The EDI 857 document type is an electronic version of a paper Shipment and Billing Notice that complies with the ANSI X12 EDI specification. EDI 857 document transaction set can be used instead of sending EDI 856 Ship Notice/Manifest and the EDI 880 Grocery Products Invoice (or EDI 810) separately. An EDI 857 transaction is primarily used in the grocery industry to transmit shipment details and invoice information. This transaction set sent by the supplier to the buyer and entails all data related to the shipped order and invoicing information for both the receiving and accounting departments.
EDI 857 Shipment and Billing Notice Key Data:
Other EDI transaction sets related to EDI 857 are: