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

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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

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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

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Hi All,

I thought it would be great idea to start a Buyer’s guide for Sage Software users. We often get into opportunities with customers with various levels of EDI related knowledge, some know EDI inside and out, can write Maps or some have no idea what EDI is.

Let’s start with the basics what is EDI ?

EDI stands for Electronic Data Interchange, which is just a set of standards for Computer-to-Computer exchange of information either within an organization or another group like a major retail chain store. Think of the old way of doing purchasing, someone types out a Purchase Order and drives 3 miles away to drop of the order, that company then manually types the same document into the system and the order gets fulfilled somehow. EDI automates some of that functionality and removes the double entry and more importantly prevents errors to a certain degree. I’ll go into that in more detail later on as with EDI there are Web-Form EDI solutios that have a manual element to them.

How is an EDI document such as a Purchase Order (850) sent electronically? There are a number of ways to do that and the eBridge platform can support these functions easily for you. An EDI document can go via FTP, Modem, eMail, HTTP, AS1, AS2 etc.

An EDI Document usually has just the same amount of information a standard paper version has, the main difference is taking that data and getting it into the right system electronically either with printing out the EDI document received in a Web-Forms solution or integrating the systems together with an eBridge Software solution.

For more information on EDI check out Wikipedia’s link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Data_Interchange

It’s a great resource for finding out about a how the data flows and such.

Wayne Thompson
Account Manager- Sage Software Products

Direct: 905-635-3309
Tel: 905-631-8333 ext. 247
Fax: 416-946-1805

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Costco Wholesale is a chain of retail warehouses that operate internationally with 53 million members spread across 5 million businesses. In order to open up your products to Costco’s clientele you will need to meet the Costco’s EDI requirements:

810 Invoice
820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice
824 Application Advice
850 Purchase Order
860 Purchase Order Change/Cancel
864 Text Message
875 Grocery Purchase Order
880 Grocery Invoice
997 Acknowledgment Document

Here is some info on a few of the EDI documents that are new to the series. An EDI 820 document advises the payee of the details of the payment including any adjustments that have been made. The EDI 860 informs the vendor of any changes / cancellations that need to be made a purchase order by the customer. The EDI 875 is a purchase order for grocery products and the 880 is the accompanying invoice.

eBRIDGE Software has successfully supplied both integrated and non integrated EDI solutions for both Costco Wholesale and Costco Wholesale Canada. We have helped many small and medium sized businesses become EDI compliant. If you are looking for an EDI solution for Costco then give us a call. We can help you out by providing you with 15 years of knowledge and experience when it comes to EDI and how it actually reduces costs and increases productivity and sales!

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

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Bed Bath and Beyond was started back in 1971. BBB focuses on selling domestic merchandise and home furnishings. With over 800 stores BBB has quite a large footprint in the retail market. Below are the documents that BBB trades with their vendors via EDI. For information on their implementation guides you can go to the Bed Bath and Beyond Vendor Support Site.

850 – Purchase Order
816 – Organizational Relationships
860 - Purchase Order Change
864 – Text Message
810 – Invoice
856 – Advance Ship Notice
UCC 128 Shipping Label

The two documents above that have not been covered in the previous editions of the trading partner series are the 816 and 864. The 816 (organizational relationships) provides the address of all the locations that you may need to bill or ship to along with the code that both BBB and you will use to reference these locations on a PO, invoice or ASN. The 864 is a text message. This document will provide you just basic information about the stores like the holidays they are closed.

eBRIDGE Software has helped many client become EDI compliant with Bed Bath and Beyond. We have mapped and tested against their EDI specs to ensure that all situations are covered. If you are currently dealing with Bed Bath and Beyond and looking for an EDI solution (web forms or integrated) then give us a call and we can explain eBRIDGE Software’s EDI solution for Bed Bath and Beyond.

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

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GHX was created in 2000. Their goal is to standardize the way that the heath care industry transacts by managing the transactions and data format for all their partners. A single connection to GHX gives you the ability to send electronic documents to over 3,600 hospitals and suppliers. GHX requires the following base EDI transactions if you are a supplier that is joining GHX.

850 - Purchase order

855 - Purchase order acknowledgment

856 - Advance ship notice

810 - Invoice

With GHX, you will go through an extensive testing process where they will validate several best and worst case scenarios. This testing process is a little more thorough than most trading partners, but the benefit is that you will not have to retest any documents when adding a new partner that connects to GHX.

If you are looking for a solution that has been tested and proven on the GHX network then give me a call or head to the eBRIDGE website to see eBRIDGE Software’s EDI solutions for GHX and many other trading partners.

Thanks,
Jay Isaak
Sales Rep – MS Dynamics GP and SL Integrations
1-800-775-6921 x269
jisaak@ebridgesoft.com

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