GS1 EANCOM Standards

The full specification of the GS1 EANCOM© messages, together with the implementation notes is contained in the GS1 EANCOM® Manual, available via the GS1 Member Organisations.

The following message categories are included in the EANCOM© standard.

 

Master Data Messages

These contain data which rarely changes (product measurements, names and addresses, etc):

  • The Party Information message: is used to identify all the locations, name, address, contact persons, financial accounts, etc) associated with subsequent commercial transactions and their related operational information.
  • The Product Information messages: provide parties with information containing the descriptive, logistical and financial details of a product or service.

List of messages:

PARTIN Party Information
PRICAT Price/Sales Catalogue
PROINQ Product Inquiry
PRODAT Product Data

 

Business Transaction Messages

These cover the general trading cycle from quotation request to remittance advice:

  • Quotation messages contain all details relevant to the supply of the goods or services requested by the potential buyer (terms of delivery, payment terms, price, allowances and charges, etc).
  • Purchase Order set of messages related to the ordering process, from a requested order, subsequent changes to the eventual order confirmation.
  • Transport and Logistics messages provide information related to the despatch of transport and receipt of previously ordered products.
  • Invoice and Remittance Advice messages relate to the payment of the goods supplied. The buyer can automatically reconcile the suppliers invoice using the product receipt information.

List of messages:

CNTCND Contractual Conditions ORDCHG Purchase Order Change Request
COACSU Commercial Account Summary ORDERS Purchase Order
COMDIS Commercial Dispute ORDRSP Purchase Order Response
DESADV Despatch Advice OSTENQ Order Status Enquiry
HANMOV Cargo/Goods Handling and Movement OSTRPT Order Status Report
IFCSUM Forwarding and Consolidation Summary                PAYMUL Multiple Payment Order
IFTMAN Arrival Notice QUOTES Quotation
IFTMBC Booking Confirmation RECADV Receiving Advice
IFTMBF Firm Booking REMADV Remittance Advice
IFTMIN Transport Instruction REQOTE Request for Quotation
IFTSTA Transport Status RETANN Announcement for Returns
INSDES Instruction to Despatch RETINS Instructions for Returns
INVOIC Invoice TAXCON Tax Control

 

Report and Planning Messages

These messages include general trading reports which allow partners to plan for the future:

  • Enable trading partners to exchange precious information in order to understand each other’s requirements.
  • Provide valuable and up-to-date reports and forecasts concerning delivery, sales and stocks and enable the partners involved to plan their activities and marketing strategies.

 

List of messages:

APERAK Application Error and Acknowledgement FINCAN Financial Cancellation
BANSTA Banking Status FINSTA Financial Statement
CREMUL Multiple Credit Advice INVRPT Inventory Report
DELFOR Delivery Schedule  MSCONS Metered Services Consumption Report
DEBMUL Multiple Debit Advice QALITY Quality Test Report
DIRDEB Direct Debit SLSFCT Sales Forecast Report
    SLSRPT Sales Data Report

 

Syntax and Service Report Message

The Syntax and Service Report message may be sent by the receiver of any EDIFACT message to acknowledge or refuse an interchange, functional group or message.

CONTRL Syntax and Service Report

 

Security Messages

These messages are only available in the EANCOM© version 2002, Syntax 4.

  • The secure authentication and acknowledgement message is used to transmit the digital signature, related information to verify the signature by the recipient, and the references to the data secured.
     
  • The security key and certificate management message can be used to transmit the public key of the sender to the recipient. The recipient is then able to verify digital signatures in further transmissions. It is also possible to make references to certificates from certification authorities (trust centres).

 

List of messages:

AUTACK Secure Authentication and Acknowledgement
KEYMAN Security Key and Certificate Management

 

Other Messages

CONDRA Drawing Administration
GENRAL General Message
PAYDUC Payroll Deduction Advice

 

Updates to EANCOM© 2002

The GS1 User Manual containing the full specification of the EANCOM® message standards is updated every two years. The latest edition contains all the changes to the EANCOM® 2002 done up to the end of 2009. Changes approved since then are listed here. They will be incorporated in the EANCOM® Manual 2002 edition 2012.