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PIPs® are named by combining a Cluster numeric character and a Segment alpha character. The first PIP® in this listing is called 0A1 meaning the PIP belongs in Cluster 0, Segment 0A. As another example, segment 0C has four PIPs®, 0C1, 0C2, 0C3, and 0C4.
Listed below are 134 PIPs® organized into eight Clusters numbered zero through seven and then further classified into Segments. Each Segment may contain one or more PIPs®.
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| PIP | Title |
|---|---|
| 0A1 | Notification of Failure |
| 0C1 | Asynchronous Test Notification |
| 0C2 | Asynchronous Test Request / Confirmation |
| 0C3 | Synchronous Test Notification |
| 0C4 | Synchronous Test Query / Response |
| 1A1 | Request Account Setup |
| 1A2 | Maintain Account |
| 2A1 | Distribute New Product Information |
| 2A3 | Query Marketing Information |
| 2A4 | Query Sales Promotion & Rebate Information |
| 2A6 | Query Product Lifecycle Information |
| 2A7 | Query Product Discontinuation Information |
| 2A9 | Query Technical Product Information |
| 2A10 | Distribute Design Engineering Information |
| 2A12 | Distribute Product Master |
| 2A13 | Distribute Material Composition Information |
| 2A15 | Request Material Composition Information |
| 2A16 | Distribute Engineering Information Inquiry |
| 2A17 | Notify of Certificate of Analysis |
| 2A18 | Notify of Certificate of Analysis Response |
| 2B1 | Change Basic Product Information |
| 2B2 | Change Marketing Information |
| 2B3 | Change Sales Promotion & Rebate Information |
| 2B4 | Change Product Technical Information |
| 2B5 | Change Product Lifecycle Information |
| 2B7 | Notify of Product Change |
| 2B8 | Notify of Product Change Query |
| 2B9 | Notify of Product Change Acceptance |
| 2C1 | Distribute Engineering Change Status |
| 2C2 | Request Engineering Change |
| 2C3 | Distribute Engineering Change Response |
| 2C4 | Request Engineering Change Approval |
| 2C5 | Notify of Engineering Change Order |
| 2C6 | Notify of Engineering Change Implementation Plan |
| 2C7 | Request Bill Of Material |
| 2C8 | Notify of Bill Of Material |
| 2C9 | Request Approved Manufacturer List |
| 2C10 | Notify of Approved Manufacturer List |
| 2C11 | Notify of Approved Manufacturer List Request |
| 2C12 | Notify of Approved Manufacturer List Confirmation |
| 3A1 | Request Quote |
| 3A2 | Request Price and Availability |
| 3A3 | Request Shopping Cart Transfer |
| 3A4 | Request Purchase Order |
| 3A5 | Query Order Status |
| 3A6 | Distribute Order Status |
| 3A7 | Notify of Purchase Order Update |
| 3A8 | Request Purchase Order Change |
| 3A9 | Request Purchase Order Cancellation |
| 3A10 | Notify of Quote Acknowledgment |
| 3A13 | Notify of Purchase Order Information |
| 3A14 | Distribute Planned Order |
| 3A15 | Notify of Quote Request |
| 3A16 | Notify of Quote Confirmation |
| 3A17 | Distribute Price And Availability Request |
| 3A18 | Distribute Price And Availability Response |
| 3A19 | Notify of Purchase Order Request |
| 3A20 | Notify of Purchase Order Confirmation |
| 3A21 | Notify of Purchase Order Change Request |
| 3A22 | Notify of Purchase Order Change Confirmation |
| 3A23 | Notify of Purchase Order Cancellation Request |
| 3A24 | Notify of Purchase Order Cancellation Confirmation |
| 3B1 | Distribute Transportation Projection |
| 3B2 | Notify of Advance Shipment |
| 3B3 | Distribute Shipment Status |
| 3B4 | Query Shipment Status |
| 3B5 | Request Shipment Change |
| 3B6 | Notify of Shipments Tendered |
| 3B11 | Notify Of Shipping Order |
| 3B12 | Request Shipping Order |
| 3B13 | Notify of Shipping Order Confirmation |
| 3B14 | Request Shipping Order Cancellation |
| 3B18 | Notify of Shipment Documentation |
| 3B19 | Notify of Shipping Order Request |
| 3B20 | Notify of Shipping Order Confirmation |
| 3B21 | Notify of Shipping Order Cancellation Request |
| 3B22 | Notify of Shipping Order Cancellation Confirmation |
| 3C1 | Return Product |
| 3C2 | Request Financing Approval |
| 3C3 | Notify of Invoice |
| 3C4 | Notify of Invoice Reject |
| 3C5 | Notify of Billing Statement |
| 3C6 | Notify of Remittance Advice |
| 3C7 | Notify of Self-Billing Invoice |
| 3C8 | Notify of Return Product Request |
| 3C9 | Notify of Return Product Confirmation |
| 4A1 | Notify of Strategic Forecast |
| 4A2 | Notify of Embedded Release Forecast |
| 4A3 | Notify of Threshold Release Forecast |
| 4A4 | Notify of Planning Release Forecast |
| 4A5 | Notify of Forecast Reply |
| 4A6 | Notify of Forecasting Exception |
| 4B2 | Notify of Shipment Receipt |
| 4B3 | Notify of Consumption |
| 4C1 | Distribute Inventory Report |
| 4D1 | Notify of Material Release |
| 4E1 | Notify of Sales Report |
| 4E2 | Notify of Sales Report Acknowledgement |
| 5C1 | Distribute Product List |
| 5C2 | Request Design Registration |
| 5C3 | Create Design Win |
| 5C4 | Distribute Registration Status |
| 5C5 | Query Registration Status |
| 5C6 | Notify of Design Registration Request |
| 5C7 | Notify of Design Registration Confirmation |
| 5C8 | Notify of Win Claim Request |
| 5C9 | Notify of Win Claim Confirmation |
| 5D1 | Request Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization |
| 5D2 | Notify of Blanket Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization |
| 5D3 | Distribute Open Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization Status |
| 5D4 | Query Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization Status |
| 5D5 | Create Ship from Stock and Debit Claim Status |
| 5D6 | Notify of Ship from Stock and Debit Claim Status |
| 5D7 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Authorization Request |
| 5D8 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Authorization Confirmation |
| 5D9 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Claim Request |
| 5D10 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Claim Confirmation |
| 6A1 | Notify of Service Contract Request |
| 6A2 | Notify of Service Contract Reply |
| 6C1 | Query Service Entitlement |
| 6C2 | Request Warranty Claim |
| 6C3 | Notify of Case Request |
| 6C4 | Notify of Case Confirmation |
| 6C5 | Distribute Service Entitlement Query |
| 6C6 | Distribute Service Entitlement Status Response |
| 6C7 | Notify of Warranty Claim Request |
| 6C8 | Notify of Warranty Claim Confirmation |
| 7B1 | Distribute Work in Process |
| 7B2 | Query Work in Process |
| 7B5 | Notify Of Manufacturing Work Order |
| 7B6 | Notify of Manufacturing Work Order Reply |
| 7C6 | Distribute Product Quality Event Data |
| 7C7 | Notify of Semiconductor Test Data |
| 7C8 | Notify of Semiconductor Process Data |
| PIP | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0A1 | Notification of Failure | This PIP provides a mechanism for notification of business activity failures amongst participating partner roles. |
| 0C1 | Asynchronous Test Notification | This is a single-action process, with asynchronous receipt acknowledgment. Its choreography and controls are similar to PIP3A7. |
| 0C2 | Asynchronous Test Request / Confirmation | This is a two-action process; receipt acknowledgments and confirmation are asynchronous. Its choreography and controls are similar to PIP3A4 V02.00. |
| 0C3 | Synchronous Test Notification | This is a single-action process, with synchronous receipt acknowledgment. Its choreography and controls are similar to PIP3A7, except in a synchronous response mode. |
| 0C4 | Synchronous Test Query / Response | This is a two-action process; the response is synchronous, and no receipt acknowledgments are used. Its choreography and controls are similar to the synchronous mode of PIP2A9. |
| 1A1 | Request Account Setup | Provides automation support to the process of setting up an account between two partners. |
| 1A2 | Maintain Account | Supports a process whereby trading partner account information can be maintained, including activities such as updating ship-to and bill-to locations and the relationships between the addresses. |
| 2A1 | Distribute New Product Information | Specifies processes for distributing new product information to buyers -- so that enterprise systems can be established to accept product orders -- and for product information users to populate buyers' online sales catalogs. |
| 2A3 | Query Marketing Information | Provides business partners with a systematic approach to querying and receiving marketing information. |
| 2A4 | Query Sales Promotion & Rebate Information | Lets product buyers request sales promotion and rebate information, and allows product sellers to send the information and accept acknowledgement that it was received. |
| 2A6 | Query Product Lifecycle Information | Lets product buyers request product lifecycle information, and allows product sellers to send the information and accept acknowledgement that it was received. |
| 2A7 | Query Product Discontinuation Information | Provides partners with the information necessary to discontinue items in their systems. |
| 2A9 | Query Technical Product Information | Specifies the process for querying EC, IT & SM supply chain partners for technical information, including component technical specifications that can be used for business activities such as hosting online electronic catalogs and sales configuration systems. |
| 2A10 | Distribute Design Engineering Information | The Distribute Design Engineering Information PIP enables a standardized provision of information needed by product designers and product engineers during the planning, design, and engineering processes. This information may be provided directly from the product supplier to the product user, or it may be passed via one or more companies in the distribution chain. Thus this PIP also supports the provision of technical information to product databases throughout the distribution chain. |
| 2A12 | Distribute Product Master | The purpose of this PIP is to specify the process for a Product Information Distributor, who is typically a product supplier, to distribute device-level product identification, including family attributes, location specific data, procurement data and limited product lifecycle information, required for the MRP system of a Product Information User, who is typically a product buyer. |
| 2A13 | Distribute Material Composition Information | The purpose of this PIP is to supply requested material composition information for a given product(s). |
| 2A15 | Request Material Composition Information | The purpose of this PIP is to request product information that describes the composition of materials for a product(s). |
| 2A16 | Distribute Engineering Information Inquiry | The purpose of this PIP is to automate the product engineering information exchanges between supply chain partners. |
| 2A17 | Notify of Certificate of Analysis | The purpose of this PIP is to enable the transmission of an accepted standard for certificate of analysis of which the quality or purity of material being shipped is attested. |
| 2A18 | Notify of Certificate of Analysis Response | The purpose of this PIP is to allow the customer to confirm the acceptance or rejection on the certification of the delivered material upon meeting the agreed requirements. |
| 2B1 | Change Basic Product Information | Provides a mechanism for product sellers to announce changes in product information to product buyers, and ensures that product sellers receive confirmation that changes were made in product buyers' systems. |
| 2B2 | Change Marketing Information | Provides a mechanism for product sellers to announce changes in marketing information to product buyers, and ensures that product sellers receive confirmation that changes were made in product buyers' systems. |
| 2B3 | Change Sales Promotion & Rebate Information | Purpose: To provide a mechanism for a Product Seller to announce a change in sales promotion and rebate information to a Product Buyer. Furthermore, the PIP ensures that the Product Seller will receive confirmation that the changed sales promotion and rebate information was in fact made in the system of record by the Product Buyer. |
| 2B4 | Change Product Technical Information | Purpose: To provide a mechanism for a Product Seller to announce a change in technical information to a Product Buyer. Furthermore, the PIP ensures that the Product Seller will receive confirmation that the changed technical information was in fact made in the system of record by the Product Buyer. |
| 2B5 | Change Product Lifecycle Information | Purpose: To provide a mechanism for a Product Seller to announce a change in product lifecycle information to a Product Buyer. Furthermore, the PIP ensures that the Product Seller will receive confirmation that the changed product lifecycle information was in fact made in the system of record by the Product Buyer. |
| 2B7 | Notify of Product Change | The purpose of this PIP is to notify customers of impending change or obsolescence of a product. |
| 2B8 | Notify of Product Change Query | The purpose of this PIP Notify supplier that the customer cannot proceed with an accept / reject decision on a PCN or EOL until the query has been satisfied. |
| 2B9 | Notify of Product Change Acceptance | The purpose of this PIP is to notify supplier of the acceptance / rejection of a product change / EOL event from customer. |
| 2C1 | Distribute Engineering Change Status | This PIP informs a engineering change requester of the status of an engineering change being implemented by a engineering change stakeholder. |
| 2C2 | Request Engineering Change | This PIP enables a party proposing an engineering change (change requester) to send an engineering change request to a change review forum, and the change review forum to respond to the request. |
| 2C3 | Distribute Engineering Change Response | This PIP resolves a pending engineering change request by sending the change review forum's final disposition (approve or reject) to the party that submitted the request (change requester). |
| 2C4 | Request Engineering Change Approval | This PIP requests a decision stakeholder to approve an engineering change that has been submitted to a change review forum for evaluation. |
| 2C5 | Notify of Engineering Change Order | This PIP enables a change review forum to notify a stakeholder of the purpose and contents of an engineering change order. |
| 2C6 | Notify of Engineering Change Implementation Plan | This PIP enables coordination of engineering changes throughout the supply chain by providing the means to send engineering change implementation plans to the stakeholders who are responsible for performing or updating the status of a planned task. |
| 2C7 | Request Bill Of Material | This PIP is designed to easily and efficiently communicate BOM information about the parts that go into a product from engineering to manufacturing. It solves a variety of problems that impact the quality, availability, cost, performance and evolution of the product. Product quality is improved by reducing the occurrence of mismatched materials. Better communication of the materials required enables the manufacturer to have the parts available, improving the availability of the product. Support for regional buying, where equivalent materials need to be sourced in different regions worldwide, also enhances availability. Greater visibility of materials across multiple products allows for greater reuse and economies in purchasing. As the product evolves, changes to the BOM can be communicated efficiently. |
| 2C8 | Notify of Bill Of Material | This PIP is designed to easily and efficiently communicate BOM information about the parts that go into a product from engineering to manufacturing. It solves a variety of problems that impact the quality, availability, cost, performance and evolution of the product. Product quality is improved by reducing the occurrence of mismatched materials. Better communication of the materials required enables the manufacturer to have the parts available, improving the availability of the product. Support for regional buying, where equivalent materials need to be sourced in different regions worldwide, also enhances availability. Greater visibility of materials across multiple products allows for greater reuse and economies in purchasing. As the product evolves, changes to the BOM can be communicated efficiently. |
| 2C9 | Request Approved Manufacturer List | This PIP is designed to easily and efficiently communicate AML information about the parts that are approved for a product from engineering to manufacturing. It supports the exchange of mappings from internal part numbers to manufacturer part numbers, where manufacturer is loosely defined as the last partner to affect a change to the part. It also supports the mapping of these part numbers to supplier part numbers. The AML solves a variety of problems that impact quality, costing and lead times. Quality is improved by specifying precise definitions of the parts that are approved and the suppliers that are approved to supply them. The AML assists in costing and in planning lead times. The AML provides traceability into the process of part acquisition. The AML also allows the Integrator to respond whether it is able to build the product. |
| 2C10 | Notify of Approved Manufacturer List | This PIP is designed to easily and efficiently communicate AML information about the parts that are approved for a product from engineering to manufacturing. It supports the exchange of mappings from internal part numbers to manufacturer part numbers, where manufacturer is loosely defined as the last partner to affect a change to the part. It also supports the mapping of these part numbers to supplier part numbers. The AML solves a variety of problems that impact quality, costing and lead times. Quality is improved by specifying precise definitions of the parts that are approved and the suppliers that are approved to supply them. The AML assists in costing and in planning lead times. The AML provides traceability into the process of part acquisition. The AML also allows the Integrator to respond whether it is able to build the product. |
| 2C11 | Notify of Approved Manufacturer List Request | This PIP is designed to support the business process to easily and efficiently communicate AML information about the parts that are approved for a product from engineering to manufacturing. It supports the exchange of mappings from internal part numbers to manufacturer part numbers, where “manufacturer” is loosely defined as the last partner to affect a change to the part. It also supports the mapping of these part numbers to supplier part numbers. The AML solves a variety of problems that impact quality, costing and lead times. Quality is improved by specifying precise definitions of the parts that are approved and the suppliers that are approved to supply them. The AML assists in costing and in planning lead times. The AML provides traceability into the process of part acquisition. The AML also allows the Integrator to respond whether it is able to build the product. |
| 2C12 | Notify of Approved Manufacturer List Confirmation | This PIP is designed to support the business process to easily and efficiently communicate AML information about the parts that are approved for a product from engineering to manufacturing. It supports the exchange of mappings from internal part numbers to manufacturer part numbers, where “manufacturer” is loosely defined as the last partner to affect a change to the part. It also supports the mapping of these part numbers to supplier part numbers. The AML solves a variety of problems that impact quality, costing and lead times. Quality is improved by specifying precise definitions of the parts that are approved and the suppliers that are approved to supply them. The AML assists in costing and in planning lead times. The AML provides traceability into the process of part acquisition. The AML also allows the Integrator to respond whether it is able to build the product. |
| 3A1 | Request Quote | This PIP provides a buyer with quotes and referrals used to select suppliers and prepare purchase orders. |
| 3A2 | Request Price and Availability | Provides a quick, automated process for trading partners to request and provide product price and availability. |
| 3A3 | Request Shopping Cart Transfer | Provides a quick, automated process for trading partners to transfer the contents of a shopping cart and reply to the transfer. |
| 3A4 | Request Purchase Order | Supports a process for trading partners to issue and acknowledge new purchase orders. |
| 3A5 | Query Order Status | Supports a process for trading partners to cancel and change purchase orders, and acknowledge changes, as well as provides an automated process for product sellers to report order status on all open orders -- those that have not been shipped -- on a periodic basis agreed upon in their trading partner agreement. |
| 3A6 | Distribute Order Status | Specifies a process for sellers to distribute order status of open orders to partners on a periodic basis agreed upon in their trading partner agreement. |
| 3A7 | Notify of Purchase Order Update | Specifies a process for requesting Work in Process Response, containing information on the production status of the product being manufactured, from trading partners. |
| 3A8 | Request Purchase Order Change | This PIP enables a buyer to change purchase order line items and obtain a quick response from the provider that acknowledges, at the line level, if the changes are accepted, rejected, or pending. |
| 3A9 | Request Purchase Order Cancellation | This PIP enables a buyer to cancel a purchase order and obtain a response from the provider that confirms if the cancellation is accepted or rejected. |
| 3A10 | Notify of Quote Acknowledgment | This PIP acknowledges acceptance or rejection of the quote. |
| 3A13 | Notify of Purchase Order Information | This PIP is designed to enable a purchase order owner to communicate information about a purchase order to a party other than the purchase order recipient. |
| 3A14 | Distribute Planned Order | This PIP is designed to enable a purchase order owner to communicate information about purchase orders that have yet to be placed to a party other than the purchase order recipient. |
| 3A15 | Notify of Quote Request | This PIP provides a buyer the ability to request a quote and referrals. |
| 3A16 | Notify of Quote Confirmation | This PIP provides a seller the ability to respond to a quote request and provide referrals. |
| 3A17 | Distribute Price And Availability Request | Provides a quick, automated process for trading partners to request product price and availability. |
| 3A18 | Distribute Price And Availability Response | Provides a quick, automated process for trading partners to provide product price and availability |
| 3A19 | Notify of Purchase Order Request | Supports a process for trading partners to issue new purchase orders. |
| 3A20 | Notify of Purchase Order Confirmation | Supports a process for trading partners to acknowledge new purchase orders. |
| 3A21 | Notify of Purchase Order Change Request | This PIP enables a buyer to change purchase order line items. |
| 3A22 | Notify of Purchase Order Change Confirmation | This PIP enables a seller to response at the line level, if the changes are accepted, rejected, or pending. |
| 3A23 | Notify of Purchase Order Cancellation Request | This PIP enables a buyer to cancel a purchase. |
| 3A24 | Notify of Purchase Order Cancellation Confirmation | This PIP enables a seller to confirm if the cancellation is accepted or rejected. |
| 3B1 | Distribute Transportation Projection | Enables shipment requesters to notify transport service providers of currently booked shipments, and allows transport service providers to perform day-to-day management of shipment space to plan for the usual volume or exceptions or remote shipments that require special handling. |
| 3B2 | Notify of Advance Shipment | Enables shippers to send advance shipment and shipper's manifest notifications. |
| 3B3 | Distribute Shipment Status | Lets transport service providers report shipment status, via notifications, while shipments are being transported to end-consignees or gateways to be tendered to other transport service providers. |
| 3B4 | Query Shipment Status | Enables in-transit information users to query shipment status, and allows transport service providers to respond with shipment status notifications. |
| 3B5 | Request Shipment Change | Allows shipment controllers to change or redirect in-transit shipments to end-consignees or gateways. |
| 3B6 | Notify of Shipments Tendered | Allows transport service providers to report delivery exceptions while shipments are in transit to end-consignees. |
| 3B11 | Notify Of Shipping Order | Enables the Inventory Owner to issue a shipping authorization to the Logistics Service Provider to ship inventory against another document, e.g., sales order, scrap order, replacement order, demo or sample order. Shipping Order becomes a traceable document for audit purposes. Inventory detail is specified according to the TPA terms of engagement between the Logistics Provider and it's client. |
| 3B12 | Request Shipping Order | This PIP is designed to enable the communication of shipping orders from a manufacturer or distributor with outsourced logistics operations to its third-party logistics provider. |
| 3B13 | Notify of Shipping Order Confirmation | This PIP is designed to enable a third-party logistics provider to confirm that a requested shipment has been sent on behalf of a manufacturer or distributor that uses outsourced logistics operations. |
| 3B14 | Request Shipping Order Cancellation | This PIP is designed to enable the cancellation of previously placed shipping orders. A shipping order is an instruction from a manufacturer or distributor with outsourced logistics operations to its third-party logistics provider. |
| 3B18 | Notify of Shipment Documentation | This PIP is designed to enable the communication of shipping documentation information from a manufacturer or distributor with outsourced logistics operations to its third-party logistics provider. |
| 3B19 | Notify of Shipping Order Request | This PIP enables a shipper to place a shipping order to its shipping provider. |
| 3B20 | Notify of Shipping Order Confirmation | This PIP enables a shipping provider to reply to a shipping order request of the shipper. |
| 3B21 | Notify of Shipping Order Cancellation Request | This PIP enables a shipper to cancellation a shipping order. |
| 3B22 | Notify of Shipping Order Cancellation Confirmation | For example, a manufacturer of semiconductor components may store completed products at a warehouse operated by another company and need to request a third-party to ship the components to its customer whenever a sales order is received. Documentation to accompany the shipment is required. |
| 3C1 | Return Product | Supports return of product to return providers using request return role interaction. |
| 3C2 | Request Financing Approval | Enables sellers to request and obtain external financing responses for buyers' orders and, in the event financing requests are not approved, change orders to increase buyers' credit lines as well as perform reversals, or retraction of financing requests. |
| 3C3 | Notify of Invoice | Enables sellers to issue invoice notifications, and lets buyers and financiers validate them, issue invoice reject notifications and reissue invoices. |
| 3C4 | Notify of Invoice Reject | Supports a process by which payees issue financial statements to payors; payors determine which payables to pay, optionally using the financial statement notification, and generate remittance advice notifications, which go to their banks; payors' banks make payments to payees' banks, who send payments to payees; payees process payments and use the remittance advice notification to reconcile payments or issue payment discrepancy notifications in the event payments are not as expected; if payment discrepancy notifications are generated, payors process payment discrepancy notifications and determine whether to reissue payments by remittance advice notifications. |
| 3C5 | Notify of Billing Statement | Enables a provider to send a billing statement to another party. |
| 3C6 | Notify of Remittance Advice | Enables a payer to issue a remittance advice to a payee. |
| 3C7 | Notify of Self-Billing Invoice | Enables buyers to issue invoice notifications, and lets sellers and financiers validate them. |
| 3C8 | Notify of Return Product Request | Supports return of product to return providers using request return role interaction. |
| 3C9 | Notify of Return Product Confirmation | Supports return of product to return providers using request return role interaction. |
| 4A1 | Notify of Strategic Forecast | Provides a process for developing standardized collaborative sales forecasts between two trading partners for the purpose of projecting anticipated product sales |
| 4A2 | Notify of Embedded Release Forecast | Provides a process for developing standardized collaborative order forecasts between two trading partners |
| 4A3 | Notify of Threshold Release Forecast | Provides a process for developing standardized collaborative order forecasts between two trading partners |
| 4A4 | Notify of Planning Release Forecast | This PIP enables a retailer/distributor to send an order forecast to a supplier/manufacturer. |
| 4A5 | Notify of Forecast Reply | The purpose of this PIP is to provide visibility of available forecasted product quantity between two trading partners. |
| 4A6 | Notify of Forecasting Exception | This PIP supports a process where an Exception Identifier notifies an Exception Recipient of identified exceptions within a collaborative forecasting process. |
| 4B2 | Notify of Shipment Receipt | This PIP enables a consignee to report the delivery, receipt, and status of a shipment to interested parties. |
| 4B3 | Notify of Consumption | The purpose of this PIP is to communicate material consumption to the supplier, allowing the supplier to trigger invoicing for the consumed material. |
| 4C1 | Distribute Inventory Report | Provides the ability to notify product sellers of inventory balances on products identified by active GTINs |
| 4D1 | Notify of Material Release | Provides a mechanism for replenishment managers to trigger inventory replenishment |
| 4E1 | Notify of Sales Report | Provides the ability to notify product sellers of commercial sales of active contracted GTINs |
| 4E2 | Notify of Sales Report Acknowledgement | Provides the ability to notify product sellers of consumer sales of active contracted GTINs |
| 5C1 | Distribute Product List | Provides the ability to notify partners of products eligible for design registration |
| 5C2 | Request Design Registration | Lets demand creators submit design registration requests -- as initial design registration documents or updates to existing design registrations -- and receive design registration responses from product providers |
| 5C3 | Create Design Win | Enables the demand creators to submit win claim requests and receive win claim responses from product providers at various stages of the design win process |
| 5C4 | Distribute Registration Status | Allows the product providers to send unsolicited notifications of design registration status changes to demand creators |
| 5C5 | Query Registration Status | Permits status requesters -- product providers or demand creators -- to request status of design registrations, including indicators of acknowledge, collaboration and continuation of submitted supplier business opportunities |
| 5C6 | Notify of Design Registration Request | Enables the demand creators submit design registration requests -- as initial design registration documents or updates to existing design registrations from product providers. |
| 5C7 | Notify of Design Registration Confirmation | Enables the product providers submit a responses to a design registration requests. |
| 5C8 | Notify of Win Claim Request | Enables the demand creators to submit win claim requests to the product providers at various stages of the design win process. |
| 5C9 | Notify of Win Claim Confirmation | Enables the product providers to provide a response to the demand creators win claim request at various stages of the design win process. |
| 5D1 | Request Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization | Lets product distributors submit ship from stock and debit authorization requests to product suppliers, and lets product suppliers send debit authorization numbers to product distributors via ship and debit authorization responses. |
| 5D2 | Notify of Blanket Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization | Enables product suppliers to notify product distributors of blanket ship from stock and debit authorizations. |
| 5D3 | Distribute Open Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization Status | Allows product suppliers to distribute the status of ship from stock and debit authorizations to product distributors. |
| 5D4 | Query Ship from Stock and Debit Authorization Status | Lets product distributors request status on ship from stock and debit authorization, and lets product suppliers provide authorization status via ship from stock and debit authorization responses. |
| 5D5 | Create Ship from Stock and Debit Claim Status | Provides the ability to submit claims for debits against authorization programs and receive claim responses. |
| 5D6 | Notify of Ship from Stock and Debit Claim Status | Allows to submit the final disposition of a claim that had been pended in PIP5D5, Create Ship from Stock and Debit Claim. |
| 5D7 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Authorization Request | Allows product distributors submit ship from stock and debit authorization requests to product suppliers. |
| 5D8 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Authorization Confirmation | Allows product suppliers send debit authorization numbers to product distributors via ship and debit authorization responses. |
| 5D9 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Claim Request | Provides the ability to submit claims for debits against authorization programs. |
| 5D10 | Notify of Ship From Stock And Debit Claim Confirmation | Provides the ability to respond to claims for debits against authorization programs. |
| 6A1 | Notify of Service Contract Request | Enable the change request or query of service contract information from a contract requestor to its contract issuer. |
| 6A2 | Notify of Service Contract Reply | Enable the notification of service contract reply from the service contract issuer to the service contract requester. |
| 6C1 | Query Service Entitlement | Enables support requesters to submit request for support -- or service events -- to support providers, who entitle or deny requests. |
| 6C2 | Request Warranty Claim | Provides the ability for an Authorized Service Provider to submit a claim to the Warranty Provider for a completed Service Event. |
| 6C3 | Notify of Case Request | Allows a case sender or case receiver to initiate a case or update the status of an existing case. |
| 6C4 | Notify of Case Confirmation | Lets the case sender or case receiver to confirm the new or revised information. This PIP can be used in conjunction with PIP 6C3. |
| 6C5 | Distribute Service Entitlement Query | Enables support requesters to submit request for support -- or service events -- to support providers. |
| 6C6 | Distribute Service Entitlement Status Response | Enables support requesters to submit request for support -- or service events -- to support providers, who entitle or deny requests. |
| 6C7 | Notify of Warranty Claim Request | Provides the ability for an Authorized Service Provider to submit a claim to the Warranty Provider for a completed Service Event. |
| 6C8 | Notify of Warranty Claim Confirmation | Provides the ability for an Authorized Service Provider to submit a claim to the Warranty Provider for a completed Service Event. |
| 7B1 | Distribute Work in Process | To support the process used by a product manufacturer or assembler to inform a party of product configuration status. |
| 7B2 | Query Work in Process | To support the process used (1) by a solution requestor (e.g. Customer) to query the status of a product being assembled or manufactured; and 2) by a solution provider (e.g. Manufacturer or Assembler) to return the requested information. This process is usually executed when the product status is one of the following: Assembly, Text or Fabricate. |
| 7B5 | Notify Of Manufacturing Work Order | The purpose of this PIP is to notify the seller of a work order to trigger production after a PO is issued or a contract agreement exists between trading partners. |
| 7B6 | Notify of Manufacturing Work Order Reply | The purpose of this PIP is to allow an optional response to a previous manufacturing work order request. |
| 7C6 | Distribute Product Quality Event Data | Enables partners in the manufacturing/repair supply chain to share data related to the quality of services provided. |
| 7C7 | Notify of Semiconductor Test Data | Enable foundry and assembly test partners to deliver summarized chip test data to Chip designers for data analysis. The test data includes inline test, wafer test (Sort) & module final test (Package Test). |
| 7C8 | Notify of Semiconductor Process Data | Enable foundry and other inline process partners to deliver semiconductor process data to customers and other data consumers including chip designers. |
Partner Interface Processes® (PIPs®) are organized in a hierarchical manner of Clusters and Segments. There are eight Clusters, or groups of core business processes, that represent the backbone of the trading network. Each Cluster is broken down into Segments - cross-enterprise processes involving more than one type of trading partner. Within each Segment are the individual PIPs®.
| Cluster | Usage | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | RosettaNet Support | Provides administrative functionality. |
| 1 | Partner Product and Service Review | Allows information collection, maintenance and distribution for the development of trading-partner profiles and product-information subscriptions. |
| 2 | Product Information | Enables distribution and periodic update of product and detailed design information, including product change notices and product technical specifications. |
| 3 | Order Management | Supports full order management business area from price and delivery quoting through purchase order initiation, status reporting, and management. Order invoicing, payment and discrepancy notification also managed using this Cluster of processes. |
| 4 | Inventory Management | Enables inventory management, including collaboration, replenishment, price protection, reporting and allocation of constrained product. |
| 5 | Marketing Information Management | Enables communication of marketing information, including campaign plans, lead information and design registration. |
| 6 | Service and Support | Provides post-sales technical support, service warranty and asset management capabilities. |
| 7 | Manufacturing | Enables the exchange of design, configuration, process, quality and other manufacturing floor information to support the "Virtual Manufacturing" environment. |
| Segment | Description |
|---|---|
| 0A: Administrative | |
| 0C: Testing | |
| 1A: Partner Review | Provides the ability to share information, such as locations and contacts, and send and receive acknowledgement of receipt. |
| 2A: Preparation for Distribution | Enables distribution of product resources, including sales catalog and basic technical information, and obtainment of extended product information. |
| 2B: Product Change Notification | Enables update of product resources. |
| 2C: Product Design Information | Enables release and update of product engineering design information. |
| 3A: Quote and Order Entry | Allows partners to exchange price and availability information, quotes, purchase orders and order status, and enables partners to send requested orders, or shopping carts, to other partners. |
| 3B: Transportation and Distribution | Enables communication of shipping- and delivery-related information with the ability to make changes and handle exceptions and claims. |
| 3C: Returns and Finance | Provides for issuance of billing, payment and reconciliation of debits, credits and invoices between partners as well as supports product return and its financial impact. |
| 4A: Collaborative Forecasting | Enables standardization of collaborative order and sales forecasting between supply-chain partners |
| 4B: Inventory Allocation | Lets sellers inform buyers of product allocation determined through the evaluation of preset criteria, such as demand forecast and availability, and allows buyers to respond manually if negotiation is needed |
| 4C: Inventory Reporting | Lets buyers provide daily inventory reports to sellers, allows sellers to notify buyers when reports are reflected in their records and enables sending of discrepancy reports |
| 4D: Inventory Replenishment | Facilitates inventory replenishment managed by buyer, seller or both -- via a pull signal from the buyer or push notification from the seller that triggers an order, change, ship or return |
| 4E: Sales Reporting | Lets buyers provide periodic sales reports to product providers, allows providers to notify buyers when reports are reflected in their records and enables sending of discrepancy reports |
| 5C: Design Win Management (EC) | Enables design registration with suppliers, including requests for design-win registration at different phases of the design cycle and award of win based on predefined criteria |
| 5D: Ship from Stock and Debit (EC) | Supports creation and use of marketing programs and distribution of pricing incentives to product distributors |
| 6A: Provide and Administer Warranties, Service Packages, and Contract Services | Enables registration and product warranty support. |
| 6C: Technical Support and Service Management | This segment automates the sharing of information within the technical support and service management arena. |
| 7B: Manage Manufacturing WO & WIP | Enables the release, management and the exchange of factory production information. |
| 7C: Distribute Manufacturing Information | Distribute manufacturing information to support product improvements, downstream manufacturing, Quality and warrantee entitlement. |
