We recently received notice that effective this month, all vendors trading with Target.com will be required to implement an EDI solution. The details of the change including concerns for specific EDI document numbers can be found below:

As we move away from the VCommerce (Channel Intelligence) solution, we require that all vendors implement an EDI solution to connect with Target.com.  This is the only way that you will be able to receive purchase orders, send inventory feeds, and send advance ship notifications.  Attached are new specifications.

Specific EDI Document Changes:

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Hi All,

For this installment of the Trading Partner Series we will be looking at Kroger and Kroger’s EDI requirements.  Kroger provides a public website that explains the requirements of Kroger in great detail. The website is appropriately called Kroger EDI. This site covers all of the stores that fall under the Kroger, Peyton’s and Fred Meyer Food Group including Quality Food Center, Food 4 Less, Fry’s and City Market.

On the left hand menu there is a link for mapping. This link will provide you with all of the Kroger implementation guides that your EDI provider will require to create the mapping that is needed for EDI integration. The great thing about our ePortal solution is that we only need to create the mappings once. After the mappings have been completed they are made available to all our customers. You will notice on the site that some of the documents are repeated and you will see UCS beside one of those repeated docs. The UCS denotes that this mapping schema is for grocery (produce, meat, etc). Make sure you choose the correct document for your situation.

Another great feature of the Kroger EDI site is the DUNS Listing. Kroger provides you with numerous spreadsheets with all of their DUNS codes for the ship-to and bill-to locations based on the documents that you are sending and receiving.

The final thing I will touch on in this edition of the Trading Partner Series is the EDI contact list for Kroger. We are constantly asked by customers and prospects who they should call at XYZ company in regards to the EDI. Kroger lays it out for you on thier site and even breaks the contacts down based on what you might be looking for. This is always a great site to have bookmarked if you deal with Kroger.

If there are any trading partners that you would like to see focused on feel free to leave a comment for me.

Cheers,

Jay

Account Manager – MS Dynamics GP and SL Integrations
1-800-775-6921 x269
jisaak@ebridgesoft.com
www.ebridgeconnections.com

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As per request here are the EDI guidelines for Winn-Dixie. For those of you how may not be familiar, Winn-Dixie is a grocery chain based out of Jacksonville, Florida. Winn-Dixie is a little different then most retailers and publish anything and everything that has to do with their EDI requirements. They post their implementation guides, testing process and all application forms on the vendor area of the Winn-Dixie site. Below is a listing of the documents that Winn-Dixie transacts via EDI.

EDI 210 Freight Invoice

EDI 810 Invoice

EDI 820 Remittance Advise

EDI 824 Application Advice

EDI 850 Purchase Order

EDI 852 Item Activity (Warehouse)

EDI 852 Item Activity (POS)

EDI 855 PO Acknowledgment

EDI 875 Purchase Order

EDI 880 Invoice

In order to be compliant with Winn-Dixie they do have a minimum requirement of the only the EDI 850 Purchase Order and the EDI 810 Invoice. The best place to start when investigating EDI for Winn-Dixie would be the Winn-Dixie EDI Policy document. This document explains everything you will need to know about transacting via EDI with Winn-Dixie even including at what times of the day they will be sending and receiving documents. For help integrating Winn-Dixie EDI or just becoming EDI complaint with Winn-Dixie head over to the EDI section of our site and learn how eBRIDGE Software can help you build a stronger relationship with Winn-Dixie and your other trading partners.

Thanks,
Jay

Account Manager – MS Dynamics GP and SL Integrations
1-800-775-6921 x269
jisaak@ebridgesoft.com
www.ebridgeconnections.com

EDI - Our Customers Trading Partner Series, General EDI, Integration, The ePortal Web-based Transaction Engine edi, electronic data integration, target, trading partner integration, trading partner series

Home Depot is one of the largest building supply chains in the world and by the list below they also have some large EDI requirements. If you go to Home Depot’s Supplier Center they list out all the EDI specifications and implementation guides to match Home Depot’s EDI requirements. Below I have listed the documents you may come across when trading with Home Depot:

EDI 204 – Load Tender
EDI 210 – Freight Invoice
EDI 214 – Shipment Status Invoice
EDI 315 – Ocean Shipment
EDI 810 – Invoice
EDI 812 – Debit / Credit Memo
EDI 816 – Store Listing
EDI 820 – Remittance Advice
EDI 850 – Purchase Order
EDI 852 – Point of Sale
EDI 856 – Advance Ship Notice
EDI 860 – Purchase Order Update
EDI 864 – Text Message
EDI 870 – Order Status Report
EDI 990 – Load tender Response
EDI 997 – Functional Acknowledgment

Looking at the list of documents the only ones on the list you may not understand and that have not been covered previously are the first 4: EDI 204 – Load Tender, EDI 210 – Freight Invoice, EDI 214 – Shipment Status Invoice and EDI 315 – Ocean Shipment. Odds are that you will not have to worry about these documents. These documents provide various details of shipments and are only exchanged between Home Depot and their Logistics partners.

When you formally sign with Home Depot, they will dictate which documents they would like to trade with you and you will need to communicate that information to your EDI provider and make sure it is a transaction set they have and support. This is a good time to explain the added value of eBRIDGE Software’s ePortal EDI Solution. Our Trading Partner Kits for ePortal provide you with all the documents that are required by a given trading partner. In the case of Home Depot, if they ask for only an 810 (Invoice) and 850 (Purchase Order) or they ask you for 10 different documents, the Home Depot Trading Partner Kit for ePortal will include them all.

For more information on our Home Depot Trading Partner kit or any other Trading Partner kit, feel free to leave a message here or contact me directly.

Thanks,
Jay

Account Manager – MS Dynamics GP and SL Integrations
1-800-775-6921 x269
jisaak@ebridgesoft.com
www.ebridgeconnections.com

EDI - Our Customers Trading Partner Series, General EDI, Integration, The ePortal Web-based Transaction Engine edi, electronic data integration, target, trading partner integration, trading partner series

If you manufacture or distribute consumer goods, then chances are you either deal with Target or you want to. And just like another other retail giant, Target prefers to use EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) to purchase goods from their vendors. Target’s EDI requirements are available by visiting Target’s Partners Online portal. This portal is used to communicate with partners and provide valuable information about the business. If you are going to be selling to Target, this is where you will find all the information you need to begin the process of setting up EDI with Target. Below is a list of the documents that are used most often with Target. This link will provide you a complete list of Target’s EDI documents along with the Target’s EDI Implementation Guides.

EDI 810 – Invoice

EDI 850 – Purchase order

EDI 855 – Purchase order acknowledgement

EDI 856 – Advance ship notice (ASN)

EDI 864 – Text message

EDI 875 – Grocery purchase order

EDI 880 – Grocery invoice

These documents are fairly straight forward and we have covered them in previous installments of this series so I am going to focus on something new this week – EDI communication methods. Target’s EDI specifications allow you to communicate with them via a two methods. They allow you to either communicate via AS2 (direct internet connection) or you have to go through a VAN network. Given the choice most companies will go done the route of AS2 communication. Most AS2 solutions will eliminate the transaction fees that a VAN network will bring to the table. There are some AS2 solutions out there that will still charge per document, fortunately eBRIDGE Software’s ePortal EDI Solution will allow you to connect to Target via AS2 or VAN without the kilo-character charges or transaction fees that may be associated with these methods. For more information on Target’s EDI requirements and our EDI solution for Target feel free to contact me with the information below.

Thanks,

Jay
Jay Isaak
MS Dynamics GP and SL Integrations
1-800-775-6921 x269
jisaak@ebridgesoft.com

EDI - Our Customers Trading Partner Series, EDI Translation, General EDI, Integration, The ePortal Web-based Transaction Engine edi, electronic data integration, target, trading partner integration, trading partner series