Home Hardware 856 Ship Notice/Manifest
Home Hardware · X12 004010
The Home Hardware 856 is the advance ship notice a supplier sends when an order ships, describing the shipment, its pallets or cartons and the items in each.
Home Hardware’s 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
28 of 28 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
pos 010
Required
max —
BSN
Beginning Segment for Ship Notice
pos 020
Required
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DTM
Date/Time Reference
pos 040
Optional
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DETAIL
HL LoopShipmentvariant 1 of 5required
HL
Shipment
pos 010
Required
max —
TD1
Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight)
pos 110
Optional
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TD5
Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)
pos 120
Required
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TD3
Carrier Details (Equipment)
pos 130
Optional
max —
REF
Bill of Lading Numbervariant 1 of 3
pos 150
Optional
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REF
Carrier Reference Numbervariant 2 of 3
pos 150
Optional
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REF
Internal Vendor Numbervariant 3 of 3
pos 150
Optional
max —
FOB
F.O.B. Related Instructions
pos 210
Optional
max —
N1 LoopShip Fromvariant 1 of 2
N1
Ship From
pos 220
Optional
max —
FOB
F.O.B. Related Instructions
pos 280
Required
max —
N1 LoopShip Tovariant 2 of 2
N1
Ship To
pos 220
Optional
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HL LoopOrdervariant 2 of 5required
HL
Order
pos 010
Required
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PRF
Purchase Order Reference
pos 050
Optional
max —
N1 LoopOrdered By
N1
Ordered By
pos 220
Optional
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N3
Address Information
pos 240
Optional
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N4
Geographic Location
pos 250
Optional
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HL LoopTarevariant 3 of 5required
HL
Tare
pos 010
Required
max —
MAN
Marks and Numbers
pos 190
Optional
max —
HL LoopPackvariant 4 of 5required
HL
Pack
pos 010
Required
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HL LoopItemvariant 5 of 5required
HL
Item
pos 010
Required
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LIN
Item Identification
pos 020
Optional
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SN1
Item Detail (Shipment)
pos 030
Optional
max —
PO4
Item Physical Details
pos 060
Optional
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SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 020
Required
max —
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