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What is an EDI 830?

The EDI 830 is typically sent from a manufacturer to a supplier to communicate upcoming needs for a given period: the forecast, and often the authorization to ship against it.

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Last reviewed October 6, 2026 by Effective Data's EDI specialists.

Where it fits

When the 830 is used, and which way it travels

How the EDI 830 travelsThe 830 Planning Schedule with Release Capability goes from Manufacturer to Supplier. In sequence with: 852, 830, 850, 856.ManufacturerSupplier830Planning Schedule with Release CapabilityIn sequence852Product activity830Planning schedule850Purchase order856Ship notice
How the EDI 830 travelsThe 830 Planning Schedule with Release Capability goes from Manufacturer to Supplier. In sequence with: 852, 830, 850, 856.ManufacturerSupplier830Planning Schedule with Release CapabilityIn sequence852Product activity830Planning schedule850Purchase order856Ship notice
Which way the 830 travels, and the documents it is usually traded alongside. Partner implementation guides can add or drop documents from this set.

Suppliers use the 830 to fulfil orders immediately based on the information received. Its biggest benefit is notifying the supplier of upcoming needs, allowing anticipation and preparation to meet them.

Because it serves several purposes, the document can carry shipping information, order release authorization, product identification, specialized delivery instructions, the forecast schedule, product needs by frequency and quantity, and manufacturer and supplier identification details.

It replaces the manual, error-prone communication of manufacturing needs, so that product needs are met promptly and accurately.

Also called the Planning Schedule, the Material Release, the Forecast. Same document, same number.

Inside the document

The segments, and what each one carries

The published X12 structure, minus the segments most partners never use. Each partner's implementation guide narrows this further: which qualifiers, which identifiers, how many decimals. That guide, not the standard, is what your file is validated against.

Structure of the EDI 830An ISA/IEA interchange envelope wraps a GS/GE functional group, which wraps the 830 transaction set from ST to SE. Header: BFR, N1. Detail: LIN, UIT, FST, SHP. Summary: CTT.ISAInterchange envelopeIEAGSFunctional groupGESTTransaction set 830SEHeaderBFRN1Detailrepeats per line or loopLINUITFSTSHPSummaryCTT
Structure of the EDI 830An ISA/IEA interchange envelope wraps a GS/GE functional group, which wraps the 830 transaction set from ST to SE. Header: BFR, N1. Detail: LIN, UIT, FST, SHP. Summary: CTT.ISAInterchange envelopeIEAGSFunctional groupGESTTransaction set 830SEHeaderBFRN1Detailrepeats per line or loopLINUITFSTSHPSummaryCTT
The 830 inside its X12 envelope. ISA and GS wrap every interchange; ST and SE open and close this document; the segments between them are the ones listed below, in the part of the document they belong to.
SegmentNamePartWhat it carries
ST Transaction Set Header Header Identifies the document as an 830 and opens the control number the trailer must match.
BFR Beginning Segment for Planning Schedule Header The schedule's purpose, the horizon dates it covers, and whether quantities are forecast or authorization.
N1 Party Identification Header Manufacturer and supplier, and the ship-to plant.
LIN Item Identification Detail The part, by the identifiers the partner requires.
UIT Unit Detail Detail The unit of measure the schedule counts in.
FST Forecast Schedule Detail The needs themselves: quantity by date, each flagged firm or planning.
SHP Shipped/Received Information Detail Cumulative shipped and received quantities, the running totals the releases reconcile against.
CTT Transaction Totals Summary The line count, as an integrity check.
SE Transaction Set Trailer Summary Closes the set. Segment count and control number must match the ST.
ST Transaction Set Header Header
Identifies the document as an 830 and opens the control number the trailer must match.
BFR Beginning Segment for Planning Schedule Header
The schedule's purpose, the horizon dates it covers, and whether quantities are forecast or authorization.
N1 Party Identification Header
Manufacturer and supplier, and the ship-to plant.
LIN Item Identification Detail
The part, by the identifiers the partner requires.
UIT Unit Detail Detail
The unit of measure the schedule counts in.
FST Forecast Schedule Detail
The needs themselves: quantity by date, each flagged firm or planning.
SHP Shipped/Received Information Detail
Cumulative shipped and received quantities, the running totals the releases reconcile against.
CTT Transaction Totals Summary
The line count, as an integrity check.
SE Transaction Set Trailer Summary
Closes the set. Segment count and control number must match the ST.
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Why yours is being rejected

Every EDI provider publishes what an 830 is. What matters in production is why one fails, and these are the failure modes we can put a source against today:

  1. Forecast read as commitment, or commitment read as forecast. FST quantities are flagged firm or planning; a supplier who builds to planning quantities carries the inventory risk, and one who ignores firm quantities misses the release.

  2. Cumulative counts out of step. Where the relationship runs on cumulative quantities, a SHP figure that disagrees with the manufacturer's records shifts every subsequent release until someone reconciles the difference.

If one of these is happening to you right now, skip to the bottom of the page and describe it. Diagnosing rejected documents is most of what we do.

Related documents

The documents the 830 travels with

850

EDI 850

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856

Ship Notice/Manifest

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852

Product Activity Data

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Frequently asked

+ What is an EDI 830?

The Planning Schedule/Material Release, typically sent from a manufacturer to one of their suppliers to communicate the details of upcoming needs for any given period.

+ What information does an 830 include?

Shipping information, order release authorization, product identifying information, specialized delivery instructions, the forecast schedule, product needs by frequency and quantity, and manufacturer and supplier identification details.

+ What is the main benefit of the 830?

Notifying the supplier of upcoming needs, allowing anticipation and preparation to meet the manufacturer's needs promptly and with accuracy.

+ What is the difference between an 830 and an 850?

The 850 orders specific goods now. The 830 communicates a schedule of upcoming needs, and depending on how the partners use it, can authorize shipment against that schedule without individual purchase orders.

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