My two cents worth is that it depends on who you're trading with. In
your situation with the 944 there shouldn't be any confusion about the
item that is being reported on. However, with suppliers getting POs from
customers (particularly in retail), there is sometimes no telling what
variation of UPC, NDC, or internal item number a customer will use on a
PO. In those cases the description can be very helpful in identifying
the item and in setting up the lookup tables. Once they are set up,
though, the descriptions are just useless baggage.
Mike
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Michael C. Rawlins, Senior Software Engineer, GXS
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On 5/1/2013 6:17 AM, need2know711 wrote:
>
> I'm would like to get the groups opinion on inclusion of description
> fields. I recently created a 944 (warehouse stock transfer receipt
> advice) specification and I included the line item descriptions. My
> trading partner resisted, and felt they were not needed since we
> passing the part number ID. I like to include them as sort of a double
> check in any issues arise with the part number. My trading partner
> felt we could save the extra VAN cost if we did not include them and
> that they were unnecessary. Whats the groups take on descriptions?
>
>
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