There are situations where standards are dictated not only by your trading partner but by government entities. If you import into the US via ship there is the 24 hour advanced manifest rule which US Customs requires the use of X12 or their transaction CAMIR. So in this case there is no interchangeability.
Regards, David Frenkel 612-237-1966 -----Original Message----- From: Karl Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: RE: [EDI-L] <TECH> Mapping EDIFACT to X12 I don't operate at the nitty-gritty EDI level, so pardon my high-level perspective. My experience showed that EDIFACT is better suited to international transactions than X12. I had worked in the shipping industry, and found, for example, that the IFTMBF/IFTMBC pair was a richer transaction than the 300/301 pair. The former handled inland transportation and multiple transportation legs better. So, in that business arena, it was difficult to use EDIFACT and X12 interchangably. Karl --- "Hurd, Richard [SLCUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: "'Dan Mehlhorn'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > EDI-L Listserv > <[email protected]> > From: "Hurd, Richard [SLCUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:23:52 -0400 > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] <TECH> Mapping EDIFACT to X12 > > At Agere, we handled both rather interchangeably. You should be okay. > > The stranger it is, the tougher it might be; but generic orders and changes > shouldn't present a hassle. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Mehlhorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:24 AM > > To: EDI-L Listserv > > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] <TECH> Mapping EDIFACT to X12 > > > > > > > > > > I should know better. The documents are ORDERS and > > ORDCHG to 850 and 860 > > respectively. > > > > Dan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Brandt > > > > > We got one of those "things" dropped on us. We don't trade > > > EDIFACT at all. > > >We got a demand to switch to EDIFACT for this TP in a month. > > Not knowing > > >EDIFACT, I'd like to know is it a reasonable and workable > > idea to have my > > >translator map the inbound EDIFACT to my existing X12 template? > > > > > > My translator can do this, therefore I don't need sales > > > calls. My question > > >deals with will EDIFACT data fit in the X12 template. Sort > > of like putting > > >Chevy parts in a Ford. It is workable, but not something > > you want to do > > for > > >the long run. > > > > You don't specify what messages/transaction sets you are > > dealing with, but > > in theory it can be done. I have several clients who map > > incoming X12 830s > > and EDIFACT DELFORs, and 862 and DELJITs, to one flat file layout, and > > generating 856s and DESADVs out of one flat file layout. > > -- > > Tom Brandt > > Northtech Systems, Inc. > > 130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220 > > Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343 > > http://www.northtech.com/ > > > > > > > > . > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (primary), [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest . 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 . 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/
