ODETTE
Odette International Ltd is a not-for-profit organization and a pan-European collaboration and services platform for the automotive industry. The goal of Odette is to achieve consensus solutions for the various challenges in the automotive industry, thus, ensuring maximum efficiency of supply chain processes. As part of its standardization work, Odette develops the Odette EDI standards. ODETTE (Organisation for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe) is an organization formed by and for the automotive industry. Originally it developed its own distinct set of messages but now only develops subsets of those EDIFACT messages used by the automotive industry. ODETTE have historically had their own standards but have, since 2000, adopted the EDIFACT standards. An odette subset is a smaller version of a full EDI standard, usually developed for a specific business sector. ODETTE has been responsible for developing communications standards such as OFTP and OFTP2.0, constant.
ODETTE Message Types
Table 16.1. Message Types in ODETTE format
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Message Type |
Description |
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DELINS |
Delivery Forecast / Delivery |
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EXHAND |
For Delivery Schedule Exception Handling |
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CALDEL |
JIT Delivery |
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SYNCRO |
Sequenced Delivery |
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KANBAN |
KANBAN Delivery |
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FORDIS |
'Ready for Despatch' Advice |
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AVIEXP |
Despatch Advice |
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INVOIC |
Invoice |
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STOACT |
Inventory Report |
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TRINAD |
Forwarding Instruction |
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CONSUM |
Consignment Consolidation |
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ORDERR |
Purchase Order |
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ORDCHG |
Order Change |
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REPORD |
Order Response |
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PRILST |
Price List Based |
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REMADV |
Remittance Advice |
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STATAC |
Account Statement |
ODETTE Interchange Structure
The UNB, UNH, UNT, and UNZ segments are the envelope of any message, enclosing all the data that is being transmitted. The UNB (Interchange header) and UNZ (Interchange trailer) segments mark respectively the beginning and the end of an interchange thereby providing a unique interchange control reference. Within the interchange, the UNH (Message header) and UNT (Message trailer) segments uniquely begin and end the various messages contained in an interchange. ODETTE interchange structure is the same as EDIFACT Structure. Odette will use different names for their segments and will structure their messages differently, but the principles are the same as EDIFACT.
Example of Odette Interchange Structure –
Example of ODETTE –
Procedure of Odette message processing is the same as EDI X12 and EDIFACT. Once ODETTE message rule file is there in PLT system. It would work same as EDI X12 and EDIFACT. Note odette xml rule files are not easily available online so developers needs to prepare manually by using input odette message. Odette Segments and Separators :
Separators: - Each segment in this message is separated by a ' character (single quote). In the illustration, this separator character appears at the end of each line. The + signs and : characters are used throughout this message to separate one piece of data from the next within a segment.
Segments: - Segments are used as a way to break up the information within an EDI message and to give the information some structure. Below is an illustration of the hierarchical structure of the Odette DELINS message. Each of the hanging rectangles represents one of the segments in the message.
Elements: - Each + sign indicates the start of a new element, either a simple or composite element. Each: character indicates the start of a sub-element of a composite element. A simple element is the smallest meaningful part of an EDI message. A composite element is a set of two or more simple elements that have been grouped together because they have a logical connection.