ASN
Warehousing & 3PLAdvance Shipping Notice
An electronic message telling the receiving warehouse what is on the way before it arrives.
In practice
Lists the SKUs, quantities, cartons, and pallet IDs, often with barcodes. Lets the warehouse book a dock slot and receive by scanning rather than counting. Usually sent by EDI from the supplier's or forwarder's system.
Seen in the wild
ASN sent for tomorrow's delivery: 12 pallets, 8 SKUs, 480 cartons.