850 [v2001] Purchase Order
Ford · X12 002001
Ford’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
31 of 31 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 02
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order Applications BEG
pos 03
Required
max —
NTE
Note Special Instruction NTE
pos 04
Optional
max 100
REF
Reference Numbers REF
pos 06
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 07
Optional
max 3
TAX
Sales Tax Reference TAX
pos 08
Optional
max 3
FOB
Fob Related Instructions FOB
pos 09
Optional
max —
N1 Looprepeats 200
N1
Name N1
pos 10
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 11
Optional
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 12
Optional
max —
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 13
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 15
Optional
max —
ITA
Allowance Charge Or Service ITA
pos 20
Optional
max 10
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
pos 21
Optional
max 2
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 22
Optional
max 10
SHH
General Schedule SHH
pos 23
Optional
max 5
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 29
Optional
max 12
DETAIL
PO1 Looprepeats 1000required
PO1
Purchase Order Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 34
Required
max —
CUR
Currency CUR
pos 35
Optional
max —
PO3
Additional Item Detail PO3
pos 39
Optional
max 25
PID
Product Item Description PID
pos 41
Optional
max 200
REF
Reference Numbers REF
pos 46
Optional
max —
N1 Looprepeats 200
N1
Name N1
pos 54
Required
max —
N2
Additional Name Information N2
pos 55
Optional
max —
N3
Address Information N3
pos 56
Optional
max —
N4
Geographic Location N4
pos 57
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 59
Optional
max —
DTM
Date Time Reference DTM
pos 62
Optional
max —
SCH
Line Item Schedule SCH
pos 63
Optional
max 104
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 70
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 71
Optional
max —
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