Hello EDI-L
I have a question that I really should know, but I seem to be a bit confused.
I'm working on some mapping and ran into some issues with the FOB segment. Now,
generally this isn't a problem - the FOB01 is a two character code and at the
header level... that's usually enough information. However, this time the
questions came in - what is it FOR? What does it MEAN? And it occurs to me
that I really don't know. So here's my situation:
In an incoming order (830, 862, 850) the FOB01 is defined as 'Shipment Method of
Payment' and is generally 'CC' = Collect, 'PP' = Prepaid or 'DF' = Defined by
buyer and seller, or something similar. However, what, exactly is this refering
to? If I get an FOB01 with 'PP' am I expecting that the customer to pay before
I ship the truck full of stuff? And what about information such as 'payment due
30 days from date of invoice'? Is that at all related to this FOB segment? I
realize that second information is generally on an invoice, but is there any
kind of relationship between the terms of payment and the FOB01? Can somebody
please clarify this? I am currently working with Paccar/Peterbilt/Kenworth, but
have seen the FOB in other places, just never paid attention before. Please
help! Thanks.
Linda Leckrone
EDI Development
Brain North America
http://www.brainna.com
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