EDI 900 Transaction Codes

By Danielle Gloy, Content Writer

Last Updated February 27, 2025

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In this article, learn about:

What are the most common EDI 900 transaction codes?
Warehouse & Inventory Management EDI Codes
Transportation and Logistics EDI Codes

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What Are EDI 900 Transaction Codes?

EDI 900 transaction codes are a series of warehouse and inventory management transactions used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). These codes help automate communication between suppliers, warehouses, and retailers, ensuring accurate stock movements, shipments, and adjustments.

Businesses that manage high-volume inventory rely on EDI 900 transaction codes to streamline operations, improve inventory accuracy, and reduce manual errors.

Most Common EDI 900 Transaction Codes Explained

940: Warehouse Shipping Order

This transaction set enables the depositor to advise a warehouse to ship inventory, confirm a shipment, or modify or cancel a previously transmitted shipping order.

943: Warehouse Stock Transfer Shipment Advice

This transaction set is used by a depositor or an agent of the depositor to advise the recipient that a transfer shipment has been made. This transaction set provides a receiving location with detailed information concerning the product being shipped to that location.

944: Warehouse Stock Transfer Receipt Advice

This transaction set is used by a receiving location to advise a depositor or an agent of the depositor that a transfer shipment has been received. This transaction set provides the depositor or the depositor’s agent with detailed information concerning the product that has been received.

945: Warehouse Shipping Advice

This transaction set allows the warehouse to advise the depositor that a shipment has been made. It helps reconcile order quantities with shipment quantities.

946: Delivery Information Message

This transaction set is used by a receiving location to advise a depositor or an agent of the depositor that a transfer shipment has been received. This transaction set provides the depositor or the depositor’s agent with detailed information concerning the product that has been received.

947: Warehouse Inventory Adjustment Advice

This transaction set notifies a warehouse/depositor of a quantity or status change in inventory records. This transaction set provides detailed information concerning internal adjustments that occur between a warehouse and a depositor.

997: Functional Acknowledgment

This transaction set defines the control structures for a set of acknowledgments to indicate the results of the syntactical analysis of electronically encoded documents. The encoded documents are the transaction sets, which are grouped in functional groups to define transactions for business data interchange.

Related Reading: EDI 200 Transaction Codes

Full List of EDI 900 Transaction Codes

Warehouse & Inventory Management EDI Codes

Code	Name
EDI 926	Claim Status and Tracer Reply
EDI 928	Automotive Inspection Detail
EDI 980	Functional Group Totals
EDI 990	Response to a Load Tender
EDI 998	Set Cancellation
EDI 940	Warehouse Shipping Order
EDI 943	Warehouse Stock Transfer Shipment Advice
EDI 944	Warehouse Stock Transfer Receipt Advice
EDI 945	Warehouse Shipping Advice
EDI 947	Warehouse Inventory Adjustment Advice

Transportation and Logistics EDI Codes

Code	Name
EDI 920	Loss or Damage Claim – Gen. Commodities
EDI 924	Loss or Damage Claim – Motor Vehicle
EDI 925	Claim Tracer
EDI 926	Claim Status Report and Tracer Reply
EDI 928	Automotive Inspection Detail
EDI 980	Functional Group Totals
EDI 990	Response to a Load Tender
EDI 998	Set Cancellation