The Advance Ship Notice (ASN) is a record, by carton, of the goods leaving your facility. The ASN must be sent via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) immediately following the goods leaving your facility to ensure timely and accurate shipment information. The ASN, coupled with bar-coded carton labels, allow both you and L.L.Bean to know precisely what is in each carton prior to, during and after the arrival of the shipment to our facility.
To process incoming shipments most efficiently, we request our vendors send ASN's via EDI. If you do not currently use EDI, please contact the L.L.Bean Packaging Department.