Karl, The questions you raise are good ones. Having been in the industry for over six years, the answer to most of your questions is: it depends upon your customer's reporting requirements. There are lots of differences between SOPs, even among consignees (PO issuers) in a given industry. Some businesses want shipment-level visibility, while other require item/SKU reporting visibility. A shipment could be defined as PO. A shipment could be defined as a vendor-loaded container at a yard.
With international shipping, there are lots of variables. Who is the consumer of the data? What is their purpose in receiving the data. Are you operating as an agent or integrator? A good site to look at is: www.partnersonline.com Good luck. Gary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Forwarders Cargo Receipt The Forwarders Cargo Receipt (FCR) is generally delivered via the 856. Just in case "FCR" is too-specific, I mean this in the most general sense i.e. a "logistics service provider (LSP) ASN message, confirming receipt (back to the shipper / vendor) of cargo". I am interested in hearing about use-cases and real-life practices of this message in the international shipping arena, where this message is delivered from a logistics provider / forwarder to a shipper / vendor. In this type of supply chain, a vendor can commonly issue multiple packing lists for a single ocean / air "main shipment". This raises (at least) the following questions: 1. Does such a message always confirm one and only one ocean / air shipment? Would the shipper ever receive a single FCR with information about multiple shipments? If so, what does this mean? Does it mean, for example, that there are actually multiple FCRs w/i message, each identified by a hierarchical level (probably the "Shipment" level)? 2. Is it possible for a packing list to appear on multiple FCRs i.e. to be split across FCRs? 3. IN PRACTICE, what references does an LSP reiterate to the shipper so he may reconcile / tie to documents in his system? Thanks and Regards, Karl -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. 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/
