850 Purchase Order
Nordstrom · X12 004010VICS
Nordstrom’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
19 of 19 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header ST
pos 010
Optional
max —
BEG
Beginning Segment For Purchase Order BEG
pos 020
Required
max —
CUR
Currency CUR
pos 040
Optional
max —
REF
Reference Identification REF
Nordstrom will send at least three occurrences of the REF:
(1) The Nordstrom internal supplier number.
(2) The Nordstrom department number.
(3) A statement referring to Nordstrom's PO Terms & Conditions.
(4) If sent, the Nordstrom event code for pre-ticketing purposes.
(5) If sent, the Nordstrom supplier/vendor terms.
(6) If sent, the Nordstrom season code for ticketing purposes.
(7) If sent, the Pre-Mark indicator of 'BULK' will be sent if this order should be packed in bulk.
pos 050
Optional
max —
PER
Administrative Communications Contact PER
pos 060
Optional
max 3
FOB
Fob Related Instructions FOB
pos 080
Optional
max —
ITD
Terms Of Sale Deferred Terms Of Sale ITD
pos 130
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Cancel Aftervariant 1 of 2
Nordstrom will send two occurrences of the DTM.
The first occurrence will contain the Early Ship Date (037).
The second occurrence will contain the Past Cancel Date (001).
pos 150
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference Ship Not Beforevariant 2 of 2
Nordstrom will send two occurrences of the DTM.
The first occurrence will contain the Early Ship Date (037).
The second occurrence will contain the Past Cancel Date (001).
pos 150
Optional
max —
TD5
Carrier Details Routing Sequence Transit Time TD5
pos 240
Optional
max 12
N1 LoopN1 Loop Message To
N1
Name N1
pos 310
Required
max —
DETAIL
PO1 Looprequired
PO1
Baseline Item Data PO1
pos 010
Required
max —
CTP LoopCTP Loop Promotional Price
CTP
Pricing Information CTP
Nordstrom could send up to two occurrences of the CTP.
The first occurrence will contain the Resale price (RES).
If sent, the second occurrence will contain the Promotional price (PRP).
pos 040
Required
max —
PID LoopPID Loop Color
PID
Product Item Description PID
Nordstrom will send three occurrences of the PID.
The first occurrence will contain the Product Description (08).
The second occurrence will contain the Color Description (73).
The third occurrence will contain the Size description (74).
pos 050
Required
max —
SAC Loop
SAC
Service Promotion Allowance Or Charge Information SAC
pos 130
Required
max —
SDQ
Destination Quantity SDQ
An SDQ segment can hold up to 10 locations. When the PO has more than 10 locations, additional SDQ segments will be sent.
pos 190
Optional
max 500
N1 Loop
N1
Name N1
Nordstrom will send the N1 segment only if the 'ship to' location is different than defined in the Nordstrom Routing Guide.
Use the value in the N102 as the DC/Store shipping location. All merchandise for the stores listed in the previous SDQs should be shipped to the location specified on the N1. Items will be repeated – once for each ship-to location.
pos 350
Required
max —
SUMMARY
CTT Loop
CTT
Transaction Totals CTT
pos 010
Required
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer SE
pos 030
Optional
max —
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