The EDI 832 Price/Sales Catalog allows suppliers to distribute current pricing, item descriptions, and product availability to buyers electronically, replacing paper catalogs and price sheets.
BCT
Beginning Segment — catalog ID, purpose code, and date
LIN
Item Identification — UPC, buyer/seller item numbers
PID
Product/Item Description — product name, description, brand
CTP
Pricing Information — price qualifier, unit price, quantity basis
QTY
Quantity — minimum order quantity, case pack size
Sent on a scheduled basis (weekly, monthly) or triggered by price changes. Buyers load 832 data into their purchasing systems to auto-populate POs.
BCT02 purpose code drives downstream processing: 00 = original, 04 = change, 05 = replace. Sending "00" for an update instead of "04" causes duplicate catalog entries.