856 Ship Notice/Manifest
Christopher & Banks · X12 005010
Christopher & Banks’ published 856 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
25 of 25 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
pos 0100
Required
max —
BSN
Beginning Segment for Ship Notice
pos 0200
Required
max —
DETAIL
HL LoopShipmentvariant 1 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Shipment
pos 0100
Required
max —
TD1
Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight)
pos 1100
Required
max —
TD5
Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)
pos 1200
Required
max —
TD3 Looprepeats 1
TD3
Carrier Details (Equipment)
pos 1300
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Information
pos 1500
Optional
max 4
DTM
Date/Time Reference
pos 2000
Required
max 2
FOB
F.O.B. Related Instructions
pos 2100
Optional
max —
N1 Looprepeats 2required
N1
Party Identification
pos 2200
Required
max —
N3
Party Location
pos 2400
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location
pos 2500
Optional
max —
HL LoopOrdervariant 2 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Order
pos 0100
Required
max —
TD1
Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight)
pos 1100
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Information
pos 1500
Optional
max 2
PRF
Purchase Order Reference
pos 0500
Required
max —
HL LoopPack / Shipping Tarevariant 3 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Pack / Shipping Tare
pos 0100
Required
max —
TD1
Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight)
pos 1100
Optional
max 20
MAN
Marks and Numbers Information
pos 1900
Required
max —
HL LoopItemvariant 4 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Item
pos 0100
Required
max —
LIN
Item Identification
pos 0200
Required
max —
SN1
Item Detail (Shipment)
pos 0300
Required
max —
PID
Product/Item Description
pos 0700
Required
max 4
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals
pos 0100
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 0200
Required
max —
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