Learning
EDI Academy Structured learning paths that connect theory with the real messages you analyse every day.
7 learning paths 26 lessons 17 use cases ≈ 4 h reading time
Learning paths EDI use cases
Every industry process end to end: the messages involved, the real-world example, the process flow and the associations that publish the binding rulebooks.
Retail & consumer goods
Order-to-cash replenishment
ORDERS · ORDRSP · DESADV · RECADV · INVOIC
Retail & consumer goods
Vendor managed inventory
INVRPT · SLSRPT · DELFOR
Retail & consumer goods
Catalogue & price synchronisation
PRICAT · PARTIN · GS1 CIN
Automotive
Forecast & JIT call-off
DELFOR · DELJIT · VDA 4905 · VDA 4915
Automotive
ASN & goods receipt
DESADV · VDA 4913 · RECADV
Automotive
Self-billing (credit note procedure)
INVOIC (self-billing) · VDA 4908 · REMADV
Healthcare & pharma
Hospital procurement
PRICAT · ORDERS · DESADV · INVOIC / XRechnung
Healthcare & pharma
Serialisation & traceability
EPCIS events · DESADV · INVRPT
Transport & logistics
Transport order & status
IFTMIN · IFTMBC · IFTSTA · X12 204 · X12 214
Transport & logistics
3PL warehouse integration
INVRPT · WMS instructions (X12 940/945) · RECADV
Public sector
E-invoice to authorities
XRechnung (UBL) · XRechnung (CII) · Peppol BIS Billing 3.0
Public sector
Electronic procurement documents
Peppol Order · Peppol Despatch Advice · Peppol MLR
Energy & utilities
Supplier switching
UTILMD · APERAK · CONTRL
Energy & utilities
Metering data & billing
MSCONS · INVOIC · REMADV
Food & beverage
Fresh replenishment
ORDERS · DESADV · INVOIC · RECADV
Industrial manufacturing
Consignment stock
INVRPT · SLSRPT · INVOIC
Industrial manufacturing
Catalogue punchout
cXML PunchOut · OCI · ORDERS
Automotive
ASN & goods receipt DESADV / VDA 4913 announces each shipment; labels and packaging data must match the physical handling unit.
Messages
DESADV VDA 4913 RECADV
Common standards
VDA (4905/4913, VDA 4938) EDIFACT (DELFOR, DELJIT) Odette ANSI X12
Parties: Supplier ↔ OEM plant
Practice example
Each truck carries 12 handling units with VDA 4902 labels; the ASN must arrive before the truck so the plant can book goods receipt by scanning only.
Typical process flow
01 DESADV / VDA 4913 dispatch 02 Label scan at gate 03 RECADV goods receipt 04 Discrepancy handling Rule-setting bodies & associations
Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. (VDA)
Industry association
Website German automotive EDI recommendations: VDA 4905 call-offs, VDA 4913 dispatch data, VDA 4902 labels and the VDA 4938 global invoice.
Behrenstraße 35, 10117 Berlin, Deutschland
+49 30 897842-0
info@vda.de
Rulebooks & documents
Odette International Ltd.
European automotive network organisation
Website Pan-European automotive supply-chain standards: OFTP2 transmission, global transport label (GTL) and EDIFACT automotive subsets.
71 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BN, United Kingdom
info@odette.org
Rulebooks & documents
UNECE — United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)
United Nations body
Website Owner of the UN/EDIFACT directories, UNTDID code lists and Recommendation 20 unit codes used by every EDIFACT implementation.
Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
+41 22 917 12 34
Rulebooks & documents
Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12)
ANSI-accredited standards committee
Website North American transaction sets (850, 810, 856, 214, 837) and the HIPAA-mandated healthcare transactions.
8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite L1-1150, McLean, VA 22102, USA
+1 703 970 4480
info@x12.org
Rulebooks & documents