An overview of BEMIS

In Electronic Data Interchange, you can specify business documents of various external standards, such as VDA, UN/ EDIFACT, Odette, and ANSI. Baan Electronic Message Interchange System (BEMIS) is the internal LN standard to which external standards are converted. Conversion of the internal standard to an external standard and vice versa is carried out by an EDI translator.

ExampleThese business documents/EDI messages include forecast information on schedules:

  • VDA 4905
  • Odette DELINS
  • UN/EDIFACT DELFOR
  • ANSI X12 830

All of these documents are supported by the BEMIS business document BEMIS MRL001 (Material Release).

Business documents can also be used internally in a multicompany environment. In this case, BEMIS messages need not be converted to an external standard.

BEMIS elements

The following elements are used for BEMIS:

A business document includes one or more EDI messages. An EDI message includes one or multiple data segments with one or multiple data elements.

Business document

A business document describes a business process between trading partners.

BEMIS supports these EDI business documents:

  • Order
  • Schedule
  • Delivery
  • Freight
  • Invoice
  • Error Handling

EDI message

EDI messages are communicated between trading partners regarding a specific business document.

BEMIS supports these EDI messages:

  • Order

    Order (ORD)
  • Order Acknowledgement/Response (ORS)
  • Order Change (ORC)
  • Order Change Acknowledgement/Response (OCA)

  • Schedule

    Material Release (MRL)
  • Shipping Schedule (SHP)
  • Sequence Shipping Schedule (SEQ)
  • Pick-up Sheet (PUS)

  • Delivery

    Advance Shipment Notification (ASN)
  • Receipt Discrepancy Notification (RDN)

  • Freight

    Load Information to Carrier (FML)
  • Carrier status information (FMS)

  • Invoice

    Invoice (INV)
  • Self Billed Invoice (SBI)
  • Remittance Advice (RAD)

  • Error Handling

    Error Notification (ERN)
Note: The Message Status (STATUS) message can be used to update the status of previously generated EDI messages. Only an incoming conversion setup exists for this message.

Conversion setup

The conversion setup is related to the format of an EDI message within a specific service/feature pack.

Data segment

A data segment is the intermediate unit of information in an EDI message. A data segment consists of a predefined set of functionally-related data elements that are identified by their sequential positions within the set.

Data element

A data element is the smallest named item in the BEMIS standard. It can represent a qualifier, a value, or a text, such as a description.

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