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EDI X12 856

X12 transaction code

X12 856 Ship Notice Manifest

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Standard
X12
Code
856
Trading partners
350
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Specification summary

X12 856 Ship Notice Manifest at the element level

The X12 856 specification defines 32 segments carrying 147 data elements, 50 of which are mandatory.

Segments
32
Data elements
147
Mandatory elements
50
Segments with mandatory elements
Segment Elements Mandatory
BSN 6 4
HL 3 2
LIN 19 2
SN1 4 2
PRF 2 1
PID 3 1
REF 2 1
MAN 4 2
DTM 3 1
FOB 4 1
N1 4 1
N3 2 1
Key identifiers in 856
  • Transaction Set Purpose Code
  • Shipment Identification
  • Date
  • Time
  • Hierarchical ID Number
  • Hierarchical Level Code
  • Product/Service ID Qualifier
  • Product/Service ID

Trading partners that support X12 856

350 partners, 457 channels. Click a channel for the full segment guideline.

Usage breakdown

Who trades X12 856 Ship Notice Manifest

856 is used most heavily in retail, apparel & footwear and grocery & food.

The 856 Ship Notice/Manifest, known in practice as the Advance Ship Notice (ASN), describes the contents and packing configuration of a shipment before it arrives, using nested hierarchical levels for shipment, order, pack, and item. Buyers use it to schedule dock labor and to match scanned GS1 carton labels against expected contents at receiving. Retail compliance programs treat the ASN as mandatory, and ASN errors are widely reported to generate more supplier chargebacks than any other EDI document type. Sent by the supplier, or a 3PL shipping on its behalf, to the buyer (retailer or distributor) at the time the order ships. A packed order is ship-confirmed and tendered to the carrier; the warehouse system generates the 856 so it reaches the buyer before the goods do.

By industry

  • retail 80 channels
  • apparel & footwear 68 channels
  • grocery & food 65 channels
  • building & hardware 54 channels
  • furniture & home 43 channels
  • healthcare & pharma 30 channels

By network

  • SPS Commerce 90 channels
  • Epicor Eclipse 42 channels
  • TrueCommerce 25 channels
  • Rithum 25 channels
  • Logicbroker 9 channels
  • Sonepar USA 4 channels
Largest 856 implementations

FAQ

X12 856 questions

What is X12 856 Ship Notice Manifest?

X12 856 (Ship Notice Manifest) is an EDI transaction set defined by ANSI ASC X12 for exchanging ship notice manifest between trading partners. It is one of over 300 X12 transaction sets used across retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics. 350 Stacksync trading partners support this code across 457 channels.

Which trading partners use X12 856?

350 Stacksync partners accept X12 856: 7-Eleven (SEDC: Seven Eleven Distribution Company), AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service), Academy Sports + Outdoors, Ace Hardware, AGCO Your Agriculture Company, Ahold Delhaize, Ahold Delhaize USA, LLC, Al's Sporting Goods, and more. Each partner has its own implementation guideline that Stacksync pre-validates before sending. Browse the full directory above.

How do I integrate X12 856 with my ERP?

Stacksync handles the full X12 856 integration: partner channel certification (AS2, VAN, FTP), transaction-set mapping per the trading partner's implementation guide, translation to your ERP's native data model, and real-time delivery. Typical time from kickoff to production is 3 to 10 business days for a single partner connection.

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