Which documents can be 'flipped'?

Most often: order → confirmation, order → ASN, ASN → invoice. Common data is pulled automatically, and the user fills only step-specific information.

Does flip reduce errors?

Yes, significantly. By pulling data from the source document, it removes re-keying of codes, quantities and references — the main cause of errors and chargebacks.

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Flip document (turn-around)

Quick answer: Automatic generation of a response document from the received document's data (e.g. invoice from order).

Key takeaways

Order → Order confirmation
Order → Advance ship notice (ASN)
ASN → Invoice

What a flip document is

Flip (turn-around document) is the function that 'turns' a received document into a response document, automatically pulling common data. From the received order (ORDERS) it generates the ASN (DESADV) or the invoice (INVOIC), with no re-keying.

Flip examples

Order → Order confirmation

Order → Advance ship notice (ASN)

ASN → Invoice

Why it matters

In Web EDI, flip is essential for speed and accuracy: the supplier doesn't recreate data, only fills in what's missing (delivered quantities, batches, serials), minimising errors.

How Azuvio helps

The Azuvio Web EDI portal enables one-click flip: from the received order it instantly generates a pre-filled ASN and invoice, with the supplier adjusting only real differences — fast and free of transcription errors.

Frequently asked

Which documents can be 'flipped'?: Most often: order → confirmation, order → ASN, ASN → invoice. Common data is pulled automatically, and the user fills only step-specific information.
Does flip reduce errors?: Yes, significantly. By pulling data from the source document, it removes re-keying of codes, quantities and references — the main cause of errors and chargebacks.

Where Azuvio fits

Software EDI Azuvio
Portal B2B
Software OMS

Related terms

Web EDI (web EDI portal) — A web interface where a partner with no EDI system of its own can receive and send EDI documents from the browser.
ORDERS (EDI purchase order) — The EDIFACT message by which a buyer electronically transmits a purchase order to a supplier.
ASN / DESADV (Advance Shipping Notice) — EDI shipping notice sent before goods physically arrive at the retailer — describes pallet, batch, quantity.
INVOIC — The EDIFACT commercial invoice message — exchanged directly between supplier and customer (different from the fiscal e-Invoice).

Last updated: 2026-07-06