Glossary

VDA recommendation for the creation of payment advices. With this method, the customer announces his payment (credit note) on time. Will only be sent at the express request of the supplier.

VDA recommendation for the creation of credit notes. With this procedure, the customer reports to the supplier which liabilities he will settle. The delivery note/transport data EDI is a mandatory requirement for this.

VDA recommendation for the creation of accompanying documents. This paper corresponds to a collective delivery note and is created for each shipment. It is made available to the customer with the goods. This paper replaces the DIN A5 delivery note according to VDA 4994. The content of the data corresponds to that of the dispatch … Read more

Delivery note/transport data in VDA format. All delivery notes and transport information for a shipment is summarized according to this standard and sent to the goods recipient before the goods arrive. The goods recipient uses this information to plan the goods receipt.

JIT call-offs in VDA format A JIT call-off contains the required figures and deadlines for a maximum of 15 days. This information is used for shipping control at the supplier.

Production synchronous retrieval in VDA format. A production-synchronous call-off is only used for articles that are delivered and installed directly in the assembly sequence. These are often assemblies such as seats (example: Keiper-Recaro in the Daimler-Benz plant in Bremen).

VDA recommendation for creating forwarding orders. This paper replaces the conventional bill of lading and is required for the freight forwarder’s settlement with the customer. Normally, this is the car manufacturer, as they have the goods transported by selected regional carriers. Since version 2 from August 1998, the forwarding order also contains barcode fields.

VDA recommendation for data exchange of load carrier account statements/movements (LKE/LKS) With this recommendation, load carrier stocks and movements are exchanged.