Reference module
EDI Navigator Industries, industry-specific use cases, standards and country rulebooks in one reference.
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Industries Use cases Standards Country rules
Automotive
Forecast & JIT call-off Rolling forecast (DELFOR / VDA 4905) refined by fine-grained JIT call-offs (DELJIT / VDA 4915) down to hour slots.
Messages
DELFOR DELJIT VDA 4905 VDA 4915
Parties: OEM ↔ tier-1 supplier
Practice example
A tier-1 supplier receives a 26-week forecast every Monday; daily JIT call-offs then fix the exact quantity per unloading point and two-hour slot.
Typical process flow
DELFOR rolling forecast DELJIT fine call-off Sequence call (JIS) DESADV per delivery 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
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
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
DESADV / VDA 4913 dispatch Label scan at gate RECADV goods receipt 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
Automotive
Self-billing (credit note procedure) The OEM creates the settlement document from goods receipts; the supplier reconciles instead of invoicing.
Messages
INVOIC (self-billing) VDA 4908 REMADV
Parties: OEM ↔ supplier finance
Practice example
The OEM settles 4 300 received parts from the week's goods receipts and sends a remittance advice; the supplier posts it against open deliveries instead of invoicing.
Typical process flow
Goods receipt basis Self-billing document REMADV remittance Supplier reconciliation 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