Industries, industry-specific use cases, standards and country rulebooks in one reference.
Industry:
Healthcare & pharma
Hospital procurement
Catalogue-based ordering with contract prices, delivery notes and e-invoicing to public hospitals.
Messages
PRICATORDERSDESADVINVOIC / XRechnung
Parties: Hospital ↔ medtech supplier
Practice example
A university hospital orders implants from a framework catalogue; the invoice must be an XRechnung with the correct Leitweg-ID or the payment run rejects it.
EPCIS events report commissioning, packing and shipping of serialised packs alongside the EDI flow.
Messages
EPCIS eventsDESADVINVRPT
Parties: Manufacturer ↔ wholesaler ↔ pharmacy
Practice example
Every pack carries a unique serial number; commissioning, aggregation and shipping events are reported so a pharmacy can verify authenticity at dispense.