850 Purchase Order
3M · X12 004010
3M’s published 850 specification, rendered as an interactive guide. Expand any segment to see its elements, data types, lengths and accepted codes — then validate your own document against it below.
Specification
20 of 20 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order BEG
pos 020
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 050
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 060
Optional
max 3
FOB
Fob Related Instructions FOB
pos 080
Optional
max —
SAC Looprepeats 25required
SAC
Service Promotion Allowance Or Charge Information SAC
pos 120
Required
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 150
Optional
max 10
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 240
Optional
max 12
N1 Looprepeats 200
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 320
Optional
max 2
N3
Address Information N3
pos 330
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 340
Optional
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprepeats 100000required
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 010
Required
max —
PID Looprepeats 1000
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 050
Required
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
pos 100
Optional
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 210
Optional
max 10
SCH Looprepeats 200
SCH
Line Item Schedule SCH
pos 295
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Loop
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 010
Required
max —
AMT
Monetary Amount AMT
pos 020
Optional
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 030
Optional
max —
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