| 1 | Firm Indicates that the scheduling information is a firm commitment. |
| 2 | Commitment for manufacturing and material Authorizes the supplier to start the manufacturing of goods. |
| 3 | Commitment for material Authorizes the manufacturer to order material required for manufacturing specified goods. |
| 4 | Planning/forecast An estimate of future requirements based on trends and actual information. |
| 5 | Short delivered on previous delivery Part of a consignment which was not delivered when the original delivery was made. |
| 6 | Capacity available Capacity is available to meet the requested scheduling demands. |
| 9 | User defined The user can interpret the meaning of the values from information exchanged previously. |
| 10 | Immediate Indicates that the scheduling information is for immediate execution. |
| 11 | Pilot/Pre-volume Initial products required in advance of the normal production process. |
| 12 | Planning An estimate of future requirements. |
| 13 | Potential order increase The possibility and magnitude of a schedule fluctuation. |
| 14 | Average plant usage The usual amount that a manufacturing facility will use over a specified duration. |
| 15 | First time reported firm Initial confirmation of a material requirement. |
| 16 | Maximum The highest attainable amount. |
| 17 | Tooling capacity The maximum amount that the process was designed to accommodate. |
| 18 | Normal tooling capacity The anticipated amount that the process was designed to accommodate over a specific period of time. |
| 19 | Prototype The preliminary version of a product or service. |
| 20 | Strike protection Product level that is set aside as protection in the event of a work stoppage. |
| 21 | Required tooling capacity The contracted amount that the process was designed to accommodate over a specific period of time. |
| 22 | Deliver to schedule Deliver to schedule separately supplied. |
| 23 | Await manual pull Await non-EDI instruction before shipping. |
| 24 | Reference to commercial agreement between partners The buyer's commitment is the one defined in the commercial agreement. |
| 26 | Proposed Indicates that the scheduling information is a proposal. |