70-FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 TRANSACTION: 846A INVENTORY INQUIRY/ADVICE (ASSET RECLASSIFICATION) ET AL. The Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working group is developing standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3060. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction 846A Inventory Inquiry/Advice (asset Reclassification), 846P Inventory Inquiry/Advice (Physical Inventory Transaction History), 846D Inventory Inquiry/Advice (LR Storage Transfer Decapitalization), 846R Inventory Inquiry/Advice (Location Reconciliation), 846F Inventory Inquiry/Advice (Ammo Freeze/Unfreeze), 846S Inventory Inquiry/Advice (LR Storage Transfer/Order/ Reply), 527D Material Due-In and Receipt (Due-In/Advance Receipt Information/ Due-In Verification), 867D Product Transfer and Resale Report (Demand), and 830W Planning Schedule and Release capability (War Material requirements) are available for public comment. Documents are available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/fededi and from anonymous FTP at snad.ncsl.nist.gov/pub/fededi/LFWG. The FTP login is anonymous and your E-Mail address should be entered as the password. Electronic comments are preferred and should be addressed to LOGFWG@EDI.OTI.DISA.MIL and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes March 2, 1998 (or 30 days from the date of publishing) Contact Jean-Philippe Favreau EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working group Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST-North, Room 458, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel: (301) 975-3634.

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