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A group of segments providing information relative to the equipment used for the transportation of goods relevant to the whole Instruction to Despatch message. The equipment details will be required by a third party service provider in order to arrange delivery according to the terms agreed in the order.

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Function:

 

To specify physical measurements, including dimension tolerances, weights and counts.

EDIFACT

Description

Measurement purpose code qualifier

M

an..3

=

Measurement

=

Physical dimensions (product ordered)

C502

MEASUREMENT DETAILS

C

Measured attribute code

C

an..3

=

Gross weight

=

Height dimension

=

Length dimension

=

Tare weight

=

Width dimension

Measurement significance code

C

an..3

=

Approximately

=

Equal to

Non-discrete measurement name code

C

an..17

6154

Non-discrete measurement name

C

an..70

C174

VALUE/RANGE

C

Measurement unit code

M

an..3

6314

Measurement value

C

an..18

6162

Range minimum value

C

n..18

6152

Range maximum value

C

n..18

6432

Significant digits quantity

C

n..2

7383

Surface or layer code

C

an..3

Segment Notes:

This segment is used to specify physical measurements, dimensions or number of pieces of the equipment described in the EQD segment.
To specify the number of pieces of equipment required, DE 6313 is used with code value AAE, DE 6411 with "PCE" and DE 6314 with the number of equipment.

Example:
MEA+AAE+AAB+KGM:1250'