Hello,
<b>ASN is an acronym for Advance Shipping notification</b>. ASN is an electronic transaction through EDI. One can pay when shipment is received by referencing the order number/shipment number on these notices instead of receiving an invoice. <u><i>ASN are generally/universally accepted to be generated at time of shipment</i></u>, in rare cases before the shipment to give the receiver enough time if the shipment time is very short like the Fedex Hub across the street. The receiver may use it for receiving to reconcile invoices, they may use it for dock preparation, dispatch trucks among others and <u>speeding up payment</u>.
<b>ASN should not be confused with the Packing List</b>. A packing list is a subset of what a ASN contains or used for, as one is supposed to see an ASN before the physical shipment. In case the business requirement is about receiving everything and scan in the packing list after verifying it physically it should match the ASN.
Though these days documents/definition is used/interpreted by different people and in different industries for different reasons.
Regards,
Gauravjit
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