856 Ship Notice/Manifest
O.C. Tanner · X12 004010
O.C. Tanner’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
23 of 23 segments
HEADING
ST
Transaction Set Header
pos 010
Required
max —
BSN
Beginning Segment for Ship Notice
pos 020
Required
max —
DETAIL
HL LoopShipmentvariant 1 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Shipment
pos 010
Required
max —
TD1
Carrier Details (Quantity and Weight)
pos 110
Optional
max 20
TD5
Carrier Details (Routing Sequence/Transit Time)
pos 120
Optional
max 12
REF
Reference Identification
pos 150
Optional
max —
DTM
Date/Time Reference
pos 200
Optional
max 10
N1 LoopBuying Party (Purchaser)variant 1 of 3repeats 200
N1
Buying Party (Purchaser)
pos 220
Optional
max —
N2
Additional Name Information
pos 230
Optional
max 2
N3
Address Information
pos 240
Optional
max 2
N4
Geographic Location
pos 250
Optional
max —
N1 LoopShip Fromvariant 2 of 3repeats 200
N1
Ship From
pos 220
Optional
max —
N1 LoopShip Tovariant 3 of 3repeats 200
N1
Ship To
pos 220
Optional
max —
HL LoopOrdervariant 2 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Order
pos 010
Required
max —
PRF
Purchase Order Reference
pos 050
Optional
max —
N1 LoopParty for whom Item is Ultimately Intendedrepeats 200
N1
Party for whom Item is Ultimately Intended
pos 220
Optional
max —
HL LoopPackvariant 3 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Pack
pos 010
Required
max —
MAN
Marks and Numbers
pos 190
Optional
max —
HL LoopItemvariant 4 of 4repeats 200000required
HL
Item
pos 010
Required
max —
LIN
Item Identification
pos 020
Optional
max —
SN1
Item Detail (Shipment)
pos 030
Optional
max —
SUMMARY
CTT
Transaction Totals
pos 010
Optional
max —
SE
Transaction Set Trailer
pos 020
Required
max —
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