Fred Meyer has announced a new qualifier to be added to their purchase orders, effective June 18, 2019. Fred Meyer’s EDI system currently transmits the cancel date (001), delivery requested date (002), and requested ship date (010) qualifiers for the DTM segments in their EDI 850 transactions. On June 18, they will add a fourth

When you’re in charge of a business, it’s always important to reliably exchange documents with other organizations. There are a variety of ways to go about doing this. For example, as your business grows, you might start to hear about something called EDI. Perhaps one of your trading partners needs you to set up EDI

3M has announced important changes to their 850 and 860 EDI documents. These changes will impact the N1 loops and will go into effect on March 14, 2019. If your company exchanges EDI documents with 3M, it’s important to keep this date in mind and know if you need to take action. 3M has provided

Amazon has announced a new Purchase Order EDI update for their “Purchasing Entity” Name which will take effect on March 1, 2019. This update applies to all new and existing purchase orders and packing slips found under “Orders” in Vendor Central. All legacy purchasing entity Names will be updated to Amazon.com Services, Inc. The relevant

The Business Need The Allen Company is an American manufacturer of hunting and fishing equipment. They had a unique situation on their hands. Allen’s customer was unable to send EDI purchase orders (850). However, they required Allen to return an EDI invoice (810) to them. Allen turned to Data Communication Solutions (DCS) to find the

For decades, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has helped the supply chain, manufacturing and distribution keep the industry moving products that are distributed to the mass market by retailers such as Target, Amazon, Walmart, Lowes, and more. EDI, with its global connectivity capabilities, extends a company’s reach to a broader network of trading partners throughout the

Amazon has announced the opening of a new fulfillment center in Mexico on April 15, 2018. If you do business with Amazon, it’s important to consider how this will affect your deliveries. The address of the fulfillment center is: Servicios Comerciales Amazon Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. Prologis Park Grande Libramiento Norte No. 87

Re-use the GTIN, GDSN, and 128 Changes Made for Walmart and Others Margins are thin and competition is fierce in the food service industry. Consumer demands for transparency and product information are stronger. Cutting waste by enhancing efficiencies and improving food safety is top of mind for those in the industry. The food service supply

Amazon has announced that it will be merging three related chargebacks. This will help simplify Amazon’s purchase order fulfillment compliance structure. The new chargeback is called PO On-Time Accuracy. Effective September 1, 2017, it will consolidate the PO On-Time Non-Compliance, Excessive Backorder, and Unfilled by Cancel Date chargebacks. If you work with Amazon, what does

EDI compliance is the ability to send and receive EDI documents in the way that your trading partner requires. Each document must be exchanged with each partner in exactly the format they specify and following all of their business data rules. Maps are required to translate the EDI documents from the trading partner’s format into