First of all, I do not see how it would be possible for the distributor to safely represent all 30 different manufacturers ID's uniquely. Each manufacturer would also have to give them a pool of free numbers in addition to their own ID in the event of the distributor being replaced or in the case of drop-shipments. Impractical and unnecessary.
So, as you are thinking, we go for option 2, which is to cook up their own ID. This cooking can be officially sanctioned with the distributor obtaining their own unique manufacturer's ID from the pertinent regulatory agency or, in the event they do not want to go through that hassle and expense, I have quite often seen a simple exchange of some number that is satisfactory for both parties. After all, the UCC-128 label is a "license plate" used to uniquely identify a container that is received within a facility in order to match up that container with it's actual contents as transmitted on an 856 ASN document. Thus enabling the receiver to know precisely what is in that container without having to open it up. Thus allowing him to engage in all kinds of automated routing and charge-back procedures. This "license plate" often does not need to be globally unique, it only needs to be unique within the receiver's IT universe and therefore a mutually agreed-upon number is sufficient. Regards, Paul McTeigue _______________________________________ Paul McTeigue Icefan Systemhouse Inc. Montreal, Canada www.icefan.ca EDI - Bbx - Web Development - SQL Server - VB E-Mail: .............. [email protected] Cell: .................. (514) 262-9591 _______________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul B Sent: January 17, 2011 9:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] UCC-128 Label Question Hi Everyone, I am working on an implementation with a distributor that came up with an interesting question that I never had encountered before. Since they represent over 30 different manufacturers and they are getting ready to ship to a customer the question they poised to me is how do they handle the UCC-128 label (SSCC-18) number. Do they need to represent all 30 manufacturers different ID's in the label or can they make one up of their own. I am thinking the latter since they do not make their own product but I wanted to check with the experts out there to see if someone had come across this before. Thanks, Paul [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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
