I am not sure how much the NRF has on EDI, but they do not develop EDI standards for the retail industry. Granted the apparel industry does use the NRF size and color codes (US and some in Canada), however the EDI standards and guidelines in use are the Voluntary Inter-Industry Commerce Standards (VICS), administered by the Uniform Code Council (UCC). Remember this is primarily US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and is based in ANSI X12 EDI Standards. I am not aware of any retail or apparel specific guidelines for the EDIFACT messages. The EANCOM guidelines are not specific to any industry. Individual EAN/UCC (named GS1) numbering organizations such as AMECE (Mexico) may have detailed guidelines in the local language for use within the country or a region.
The VICS EDI Guidelines may be found at https://solutionscenter.uc-council.org/index.html. However you will need to be a member of UCC to have access to the solution center. The main item of interest for your question are the following: * VICS Architecture Guidelines, * VICS /UCS EDI Financial Guideline, * VICS EDI Ship Notice Manifest (TS 856) Guideline, * eCommerce Transport Communication Guideline, * Trade Item Identification & Communication Guideline, and * VICS EDI Implementation Guidelines V004020 - V005010. Now this only covers the demand side of the apparel business and that sill leaves the sundry suppliers (button, bows, thread, etc), fabric suppliers, machine parts for laser cutters & sewing machines (wait that has been moved over seas!). Now we have not even gotten to the financial area like lock boxes, letters of credit, bank statements etc. Oh yes we have the carriers (all four modes), importers, customs, etc. So, what part of the apparel EDI functions are you really interested in? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
