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X12 transaction guide · Transportation

EDI 453 Railroad Service Commitment Advice

The X12 document a rail shipment sponsor uses to communicate service commitment details to transportation service providers.

Sent by
Rail interline service shipment sponsor
Received by
Rail carriers and other service providers
Standard
ANSI ASC X12

What is an EDI 453?

The EDI 453 Railroad Service Commitment Advice is the ANSI X12 transaction set a Rail Interline Service Management shipment sponsor uses to communicate service commitment details to transportation service providers.

A service commitment sets the expected trip time and milestones for an interline shipment. Each carrier then knows its part of the commitment, and actual events (451) can be measured against it. Commitments give each carrier in the route a clear target for its segment of the trip, and give the sponsor a basis for measuring end-to-end service and following up delays.

How the EDI 453 worksDiagram of the EDI 453 Railroad Service Commitment Advice. Rail interline service shipment sponsor sends it to rail carriers and other service providers. It usually starts the exchange. It is usually followed by 451 and 997. Inside the ISA, GS and ST envelopes, X12 release 008010 requires, in the heading: SSC (Beginning Segment for Service Commitment Advice) and DTP (Date or Time or Period). 1 optional loops are listed by their first segment.How the EDI 453 worksRailroad Service Commitment Advice: who sends it, where it fits and what the standard marks required1 WHERE IT FITSUSUALLY FOLLOWSStarts the exchangeEDI 453SENDERRail interline serviceshipment sponsorRECEIVERRail carriers and otherservice providers997 or 999 acknowledgment back, if the partners agreeUSUALLY FOLLOWED BY451Railroad Event Report997FunctionalAcknowledgment2 WHAT X12 RELEASE 008010 REQUIRESInterchange: sender and receiver IDsISA … IEAFunctional group, ID code STGS … GETransaction set 453ST … SEHEADINGSSCBeginning Segment for Service Commitment AdviceDTPDate or Time or Period+ 1 optional loop, starting with:SRBlue box: required loop. Optional loops are listed by the segment that starts them; when a loop is used, that first segment is required. Optional segmentsoutside loops are not drawn.Structure: required segments and loops in the X12 008010 listing for the 453. Your trading partner's implementation guide adds its own requirements.
How the EDI 453 worksDiagram of the EDI 453 Railroad Service Commitment Advice. Rail interline service shipment sponsor sends it to rail carriers and other service providers. It usually starts the exchange. It is usually followed by 451 and 997. Inside the ISA, GS and ST envelopes, X12 release 008010 requires, in the heading: SSC (Beginning Segment for Service Commitment Advice) and DTP (Date or Time or Period). 1 optional loops are listed by their first segment.How the EDI 453 worksRailroad Service Commitment Advice: whosends it, where it fits and what the standardmarks required1 WHERE IT FITSUSUALLY FOLLOWSStarts the exchangeEDI 453SENDERRail interlineserviceshipmentsponsorRECEIVERRail carriers andother serviceproviders997 or 999 acknowledgment back, if the partnersagreeUSUALLY FOLLOWED BY451Railroad Event Report997Functional Acknowledgment2 WHAT X12 RELEASE 008010 REQUIRESInterchange: sender and receiver IDs (ISA… IEA)Functional group, ID code ST (GS … GE)Transaction set 453 (ST … SE)HEADINGSSCBeginning Segment forService Commitment AdviceDTPDate or Time or Period+ 1 optional loop, starting with:SRBlue box: required loop. Optional loops are listedby the segment that starts them; when a loop isused, that first segment is required. Optionalsegments outside loops are not drawn.Structure: required segments and loops in the X12008010 listing for the 453. Your trading partner'simplementation guide adds its own requirements.

How to read this diagram: the top row shows who sends the 453, to whom, and which documents usually come before and after it. The lower part shows what X12 release 008010 itself requires: the envelopes around the 453 and the segments and loops the standard marks as required, area by area. Optional loops are listed by the segment that starts them rather than drawn in full. This is the standard's minimum, not a trading partner's requirement: each partner's implementation guide usually makes some optional loops mandatory, restricts the codes and may use a different release.

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When it is used

  • Setting service commitments for interline shipments
  • Communicating milestones to each carrier
  • Supporting service performance measurement

Where it fits in the document flow

This document 453 Railroad Service Commitment Advice
Usually followed by 451 Railroad Event Report997 Functional Acknowledgment

Structure

Mandatory segments in the 453 (X12 release 008010)

The segments X12 release 008010 marks as mandatory at their level, in order. Segments inside optional loops are needed only when the loop is used. This is the standard's requirement, not your trading partner's: each partner's implementation guide names the release it uses, adds the optional segments it requires and restricts the values. The requirement status comes from one published X12 reference listing and has not been checked against a second source.

  • ST
  • SSC
  • DTP
  • SR
  • LX
  • SE

Practical example

The 453 in practice

A sponsor arranges an interline shipment of auto parts over two railroads with a five-day commitment. It sends both carriers a 453 with the milestones for each segment. Each carrier plans to meet its part, and the sponsor measures performance from the event reports.

Implementation

Implementation considerations for the 453

  • Define commitments that each carrier can measure.
  • Communicate changes to commitments promptly.
  • Compare actual event data with the commitments.
  • Agree how missed commitments are handled.

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