Dow Inc. X12 850 Purchase Order

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ISAInterchange Control Header
16 elements

To start and identify an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments

GSFunctional Group Header
8 elements

To indicate the beginning of a functional group and to provide control information

transactionSets

9 seg
STTransaction Set Header
2 elements

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

BEGBeginning Segment for Purchase Order
5 elements

To indicate the beginning of the Purchase Order Transaction Set and transmit identifying numbers and dates

PAMPeriod Amount
8 elements

To indicate a quantity, and/or amount for an identified period

DTMDate/Time Reference
3 elements

To specify pertinent dates and times

LINItem Identification
3 elements

To specify basic item identification data

MEAMeasurements
3 elements

To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights (See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)

N1_loop

200x1 seg
N1Name
3 elements

To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

PO1_loop

100000x5 seg
PO1Baseline Item Data
9 elements

To specify basic and most frequently used line item data

REFReference Identification
2 elements

To specify identifying information

N9_loop

1000x1 seg
N9Reference Identification
2 elements

To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

SLN_loop

1000x1 seg
SLNSubline Item Detail
8 elements

To specify product subline detail item data

LM_loop

>1x2 seg
LMCode Source Information
1 element

To transmit standard code list identification information

LQIndustry Code
2 elements

Code to transmit standard industry codes

SETransaction Set Trailer
2 elements

To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

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