940 Warehouse Shipping Order
3PL Central · X12 004010
3PL Central’s published 940 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
17 of 17 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
W05
Shipping Order Identification W05
pos 020
Required
max —
0100 Looprequired
N1
Name N1
pos 040
Required
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 060
Required
max 2
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 070
Optional
max —
N9
Department Numbervariant 1 of 2
pos 090
Optional
max 10
N9
Division Numbervariant 2 of 2
pos 090
Optional
max 10
G62
Cancel Datevariant 1 of 3
pos 110
Optional
max 10
G62
Delivery Requested on This Datevariant 2 of 3
pos 110
Optional
max 10
G62
Ship Not Before Datevariant 3 of 3
pos 110
Optional
max 10
NTE
Note Special Instruction NTE
pos 120
Optional
max —
W66
Warehouse Carrier Information W66
pos 140
Required
max —
DETAIL
0300 Loop
LX
Assigned Number LX
pos 005
Required
max —
0310 Loop
W01
Line Item Detail Warehouse W01
pos 020
Required
max —
G69
Line Item Detail Description G69
pos 030
Required
max 5
SUMMARY
W76
Total Shipping Order W76
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 020
Optional
max —
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