The Blain's Farm & Fleet 856 Ship Notice / ASN, explained

What Blain's Farm & Fleet expects in the 856

Blain's Farm & Fleet trades on X12 4010 over AS2. Beyond the base standard, watch these:

How EDISQ maps it

The certified Blain's Farm & Fleet 856 map loads when you enable the partner — fields auto-map from NetSuite, QuickBooks, Dynamics, and 33 other systems, validation runs against Blain's Farm & Fleet's spec before transmission, and the sandbox replays Blain's Farm & Fleet test scenarios until everything passes.

Common rejection reasons

Nearly all 856 rejections trace to reference data, not syntax: identifiers that don't match Blain's Farm & Fleet's cross-references, echoed fields dropped from the original PO, or timing that misses the program window. EDISQ flags each before Blain's Farm & Fleet ever sees the document.

Sample Blain's Farm & Fleet 856

A representative 856 interchange addressed to Blain's Farm & Fleet — envelope, shipment→order→pack→item hierarchy, and control totals:

1ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*ACMESUPPLY     *ZZ*BLAINSFARMFLEET*260101*1200*U*00401*000000001*0*P*>~
2GS*SH*ACMESUPPLY*BLAINSFARMFLEET*20260101*1200*1*X*004010~
3ST*856*0001~
4BSN*00*SHIP0001*20260101*1200*0001~
5HL*1**S~
6TD1*CTN25*3****G*180*LB~
7TD5*B*2*UPSN*M~
8REF*BM*BOL000123~
9DTM*011*20260105~
10N1*ST*BLAIN'S FARM & FLEET DC 5093*92*5093~
11HL*2*1*O~
12PRF*PO12345~
13HL*3*2*P~
14MAN*GM*00000123450000000017~
15HL*4*3*I~
16LIN**UP*012345678905~
17SN1**24*EA~
18CTT*4~
19SE*17*0001~
20GE*1*1~
21IEA*1*000000001~

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