Important terms and abbreviations

Advance Shipping Notice (ASN)	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management.
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Automated Goods Receiving (AGR)	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Involves booking the goods receiving
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Buyer Control Point (Buyer CP)	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. It represents a Bosch Plant
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Carrier	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Party who is responsible to arrange transportation
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Customer demand	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Purchase order or Scheduling agreement released by Bosch for the Suppliers
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Cut off time	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Latest time to make actions
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Electronic interchange of business information between digital entities, such as suppliers and customers, using standardized formats. With EDI, Bosch optimizes data flow in procurement, planning, logistics, and finances. It serves as an effective instrument for the realization of optimized inter-operational communication and is an essential building block for automated end-to-end processes
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Eurolog	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. IT service provider for cross-company process integration in logistics. For NGTM is it used mostly for transport management
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) FPA	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Forwarder Pick up Advice ("preliminary" TO)
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Load	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. A bundle of Transport Orders (TO) prepared for a truck or container
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Logical file name (LFN)	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. EDI message, configured supply trigger for the reference number
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) NGTM	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Next Generation Transportation Management
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Seller Control Point (Seller CP)	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Represents a Supplier or Carrier
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Sister Control Point	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Subsidiary component of a Control Point
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) Supplier	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Vendor, raw material provider
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) SupplyOn	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. A shared supply chain collaboration platform that connects global business partners, primarily utilized by Bosch Suppliers for FPA and ASN creation in the context of NGTM.
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) TMC	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. The Transport Management Center (TMC) is the Bosch organization responsible for coordinating pick-ups and deliveries for Bosch Plants
Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) TO	Critical document that provides detailed information about a pending delivery, including shipped material numbers and quantities. It should be transmitted immediately via Classic or WebEDI when dispatching the goods. The ASN serves as a vital communication tool, enabling timely and accurate notification of impending deliveries, thereby facilitating efficient logistics and supply chain management. Transport Order (FPA which is "approved" by TMC)