The purpose of the GetWorkShiftMaster is to enable a business application module to request information concerning a specific ITEM from another business application. The reply to this BOD is the ShowWorkShiftMaster. There are many possible business applications in several environments that may use this capability. For example, an MRP, Inventory, or Manufacturing business application could use this to request item information. Is where the information that the BOD message carries is provided, in this case GetWorkShiftMaster. The information consists of a Verb and one or more Nouns. The verb (Get) indicates the action to be performed on the Noun (WorkShiftMaster).