EANCOM PART III DATA ELEMENT & CODE SETS DIRECTORY   1997-07-01
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7009
  Item description identification
  Code from an industry code list which provides specific data about a product characteristic. Note: User or association defined code. May be used in combination with 1131/3055.
 
+ BA
= Base article (EAN Code)
  A conceptual article identified for the purposes of ordering Customer Specific Articles. Base articles must always have configurations of options associated with them.
EAN
+ CTO
= Cut to order (EAN Code)
  Code indicating that the current product may be sold in measurements cut to the customers specification, e.g. carpets.
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CU
= Consumer unit (EAN Code)
  The package size of a product or products agreed by trading partners as the size sold at the retail point of sale.
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+ DF
= Default (EAN Code)
  A line item in a Customer Specific Article which is a default option of a base article which will be automatically selected if none of the other available options are chosen.
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+ DST
= Display stand (EAN Code)
  A stand used for display purposes which is generally not for sale to the consumer.
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DU
= Despatch unit (EAN Code)
  The package size of a product or products which may be shipped when fulfilling an order.
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HN
= Handling unit (EAN Code)
  The package size of a product which will be used when transporting and storing the product.
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IN
= Invoicing unit (EAN Code)
  The package size of a product or products which will be used as the unit on which the buyer is invoiced.
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IT
= Intermediate unit (EAN Code)
  A package size of a product or products falling in between two predefined package sizes.
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+ MA
= Mandatory (EAN Code)
  An option of a Customer Specific Article which is mandatory in the configuration of the base article, e.g. it is mandatory to have legs when ordering a CSA table.
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+ MOD
= Model (EAN Code)
  The identification of an article as a high level model of a product, e.g.in textiles, Windsor suit (which is available in 'X' sizes and 'Y' colours).
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NO
= Not an ordering unit (EAN Code)
  A package size of a product or products which may not be ordered.
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+ NS
= Not smallest unit (EAN Code)
  Not the smallest unit for a given product.
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+ OP
= Option (EAN Code)
  An option within a Customer Specific Article which does not exist on its own, e.g. colour, and which has discrete values.
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+ OPL
= Overall product level (EAN Code)
  An overall level whereby many products are grouped on the basis of their composition, application and characteristics (e.g. Coca Cola with no size, packaging, price, etc, specified).
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+ ORU
= Ordering unit (EAN Code)
  Indication that the current product is an ordering unit (ordering unit will not normally equal invoicing unit).
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+ PA
= Parameter (EAN Code)
  An option of a Customer Specific Article which has a fixed value such as measurement, e.g. a leg of a chair with a length of between 120cms and 180cms.
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RC
= Returnable container (EAN Code)
  The current product is not traditionally a traded product but one which should be returned according to separate instructions.
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+ SER
= Service (EAN Code)
  A code identifying the current item as a service (i.e. not a physical product).
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SG
= Standard group of products (mixed assortment) (EAN Code)
  A package containing the same type and quantity of different products enabling the package to be ordered, delivered and invoiced.
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SU
= Smallest unit (EAN Code)
  The smallest usable or tradeable size or unit for a given product.
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TU
= Traded unit (EAN Code)
  The package size of a product or products which has been agreed by trading partners as the size which may be ordered, delivered and invoiced.
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VQ
= Variable quantity product (EAN Code)
  Product is used or traded in continuous rather than discrete quantities.
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