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Standard Practice for Applying a Goods Movement Process Code as Suffix to the ISO Transport Unit Identifier
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ASTM F3804-26

Standard Practice for Applying a Goods Movement Process Code as Suffix to the ISO Transport Unit Identifier

PUBLISH DATE 2026
PAGES 11
ASTM F3804-26

1.1 The global supply chain involves 5 distinct phases; the first and last are not included in the Goods Movement Process (as defined in Terminology F3682; see also Fig. 1).

1.1.1 The Goods Movement Process’ three phases are the Planning Phase, the Execution Phase, and the Reconciliation Phase. At the first intention to ship goods prepared as cargo, we define a default POSTED (200) status where the transport unit identifier (TUID) is first generated.

1.1.2 The pre-goods movement process phase is defined as the Forecast Phase, where product supplier selection is accomplished; and the last post-goods movement process phase being the Analysis Phase, where the information from what was planned to happen can be accurately compared to what actually occurred to reconcile and report on results of the transaction; these two phases “bookend” the three phases that make up the Goods Movement Process.

1.2 The practice will provide goods movement process codes (GMPC) that indicate the status of a transport unit resulting from events and milestones defined in the goods movement process. That link between a specific event and the associated GMPC enables a common unambiguous interpretation of the meaning of GMPC related to the transport management operations.

1.3 Purpose— This common understanding among stakeholders significantly facilitates the frictionless collaboration among them and the performance of the transportation operations they are involved in.

1.3.1 These GMPCs may be used in a variety of contexts such as the ISO 8000-119 TUID, electronic data interchanges (EDI) or within organizations’ IT systems (for example, transport management systems (TMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), etcetera).

1.3.2 This practice spans the three GMP phases mentioned above; the pre-goods movement process and post-goods movement process, the “bookend” phases are out of scope of this practice. The practice provides a high-level framework that helps organizations to design how they will structure their transportation and how transport unit identifiers and GMPCs will support those structures in daily operations.

1.3.3 The practice will not provide detailed instructions for any specific industry. Any example use cases included in the practice merely serve to illustrate the framework described in the practice; they should be reviewed (and adjusted as needed) before implementing in any particular industry context.

1.4 Units— The 3-character GMPC values associated with the Status Changes are to be regarded as the standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

5.1 This section elaborates how the GMPC may be used in the context of the two main approaches to managing the execution of transportation mentioned in 5.2. These elaborations do not go into every possible detail of these approaches. The purpose of the elaborations is to provide an outline of the overall approach and use of the GMPCs, within which much more detailed elaborations can be done. The terms used in this section are to be understood as described in Committee F49 terminology documents and especially Guide F3803. (Refer to Section 5 - Significance and Use, Fig. 3 and below).

5.2 Fire and Forget versus Manage Through Fire:

  • 5.2.1 In the supply chain and transportation industry, two primary approaches have emerged between logistic service providers and logistic service buyers to manage these transportation transactions. These approaches are very different in terms of the division of responsibilities between the contracting parties. Guide F3803 provides more detailed descriptions of these approaches. The below brief descriptions provide a reminder of some of the main differences between the approaches.
  • 5.2.2 Industry practice between transport service buyers and transport service providers will generally involve one of two main interaction models. We distinguish:
    • 5.2.2.1 Fire and Forget—“Hands off”
    • 5.2.2.2 Manage through Fire—“Hands on”
  • 5.2.3 In the below sections, the document describes a high-level outline of the two approaches and how they relate to the main Goods Movement Process Codes (GMPC).

5.3 Fire and Forget:

  • 5.3.1 In the Fire and Forget approach, the transport service buyer contracts the logistic service provider to make all necessary arrangements to transport the cargo from the source location (generally the seller) to the destination location (generally the buyer). In principle, the logistics service buyer will “trust” that the cargo will be transported as contracted. Because the service buyer basically “may forget” about the delivery of the goods once the logistics service buyer has handed the cargo over to the service provider, we call this the Fire and Forget approach. Obviously, the logistics service buyer will expect a level of feedback on progress (for example, GMPCs).
  • Note 5: The role of transport service buyer can be performed by the seller or the buyer. Who will take the role, generally depends on the Incoterms agreed between the Seller and Buyer as part of the Goods Transaction contract (Buy/Sell contract).
  • 5.3.2 However, the service buyer would prefer not to get involved in the execution of the transportation. As far as the relationship between the logistics service buyer and the service provider is concerned there is only a single transport contract involved. That transport covers the entire journey of the shipment from seller to buyer.
  • 5.3.3 In this approach, there is only one single transport contract to be considered (the one between the transport service buyer and transport service seller). The transport service buyer is generally the owner of the cargo to be transported.
    • 5.3.3.1 Either the buyer or seller of transport services should generate the TUID at the first intention to ship goods from a known origin location to a known destination location. The TUID shall be generated initially as POSTED (200).
    • Note 6: Transport Services, once agreed, will be executed under a Transport Contract. The Transport Contract will stipulate a consignor and a consignee indicating where the cargo should be collected and where it should be delivered. In the Fire and Forget scenario, the seller will generally be the consignor and the buyer will be the consignee.
    • 5.3.3.2 The shipper may broadcast the requirements for the transportation transaction, seeking qualified carriers who offer their service of moving goods as cargo for shippers.
    • 5.3.3.3 When a qualified carrier has expressed interest in servicing the transport need, the status shall change to PRE-BOOKED (300), meaning that the transport service buyer has an option but has not yet committed to a specific carrier who will perform the service as quoted.
    • 5.3.3.4 When the transport service buyer selects and confirms a qualified carrier to move the goods that have been prepared as cargo, the transaction advances to status BOOKED (400).
    • 5.3.3.5 Often before the BOOKED (400) carrier dispatches a driver to move the goods under contract, there is an appointment or confirmation of pick-up communicated between the carrier and the shipper. This step can trigger an update to the precise pick-up location and the precise time. Changes that specify more precise locations for pick-up are welcomed, but they do not change the TUID number that was generated initially. The appointment scheduling generates a record of the more precise pick-up location, and conveys the updated, more precise pick-up location for the collection of the sender’s cargo.
    • 5.3.3.6 When the carrier’s driver has signed for the sender’s cargo and has begun the service of moving the goods as cargo, the EN ROUTE (500) status occurs and continues until DELIVERED (700) at the destination prescribed on the bill of lading or other shipping contracts.
    • 5.3.3.7 DELIVERED (700) occurs when the cargo has been unloaded from the carrier's transport asset and inspected for comparison to the bill of lading for accuracy and no damage. There are many tracking and tracing events that can be updated between the EN ROUTE (500) and DELIVERED (700) statuses, but these are not covered in this document.
    • 5.3.3.8 When the carrier’s driver completes transportation assignments, the completed transport documents (for example, bill of lading) are returned to the carrier who reviews them looking for any discrepancy between what services were requested to those services performed to complete the work. The carrier invoices for the transportation services and will note any accessorial charges or expenses incurred that were not accounted for in the original transport documents. This will change the status of the TUID to INVOICED (800).
    • 5.3.3.9 The carrier’s invoice is delivered to the buyer of the transport services and the Reconciliation Phase begins.
    • 5.3.3.10 When all parties are satisfied that the transaction has been completed, including final settlement with no remaining financial obligations, the transaction advances to an ARCHIVED (900) status for required recordkeeping.
  • 5.3.4 Here is an example of what this could look like from a more technical perspective using the GMPCs in the ISO TUID. In this very basic Fire and Forget approach related to a single transport unit:
    • 5.3.4.1 TerrificToys (the seller of toys) has identified a need for transportation, based on their receipt of buyers PO 123456 and as part of the purchase, Terrific Toys has agreed to arrange for the transport services.
    • 5.3.4.2 TerrificToys makes it known to a community of transport service providers (see Line No. 1 on Fig. 5). The string means that what follows after the first colon is an ISO TUID as designated by the prefix (text to the left of the first colon) and it follows the format defined in ISO 8000-119. The ISO TUID (shown as bold underlined text) ends at the third colon; the three digits after the third colon are the GMPC (shown as bold blue and highlighted text). Transport buyer TerrificToys at 20240822T1449Z (2:49 PM UTC on 22 August 2024) populated the Origin NLI and the Destination NLI, and identified themselves Terrific Toys as the buyer of the transport services that are carrying a Reference number of 123456. (See Fig. 6.)
    • 5.3.4.3 From TerrificToys known community of transport service providers, two respond they are qualified, willing and able to execute the transportation services needed from origin to destination.
    • 5.3.4.4 Reviewing the POSTED TUID from Terr
SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number F3804
Publication Date Jan. 1, 2026
Language en - English
Page Count 11
Revision Level 26
Supercedes
Committee F49.04

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