In 1979, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) chartered the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 to develop uniform standards for interindustry electronic exchange of business transactions-electronic data interchange (EDI)
In 1986, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) approved the acronym "UN/EDIFACT" which translates to United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport. UN/EDIFACT is an international EDI standard designed to meet the needs of both government and private industry.
The UN/EDIFACT Working Group (EWG), a permanent working group of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), develops and maintains UN/EDIFACT
X12 is used in the USA and by U.S. organizations worldwide. Much of the rest of the world uses the EDIFACT messages.
| TRANSACTION SET/MESSAGE | X12 | EDIFACT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="3" | PRODUCT/PRICING TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Price Sales Catalog | 832 | PRICAT | ||||
| Price Authorization Acknowledgement/Status | 845 | ATHSTS | ||||
| Specification/Technical Information | 841 | PRDSPE | ||||
| Request For Quotation | 840 | REQOTE | ||||
| Response To Request For Quotation | 843 | QUOTES | ||||
| Electronic Bid Form | 833 | |||||
| colspan="3" | ORDERING TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Purchase Order | 850 | ORDERS | ||||
| Purchase Order Acknowledgement | 855 | ORDRSP | ||||
| Purchase Order Change | 860 | ORDCHG | ||||
| Purchase Order Change Acknowledgement | 865 | ORDRSP | ||||
| Order Status Inquiry | 869 | ORSSTA | ||||
| Order Status Report | 870 | ORDREP | ||||
| Contract Award | 836 | |||||
| Product Activity Data | 852 | SLSRPT | ||||
| colspan="3" | MATERIALS MANAGEMENT TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Planning Schedule/Material Release | 830 | DELFOR | ||||
| Shipping Schedule | 862 | DELJIT | ||||
| Production Sequence | 866 | |||||
| Ship Notice/manifest (ASN) | 856 | DESADV | ||||
| Report of Test Results | 863 | QUALITY | ||||
| Material Safety Data Sheet | 848 | |||||
| Contract Award | 836 | |||||
| colspan="3" | SHIPPING/RECEIVING TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Shipment Information (Bill of Lading) | 858 | IFTMCS | ||||
| Receiving Advice | 861 | RECADV | ||||
| Non-conformance Information-Disposition Transaction, Cause/Correction | 842 | |||||
| colspan="3" | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Inventory Inquiry/Advice | 846 | INVRPT | ||||
| Product Transfer and Resale Report | 867 | |||||
| Product Transfer Account Adjustment | 844 | SSDCLM | ||||
| Response To Product Transfer Account Adjustment | 849 | |||||
| colspan="3" | FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Invoice | 810 | INVOIC | ||||
| Freight Invoice | 859 | IFTMCS | ||||
| Payment order/Remittance Advice (EFT) | 820 | REMADV | ||||
| Lockbox | 823 | |||||
| Financial Information Reporting | 821 | |||||
| colspan="3" | HEALTHCARE TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Eligibility Inquiry | 270 | |||||
| Eligibility Inquiry Response | 271 | |||||
| Claim Status Inquiry | 276 | |||||
| Claim Status Response | 277 | |||||
| Service Review Request | 278-13 | |||||
| Service Review Response | 278-11 | |||||
| Premium Payment and Deduction | 820 | |||||
| Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance | 834 | |||||
| Claim Remittance Advice | 835 | |||||
| Claim (Professional, Institutional, Dentist) | 837 | |||||
| colspan="3" | CONTROL TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Functional Acknowledgement | 997 | CONTRL | ||||
| Application Advice | 824 | APERAK | ||||
| Trading Partner Profile | 838 | PARTIN |