HOUSTON, May 26, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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PIDX International, with the support of its Members, announces its new Bill of Lading (BOL) Implementation Guidelines.

As the Downstream market is evolving, PIDX – as a technology-agnostic format – is being used worldwide to replace dozens of legacy formats using outdated information and inconsistently using required data, such as product codes and BOL versioning, and to find missing transactions in master data. PIDX standards can be fully integrated with any buyer or seller’s system, regardless of which one they use, with the ability to contain detailed, company-specific information.

When business transactions occur in the Energy Downstream sector, a multitude of documents are generated to ensure that products are ordered, shipped, and received. The electronic bill of lading (eBOL), issued by the terminal operator, provides information on the…