Tuesday, February 4, 2014

EDI transaction Flow for Shipment





Typical EDI Flow in logistics




EDI 204 - Motor Carrier Load Tender

The shipper/3PL send this transaction to the motor carrier (trucking company) requesting them a pickup of their cargo and providing details like time schedule, location (to & from), dimensions of truck required, material details, contact details etc. This transaction can be used for new shipment tender, changing/replacing the already existing shipment waiting for pickup or cancelling a shipment.

EDI 990 - Response to the Load Tender

The trucking company will respond by this transaction indicating whether they have accepted or declined the pickup of offered shipment.


EDI 211 - Bill of Lading

Shipper/3PL will request the freight carrier to provide the details of BOL related to the shipment tendered via EDI 204 transaction.

EDI 212 - Delivery Trailer Manifest

Carrier will send this transaction to shipper/consignee listing the contents of trailer that contains multiple shipments that have been tendered in EDI 204.

EDI 214 - Shipment Status Message

Carrier send this transaction to shipper to provide up-to-date information regarding the shipments. e.g. the carrier will usually provide 214 shipment status report transactions to inform the customer of pickup i.e. indicate the load has been picked up from ship from location and delivery information to indicate the load has been delivered to ship to location.

?EDI 210 - Freight Details and Invoice

Carrier send this transaction to shipper as an invoice to the services rendered after the load has been delivered.

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