Source – B&N email, September 2009
We are working with a new ordering system and one of the major changes is that all COUTs orders need to transmit from Barnes & Noble via your normal method, which is likely EDI. As our COUTs POs must be staged for receipt during an assigned week, we are utilizing an EDI field to identify these COUTs orders. We have begun applying a Purchase Order Type code to the EDI transmission. This can be found in the BEG segment 2 element. The code will be the letters PR.
The location is underlined in the following example:
BEG*00*PR*02924844**090625**AE
This code is meant to alert you that this is a staged order to be received the week of the expected arrival date noted in the transmission, and needs to follow our COUTs shipping guidelines. The code has been applied to these orders.
What this means for you:
The text “STAGED ORDER’ will appear in the PO detail report.
What action do you need to take:
Make sure you have the most recent software updates.