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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.

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.

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.

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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.

Metals ERP

is the term used to denote a set of streamlining best practices for the metals industry.

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.

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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.

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