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Electronic Message Standards
Standard Electronic Messages provide trading partners with an efficient business tool for the automatic transmission of commercial data from one computer application directly to another. In this way all paper business documents sent previously between companies are replaced by messages, suitable for exchange by electronic means, between computer applications.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the transfer of structured data by agreed message standards, from one computer application to another by electronic means and with a minimum of human intervention.
EDI messages should follow EANCOM®, which is a detailed implementation guideline of the UN/EDIFACT, for transmission over Value Added Networks (VANs). Over the internet, these protocols may be used:- EDIINT-AS1, using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- EDIINT-AS2, using Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- ebXML Transport, Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language
The Global Scorecard groups the electronic message standards into three types:
- Electronic messages for supply
- Electronic messages for collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment
- Electronic messages for master data
Electronic messages for supply
The messages included in this section are:
- Orders, containing details of the products to be purchased as identified by their GTINs and delivery locations as identified by GLNs
- Advanced Shipment Notices, sent by the supplier to the retailer in advance of delivery and containing the SSCCs being shipped and the GTINs associated with each SSCC
- Receiving Advice Notices, sent by the retailer to the supplier to confirm receipt
- Invoices, sent by the supplier to the retailer in the form of an electronic message.
Electronic messages for Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
This section covers the standard messages used in the Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) processes.
The messages include:
- Sales history, sent by a retailer to a supplier to show the quantities sold through specific retail outlets, or shipped out of a specific distribution centre, in agreed time buckets
- Inventory, typically sent by a retailer to a supplier to show the number of units of each GTIN held by the retailer in a specified inventory location (eg. a distribution centre or group of stores) at a specified time
- Forecast, messages sent in either direction between a retailer and a supplier which identify predicted sales by GTIN or by product family (using the Product Classification Standards) in agreed time buckets. The forecast may be at an aggregated level or may be for specific locations as defined by GLNs.
Electronic messages for master data
This section covers the use of standard messages to support the Global Data Synchronisation process.
The messages include the transmitting of:
- GTINs plus all mandatory attributes
- GLNs plus all mandatory attributes
Additional Resources For details of the meaning of GTIN, GLN and SSCC please view section E1
For details of EDI, EANCOM®, EDIINT-AS1, EDIINT-AS2, ebXML Transport, please view the GS1 eCom standards.
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