A

Appointment Number - delivery number assigned to a shipment by the receiving location.

B

Bill of Lading (BOL) - a commercial shipping document that serves three distinct purposes in connection with the carriage of goods.

• Itemized list of goods contained in a shipment.
• It is a receipt of the goods. 
• It represents the contract for carriage and services as a document of title.

C

Chemistry - is used by the Steel Producer (SP) and Outside Processor (OP)/storage location to report chemical analysis for a given SP heat number.

Coating - process of covering steel with another material (tin, chrome or zinc) primarily for corrosion resistance.

Commercial Status- commercial status code for the material


D

Dimension Code - Defines the type of item and affects what other data may or may not be entered.  The general item types are listed below.  Each may defined as English or Metric.

• Two Dimension Coil:  Used for flat rolled coil whether Hot Roll, Cold Roll, Coated,  or Tin Plate.
• Two Dimension Cut Length: Used for flat rolled sheet products.  Can also be used for slabs, billets, blooms and some tubular products. 
• One Dimension Coil: Used for coiled rod, wire and pipe products that are defined by a diameter.
• One Dimension Cut Length: Used for cut length rod, wire and pipe products that are defined by a diameter.
• Shape Coil: Used for coiled shapes that are additionally identified by a section code.
• Shape Cut Length: Used for cut length shapes and tubulars that are additionally identified by a section code.

Discharge Material ID - OP material ID to be assigned to new discharge item. Must be unique.

Dunnage- material used to protect or support freight in or on a vehicle.

DUNS - a 9 digit unique identifier assigned to a business by the credit-reporting firm of Dun and Bradstreet. This number is used to uniquely identify a Steel Producer, Steel Processor, Coater or Storage Site and Steel Customer.

E

Edge- A code that describes the edge treatment of item.

End Process - a code to specify the type of end to be finished for SP.

F


G


Grade - designates divisions within different types based on carbon content or mechanical properties. Ex: "This is a high tensile (grade) structural steel".

H

Heat Number - identifies the heat from which metal was melted. May be required in the Purchase Order transaction sets (ANSI X12 850/860/855/865) where work orders are created for specific purchased or applied material.

Hold/Release - is used to notify either part of a "hold" or "release" change to OP Status, SP commercial department status, SP quality assurance department status and/or material classification.

I

ID - Inside Diameter of a coil. Measurements reported in the header area refer to material inbound to the processor. Measurements reported in the detailed area refer to material outbound from the processor.

Intended Ship Order Item Number - SP's intended ship order item number.

Intended Ship Order Number - is the SP's "ship order" or "mill order" or "internal order" used to track, ship and invoice the ultimate customer. 

Inventory Handoff - is originated by the OP and represents a "snapshot" of the material currently in file for any SP. Includes both on-ground inventory as well as material in-transit to process.

Invoice Number - Invoice identifying number as assigned by the issuer.

J

K

L

M

Master Load Weight - required in OP to SP transaction, but optional in SP to OP transaction. Used by the shipper to indicate the total weight in pounds/kilometers of all shipments being transported on a given vehicle. This field contains the sum of the load weights for those shipments.

Material Receipt - is generated by the Outside Processor (OP) upon receipt of Steel Producer (SP) owned material. It may be a direct shipment from the SP mill or from the previous processor. It contains material classification, status and the processor's internal identification numbers applied to each individually identified unit of steel (coil, lift, bundle, etc.).

Master Reference Number - required in OP to SP transaction, but optional in SP to OP transaction. Used by the shipper to link all parts (ref's #) of a total vehicle load for a given SP.

Material Class - is used to designate a broad category of products normally related to account policies. Is assigned by the SP and normally is not changed.

Material Transfer - used by the shipping party to record movement of material from one physical location to another. 

N

O

OD - Outside Diameter of a coil. Measurements reported in the header area refer to material inbound to the processor. Measurements reported in the detailed area refer to material outbound from the processor.

OP Material Identification - reference to processor account (OP DUNS number in internal code).

OP Status - outside processor status code for the material.

P

Planned Load - used by the planning/shipping party to record a planned movement of material form one physical location to another

Plant Material ID - ID assigned by producing plant. Also referred to as the SP Material ID.

Previous Processor ID - contains the charge in material ID for Production Reporting at a current OP location

Production Reporting - is used to report inventory items additions, corrections and deletions from the OP back to the SP.

Purchase Order Date - Date the Purchase Order issued to OP

Purchase Order (PO) Number - is issued by the SP to the OP for the processing and/or warehousing services.

Purchase Order Release - Purchase Order release per producer

Q

Quality Assurance (Q/A) Status - is used to identify quality related restrictions. Q/A status code will be updated when the item needs inspected or requires physical tests. The inspection/testing can be part of the normal process or due to a problem.

R

S

SCAC - Standard Carrier Alpha Code. The carrier code assigned to the trucking company moving material.

Scrap - production residual or defective portion of discharge that is normally not tagged or retained with inventory.

Section Symbol - A three-character code that defines a cross section. Used for shape products.

Ship Order - copy of bill of lading.

Suffix - suffix for location.

T

Tare - weight of container and material used for packing.

TMW - theoretical weight.

TMW Factor - used by the processor to calculate the theoretical weight of material.

TMW Formula - used to calculate theoretical weight

U

V

W

X

Y

Z