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Advance Shipping Notice (ASN)

A notification in EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) or XML (Extensible Markup Language) format sent ahead of a shipment listing its contents and shipping information. In EDI data standards this is referred to as an 856 transaction. Often includes purchase order numbers, stock keeping unit (SKU) numbers, lot numbers, quantity, pallet or container number, and carton number. Usually combined with bar-coded compliance labeling for easy scanning, receipt into inventory, and automated data collection. ASNs can be paper based.