The EDI 816 Organizational Relationships transaction set is used in two formats for transmitting location information. One format of the 816 is for providing location addresses. The second format is to communicate information about the organizational relationships between locations, such as stores services by specific Distribution Centers, warehouses, etc.

 Many of the most commonly used EDI transactions, such as 850 Purchase Orders and 810 Invoices, typically do not include detailed location information. Instead, in order to reduce cost and complexity, these documents simply identify locations by unique codes. The EDI 816 transaction provides trading partners with the sender’s location addresses and their corresponding codes. It can also provide information on each location’s eligibility to purchase under terms of the relationship with a seller.

A parent organization with various locations may include any of the following:

816 x12 EDI Transaction set

816 Example