Using purchase from GLN for ship to or bill to

Customers have used the Vendor Purchase From Location value to create a cross reference to an account number for specific processing. Examples include palletization or identifying the bill to company. Customers are unable to use this cross reference when using Global Location Numbers (GLNs). There are two data substitution records that enable the transmission of a Vendor Purchase From Global Location Number (GLN) as a ship to GLN or a bill to GLN.

To implement this, customers must associate a Vendor Purchase From Location with a GLN which is not a vendor, but a customer entity. Sending an associated GLN with a Vendor Purchase From Location as Ship to GLN can work when sending the purchase order to the vendor. It works because to them, it is identifying a location. If the vendor returns the same GLN as a ship to in an 856 ship notice or an 810 invoice, then this process has implications for Match because the value that is received and identified as a ship to GLN is not associated with an IC Location. This process is the same for a Bill To GLN. If you are receiving electronic documents from your suppliers, then consider other options for using GLNs.

Using vendor purchase from GLN for ship to location GLN:

Using Vendor Purchase From GLN For bill to GLN: