DESADV

Without the transmission of an electronic delivery notification, the check of the goods receipt is carried out manually on the retailer's side by checking the delivery bills enclosed with the delivery. In doing so, he must determine the order created in his own merchandise management system on the basis of the article data or a reference number and enter the delivery quantities. The goods receipt must then be posted so that the goods are marked as available in the merchandise management system. If further information, such as batch number or serial number, is required for the goods receipt, this must generally also be entered manually.

For the transmission of electronic delivery bills, the message type DESADV (Despatch Advice) has been implemented in the EDIFACT/EANCOM standard. In the DESADV message, the delivered items are transmitted with their references to the order item. Additional information, such as batch number or serial number, can also be transmitted. Thus it is possible to simplify the goods receipt by an automatism. Thus, the warehouse employee can call up the shipping notification in the merchandise management system and simply carry out the automatic transfer of the information and posting of the goods receipt.

In the special case of a drop shipment (goods are delivered directly to the end customer), the goods receipt and thus also the goods issue can be posted directly when an electronic shipping notification is received.

In the acadon_EDI solution, the EDI processes have been adapted to the specific needs of the wood industry. This provides the necessary information, which offers the following advantages:

• Cross-program document status
• Avoidance of double entries
• Automation of the necessary business processes