UN/EDIFACT message types IFTMBF - LEDGER

IFTMBF - Firm booking

A message from a party definitely booking forwarding and/or transport services for a consignment to the party providing those services. The message will contain the conditions under which the sender of the messages requires the services to take place.

IFTMBP - Provisional booking

A message from a party requesting space and/or giving brief details of a planned consignment for forwarding and/or transport services to the party providing those services. In this message, the conditions under which the planned transport should take place can be given.

IFTMCA - Consignment advice

A message conveying prior notification of a consignment delivery, including non-hazardous and hazardous consignment details, for subsequent shipment and/or consolidation, or conveying a consignment advice for insurance from the party issuing a transport instruction or from the party issuing a transport contract to the insurer and/or the insurance intermediary. The message can also be used to confirm evidence of insurance, issued by the insurer to the shipper, bank or other third party (insurance certificate or policy).

IFTMCS - Instruction contract status

A message from the party providing the transport/forwarding services to the party that issued the instructions for those services stating the actual details, terms and conditions (charges when applicable) of the service and of the consignment involved. In addition it can be used for the exchange of contract information between carriers mutually.

IFTMIN - Instruction

A message from the party issuing an instruction regarding forwarding/transport services for a consignment under conditions agreed, to the party arranging the forwarding and/or transport services.

IFTRIN - Forwarding and transport rate information

The function of this message is to request transport rate information and to answer to such a request.

IFTSAI - Forwarding and transport schedule and availability information

The function of this message is to request transport schedule or availability information and to answer to such a request.

IFTSTA - International multimodal status report

A message to report the transport status and/or a change in the transport status (i.e. event) between agreed parties.

IFTSTQ - International multimodal status request

A message to request an International multimodal status report message (IFTSTA) in order to provide details relating to transport status and/or a change in the transport status between agreed parties.

IMPDEF - EDI implementation guide definition

The EDI implementation guideline definition message (IMPDEF) permits the exchange of implementation details of an EDI message, including its usage and its presentation.

INFCON - Infrastructure condition

The Infrastructure condition message is sent by a responsible party to other interested parties regarding the condition of a component in a commercial services or utilities infrastructure.

INFENT - Enterprise accounting information

A message used to exchange enterprise related accounting information between enterprises, public or private bodies and whoever may use it for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, reporting, financial analysis, administrations, etc.

INSDES - Instruction to despatch

A message from a party to another party who has control over ordered goods, providing instructions to put on hold or to despatch a consignment according to conditions specified in the message.

INSPRE - Insurance premium

The Insurance Premium message is used by communicating parties to notify the recipient about premiums due from a client. All information needed to produce a detailed request for payment can be sent.

INSREQ - Inspection request

A message sent by a supplier to inform a customer that items are ready for inspection prior to despatch.

INSRPT - Inspection report

A message sent by a customer¿s inspection service, or his agent, informing a supplier and other interested parties of the results of the inspection carried out on items due for despatch to a customer.

INVOIC - Invoice

A message claiming payment for goods or services supplied under conditions agreed between the seller and the buyer. The United Nations Standard Invoice Message, with correct data qualification, serves also as the specification for Debit Note and Credit Note messages. Throughout this document, the reference to 'Invoice' may be interpreted as conveying the wider meaning of 'Invoice/Credit Note/Debit Note'.

INVRPT - Inventory report

A message specifying information relating to held inventories. The Inventory report message is intended to be used in either direction between trading partners.

IPPOAD - Insurance policy administration

The Insurance policy administration message is exchanged between insurers, insurance intermediaries, clients and third parties for the purpose of policy administration. It covers the administration of a policy from initial placing, through adjustment and renewal to cancellation as well as providing policy declarations to third parties.

IPPOMO - Motor insurance policy

A motor insurance policy message is exchanged between insurers, intermediaries and clients to transfer details related to the proposal, confirmation, adjustment and renewal of a motor policy.

ISENDS - Intermediary system enablement or disablement

The Intermediary system enablement or disablement message is a multi-functional message designed specifically for insurance intermediary systems administration allowing trading agreements between insurance companies and their agents (intermediaries) for insurer products to be initially authorised and consequently controlled by the insurer. This encompasses the enabling (or disabling) of separately identifiable software driven business functions (new business, mid-term adjustment, renewal etc.) and thus administering the authorisation for point of sale usage for the individual components of the function. Associated ranges of numbers for insurer products can be initially allocated and maintained via the use of this message.

ITRRPT - In transit report detail

A message specifying to a delivery party, the details of goods within grouped consignments despatched by the delivering party. This message is used in a multi-step transportation process involving only consignors, grouping centres and consignees. A grouping centre (consolidation point) is a logistic point where goods are moved from one means of transport to another, to optimize transport cost. This message is not to be used to identify additional services related to the despatched goods (warehousing, packaging, etc.) which may be provided by the third party at the same location along with the Grouping service.

JAPRES - Job application result

A message specifying decisions of an employer related to job applications and interviews and employment or rejections and, when necessary, reasons for the decisions or rejections. The message is transmitted from an employer or employment agency to an employment agency.

JINFDE - Job information demand

A message sent by a governmental agency to an employer in response to a work grant request. This message asks for specific additional information (e.g. visa) for further processing of the work grant request.

JOBAPP - Job application proposal

A message specifying detailed information of proposals for one or more job applicants from an employment agency to an employer. The detailed information is related to profession, occupation, age, education, experiences, salaries, other benefits, requested location of the job, work and contract conditions.

JOBCON - Job order confirmation

The message intent is to confirm the receipt of information of a Job Order Message related to a vacancy or vacancies. The message is transmitted from an employment agency to an employer. The information is related to age, sex, profession, salaries, experiences, education, work and contract conditions.

JOBMOD - Job order modification

A message specifying modifications of a previously sent Job Order Message of one or more offered jobs or vacancies in an enterprise or organization. The Job Order Modification Message is transmitted from an employer or employment agency to an employment office. The information and the changes detailed in the message are related to profession, experiences, salaries, education, work and contract conditions.

JOBOFF - Job order

A message specifying details for one or more vacancies (occupation, salaries, experiences, work and contract conditions) for an employer to the employment agency.

JUPREQ - Justified payment request

This message may be sent by an accounts payable service or equivalent to a payment service or equivalent to request the payment of a sum to one or several creditors. The message may provide all the details required for auditability purposes to justify the requested payment sum(s) in order to enable the payment to be made automatically after the necessary automatic validation (i.e., to ensure that all required information is present and is correct).

LEDGER - Ledger

The LEDGER message deals with the communication of accounting ledgers between an organization and whoever may use them for the purpose of accounting, auditing, cost accounting, consolidation, financial analysis, etc.