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Industries, industry-specific use cases, standards and country rulebooks in one reference.
Industry:
Industrial manufacturing
Consignment stock
Stock reports trigger settlement only on consumption, not on delivery.
Messages
INVRPTSLSRPTINVOIC
Parties: Supplier ↔ plant
Practice example
Consignment stock at the customer plant is reported weekly; only withdrawals are invoiced, so stock reports and settlement must match exactly.
Typical process flow
- INVRPT consignment stock
- Withdrawal report
- Self-billing / INVOIC
- Reconciliation
Rule-setting bodies & associations
Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. (VDA)
Industry association
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
UNECE — United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)
United Nations body
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
Industrial manufacturing
Catalogue punchout
Buyers shop in the supplier's webshop and return a structured cart into their ERP for approval.
Messages
cXML PunchOutOCIORDERS
Parties: Buyer ERP ↔ supplier shop
Practice example
An engineer configures a drive in the supplier's web shop and returns the cart to the ERP, which turns it into a regular EDI purchase order.
Typical process flow
- Punch-out session
- Cart transfer to ERP
- Approval workflow
- ORDERS / X12 850
Rule-setting bodies & associations
Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. (VDA)
Industry association
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
UNECE — United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)
United Nations body
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