EDI 856 – Advanced Shipment Notice (ASN)
The key data elements included in an ASN are:
- Purchase order number
- Ship notice number
- Location where the product is be shipped to
- Ship from/supplier
- Ship and/or delivery date
- Product/service identifiers such as UPC/EAN/GTIN with their respective quantities
- Pack level information such as barcodes printed on each carton
- The ASN is usually accompanied with a barcode label and the most common type of barcode label is the GS1-128 label.
Reference
- https://ediacademy.com/blog/856-asn/
- https://sellernexus.com/advance-shipping-notices
- https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSRJDU/bti/reference/bti_EDI_856_Advanced_shipment_notice.html
- https://www.gs1-128.info/gs1-128-shipping-label/