The system can create and send an EDI 856 Advance Shipping Notice from the Shipping Manifest Queue immediately after the manifest is created or when you ship from StarShip. Use activity triggers to set up these processes. You can also manually send an 856 by setting the Print field on the Status screen of the invoiced order generation to EDI.
If you want to process direct orders through the EDI system and process them the same as EDI 856 standard orders, use the
Note: If the 810 outbound document is not defined in the trading partner profile for the customer, E is not an available option in the Prt field.
Before you can send an 856, set up your system as follows:
Create a trading partner profile for which an 856 outbound document is defined.
Assign the customer to whom you want to send the advance ship notice to this profile.
To set up activity triggers on the customer's Activity Trigger Maintenance window, do the following:
In the Trigger Description column, select one of the following:
Manifest Lock - to send a notice from the Shipping Manifest Queue.
Shipment Notification - to send a notice from StarShip.
In the Activity Description column for either trigger description, select one of the following:
EDI Adv Shipping Notification - The system sends an EDI document for each order on a given stop.
EDI Single Adv Shipping Not - The system sends one EDI document for all orders on a given stop. It sends a document for the first order and skips the other orders.
From the File menu, select Activity Properties and then select the 856 document type.
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