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.
Mapping
TRANSACTION SET/MESSAGE X12 EDIFACT 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 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 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 SHIPPING/RECEIVING TRANSACTIONS Shipment Information (Bill of Lading) 858 IFTMCS Receiving Advice 861 RECADV Non-conformance Information-Disposition Transaction, Cause/Correction 842 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 FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS Invoice 810 INVOIC Freight Invoice 859 IFTMCS Payment order/Remittance Advice (EFT) 820 REMADV Lockbox 823 Financial Information Reporting 821 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 CONTROL TRANSACTIONS Functional Acknowledgement 997 CONTRL Application Advice 824 APERAK Trading Partner Profile 838 PARTIN
See also Electronic Data Interchange EDIFACT ASC X12
External links
X12 Complete list of all X12 transaction sets United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business Tradegate Australia