CompTIA EIDX Guidelines and Standards for Product Identification

• Line Item Numbers
• Product or Component Identification
• Rules for Product Identification
• Drawing References
• Product or Component Options
• Secondary Packaging
• Concatenated Data
• Product Identification Overflow
• Serial Numbers

General Information About Product Identification
Product recommendations are general enough in this document that they should apply to all ASC X12 and UN EDIFACT transactions/messages in all versions/releases.

Segments Used In Product Identification
ASC X12 uses a combination of generic and specific segments in its transactions. For example, REF Reference is generic and found throughout various transactions. PO1 is specific to the Purchase Order and PO Acknowledgment, while the POC is used in the Change Order and Change Order Acknowledgment with the exact same function as the PO1. Consequently, there are many segments where product identification data may be found. The most commonly used transactions and segments are listed below