CAMIR EDI - 601 US Customs Export Shipment Information

  February 22, 2012       By Ray Atia
What is a 601 US Customs Export Shipment Information The 601 EDI document contains information on the US Customs Export Shipment Information Transaction Set (601) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. Supported EDI formats include ANSI, X12, HIPPA, VICS, USC, TRADACOMMS, XCBL and EDIFACT and its subsets. What constructs and holds the 601 U.S. Customs Export Shipment Information document together? The U.S. Customs Export Shipment Information document uses a system of segments and data elements. At the least, a segment can hold one data element, and one data element can hold a data field. Data elements range from vendor number to price per item, quantity and address information. In what manner is this document used In a nutshell, the main purpose this document serves is for transmitting export shipment information to U.S. Customs EDI services. This document is useful to exporters or their agents, service providers and carriers. The process and standards Whether the EDI document is received into a readable format for manual entry or into a financial system, it cannot be processed without an EDI solution. For this reason, trading partners use and rely on an EDI implementation guide to manage their operations. Typically, implementation guides are organized to outline the specific values accepted, segments, data elements and the applicable business rules that must be followed. There is no need to do business with more than one company; Amosoft can build, deploy and manage all integration solutions. Also, quick deployment is guaranteed thanks to pre-built trading partner connections. Only one low monthly fee is required, and there are no VAN fees; no matter how many transactions are made. From trading partners, the last mile integration goes directly into accounting package. The open-ended Amosoft EDI solution will set the platform for speedy business growth, and they will streamline business functionality. Furthermore, Amosoft EDI solution will make it more feasible to integrate and exchange information with trading partners, ecommerce web-store systems, supply chain management (SCM) and customer relationship management (CRM). If there is only one certainty, it is that Amosoft EDI is the company to count on if looking to make trading partners more compliant with operations in a fast and efficient manner. Without question, Amosoft EDI has what it takes to prove its stellar reputation is not flawed.