Odette has just published the Joint Automotive Industry (JAI) Global DELJIT EDI message. This message, which completes* a set of global 'order to payment' messages, was developed in co-operation with Odette's sister organisations in US (AIAG) and Japan (JAMA/JAPIA) and is the automotive industry subset of the more general EDIFACT DELJIT message.

The JAI Global DELJIT message is sent from the customer to the supplier and can be used in a number of different JIT delivery scenarios including the normal call-off, kanban and sequenced delivery processes commonly used in Europe and US through to the Sikyu process used in Japan.

By adopting the Global DELJIT message companies in Europe are able to use the same delivery instruction message to communicate with their trading partners in Europe and with their partners in the other two main automotive regions of the world, making implementation of 100% electronic communication much more achievable.

The other messages in the set of JAI 'Order to Payment' Global Messages
are:

• Global DELFOR (DELivery FORecast) - sent from the customer to the supplier to provide forecasts of delivery requirements thereby allowing the supplier to plan production and their own material procurement.
• Global DESADV (DESpatch ADVice) - sent from the supplier to the customer provide information about a shipment of parts that is just leaving the supplier allowing the customer to plan production and to make arrangements for a rapid automated reception of the shipment and its contents.
• Global RECADV (RECeiving ADVice)- sent from the customer to the supplier to notify the reception of a shipment.
• Global INVOIC (INVOICe) - this message can be sent from supplier to customer to support the traditional invoicing process or from customer to supplier in the 'self-billing' process which is frequently used in the global automotive industry.
• Global REMADV (REMittance ADVice) - sent from the customer to the supplier to inform of a payment being made to the supplier - usually linked to the prior delivery of goods.

The addition of the GlobalDELJIT to the set means that automotive companies in Europe are now able to support the main 'order to payment' processes using the same EDI messages with their trading partners across the world.

Click here to download the message (password required).

* In the automotive world needs are continually changing and there is now a demand to add a Global Purchase Order message to the 'order to payment' set.