Glossary

Address Number

Enter a number to identify an entry in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Address Book system, such as employee, applicant, participant, customer, supplier, tenant, or location.

Archive

To store data for possible future reference.

Authorization to Meet Competition Number

The Authorization to Meet Competition Number is transmitted and extracted for the ASN.

Batch Number

Enter the batch number. The transmitter assigns the batch number. During batch processing, the system assigns a new batch number to the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne transactions for each control (user) batch number it finds.

Card Number

The card number is an OEM assigned value that further describes the part number.

Data Element

An individual piece of information within an EDI Standard document. You group data elements to form data segments.

Delivery Batch Number

The system uses the Delivery Batch Number to identify items that are required to be packaged together. It is not returned on the ASN or the MPL; although, it may be on the delivery batch label.

Document Number

Enter the document number that is assigned by the transmitter in an EDI transaction.

In a non-EDI environment, this number is consistent with the order number assigned at order entry time (DOCO).

EDI Standard

A standardized format that defines the syntax, structure, and content of the inbound and outbound document data.

  • ANSI ASC X12 - Cross-industry standard

  • WINS - Warehouse industry

  • UCS - Grocery industry

  • TRADACOMS - Retail - UK

  • EDIFACT - Commercial export and transport - international

  • ODETTE - Motor and component suppliers - Europe

In recent years, a United Nations committee has been working to reconcile ANSI ASC X12 with EDIFACT to further standardize EDI on an international basis.

Electronic Commerce

A business environment that includes computer to computer, application to application, and person to person exchange of information.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the paperless, computer to computer exchange of business transactions, such as purchase orders and invoices, in a standard format with standard content.

Global Location Number

A 13-digit unique number that you can optionally associate with an address book number. When you enter a GLN, the system retrieves the address book number and populates the respective fields such as supplier number, customer number, carrier number and so on.

Hierarchical Configuration

Enter an EDI 856 transaction set hierarchy configuration code that specifies the levels present in the Ship Notice/Manifest. This field consists of a combination of two character Hierarchical Level Codes (values from the X12 specification for data element 735 - Hierarchical Level Code). You can enter up to nine combinations of HLCs in this field.

Hierarchical Structure Code

Enter a code that indicates the hierarchical application structure of an EDI transaction set that utilizes the HL segment to define the structure of the transaction set.

Inbound Document

A document that you receive from the trading partner using EDI. Also referred to as an inbound transaction.

Job Number

The lot number or job number that represents a group of sequence numbers and which uniquely identifies a job. The system uses the job number for production sequencing.

Job Sequence Number

The sequence number sent in from the OEM and that the system uses for production sequencing. Production sequencing is the process of indicating the order in which goods are unloaded from the truck.

Mapping

The process of converting information from one table structure to another. The translation software performs this process.

Off Line Date

The off line date is the date most of the OEM vehicles are expected to be produced. The off line date determines the first part of the rotation number or sequence number.

Outbound Document

A document that you send to the trading partner using EDI. Also referred to as an outbound transaction.

Product Type

OEM reference number for third party vendors for kanban orders.

Purge

To delete unwanted data from the system. After data is purged, it can no longer be accessed.

Record Type

Enter the identifier used to mark EDI transaction records as header and detail information. This is an EDI function only.

Reference Number

A number that identifies a demand entity.

Routing Date

The routing date is transmitted for eKanban orders and populated to the third party data collection vendor and printed on the UCC/B10 label.

Routing Order Sequence Number

The routing order sequence number is transmitted for eKanban orders and populated to the third party data collection vendor and printed on the UCC/B10 label.

Routing Time

The routing time is transmitted for eKanban orders and populated to the third party data collection vendor and printed on the UCC/B10 label.

SCAC (standard alpha carrier code)

A unique four-character code assigned to the carrier.

Segment

A predefined set of functionally related data elements.

Send Method

Enter a code that indicates how documents are sent to a customer or supplier. It is part of the Accounts Payable Batch Upload process, and you can use it as a criterion when you write reports.

SSC Number (shipment container code number)

Enter the Shipping Container Code, which must conform to the UCC structure for SCC numbers.

Standard Document

An EDI document that you exchange with the trading partner, such as a purchase order or sales order. Also called a transaction set in the ANSI ASC X12 or a message in the EDIFACT EDI Standards.

Syntax

The rules that govern the structure of EDI Standards.

System 47

The system code that includes the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne EDI interface tables and programs.

Tolerance Rules

Rules that determine whether a transaction fits within an acceptable range for the transaction set and trading partner.

Trading Partner

A company (usually a customer or supplier) with whom you exchange EDI documents.

Transaction Set

Enter the qualifier used to identify a specific type of EDI transaction.

Transaction Set Purpose

Enter a User-defined code (47/PU) that identifies the purpose of the transaction set. The first character of the second description in that table controls how the transaction is processed. Refer to ANSI X.12 Data Item 353.

Translator Software

The software that converts data from an application table format to an EDI Standard format, and from EDI Standard Format to application table format.

The data is exchanged in an EDI Standard format, such as ANSI ASC X12, EDIFACT, UCS, or WINS.

UPC Number

Enter the Universal Product Code number, which must conform to the UCC structure for UPC numbers.