)

       2.4.4.2. Tax Control (TAXCON)

       2.4.4.3. Remittance Advice (REMADV)

       2.4.4.4. Multiple Payment Order (PAYMUL)

       2.4.4.5. Commercial Account Summary (COACSU)

       2.4.4.6. Commercial Dispute (COMDIS)

2.5. Report and Planning Messages

    2.5.1. Delivery Schedule (DELFOR)

    2.5.2. Sales Data Report (SLSRPT)

    2.5.3. Sales Forecast Report SLSFCT)

    2.5.4. Inventory Report (INVRPT)

    2.5.5. Syntax and Service Report Message (CONTRL)

    2.5.6. Application Error and Acknowledgement (APERAK)

    2.5.7. Multiple Debit Advice (DEBMUL)

    2.5.8. Multiple Credit Advice (WREMUL)

    2.5.9. Banking Status (BANSTA)

    2.5.10. Financial Cancellation (FINCAN)

    2.5.11. Financial Statement (FINSTA)

    2.5.12. Direct Debit (DIRDEB)

    2.5.13. Metered Services Consumption Report (MSCONS)

    2.5.14. Quality Test Report QALITY)

2.6 Miscellaneous

    2.6.1. Drawing Administration (CONDRA)

    2.6.2. General Message (GENRAL)

3. MAINTENANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EANCOM^®

3.1. Maintenance Aspects

    3.1.1. Policy

    3.1.2. Processing a Work Request (WR)

    3.1.3. Code List Publication

3.2. Implementation Aspects

    3.2.1. Publications

    3.2.2. EANCOM^® Manual

    3.2.3. EANCOM^® and Data Alignment

    3.2.4. EANCOM^® Translation Tables

    3.2.5. Support of Message Versions

4. SPECIFIC RULES

4.1. Identification of trade items

    4.1.1. Variable quantity trade items

    4.1.2 Mixed Assortments

    4.1.3. Promotional variants (PIA)

4.2 Identification of logistic units (PCI/GIN)

4.3. Identification of parties and locations (NAD)

4.4. Date, time and period (DTM)

4.5. Free text FTX)

4.6. Item descriptions (IMD)

    4.6.1. Formats

    4.6.2. Segment structure

    4.6.3. Segment population

    4.6.4. Segment repetition and sequencing

    4.6.5. Data alignment

4.7. Currencies (CUX)

4.8. Standard Allowances and charges (ALC)

4.9. Temporary Codes, Use of DE 3055 and 1131

4.10. Sub-lines in EANCOM^® messages

    4.10.1. Examples of the use of sub-lines

    4.10.2. Sub-line amendment

    4.10.3. Sub-line deletion

4.11. Hierarchies in PRICAT/PRODAT

4.12. Referencing in EANCOM^® (RFF)

4.13. Package Marking in EANCOM^®

4.14. Communicating GS1 trade item numbers in EANCOM^®

4.15. GS1 Application Identifiers in EANCOM^®

   4.15.1. Application Identifiers related to trade items

    4.15.2. Application Identifiers related to logistic units

    4.15.3. Application Identifiers related to locations

    4.15.4. Application Identifiers related to assets

    4.15.5. Other applications

5. APPENDIX 1: UN/EDIFACT

5.1. Definition of UN/EDIFACT

5.2. UN/EDIFACT syntax version 3 overview

    5.2.1. Interchange structure

    5.2.2. Message structure

    5.2.3. Segment structure

    5.2.4. Service characters

    5.2.5. Compression of data

    5.2.6. Representation of numeric values

    5.2.7. Character set and syntax identifiers

5.3. Directory status, version and release

5.4. EANCOM^® message version

5.5. Documentation conventions

    5.5.1. Format and picture of data elements

    5.5.2. Indicators

5.6 .Message structure charts and branching diagrams

5.7. Interchange structure and service segments

6. APPENDIX 2: GLOSSARY OF EDI TERMINOLOGY