Programs & Requirements - EDI Manual - EDI Specifications
Getting Started - EDI Transaction Info
Software Providers - EDI - VMI
Contact Us Quick Reference
Step 1: Determine how your company will manage the movement data provided for the VMI program. Coordinate and complete all necessary application programming changes to support VMI in your organization. Implement the forecasting method chosen by your organization (purchased package, in-house written, 3rd party).
Step 2: Make certain you have our current EDI guidelines for the 852 Product Activity Data and the 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment. Have your EDI developer review the guidelines and contact our eBusiness Specialist Team with any questions. Have your EDI developer create the mapping in your system to translate the 852 and 855 based on our requirements.
Step 3: Contact our company Buyer to determine the product lines you will be managing. Request a UPC listing of the items as they are set up in our company Purchasing system to confirm there are no UPC errors.
Step 4: If required by your system, our company can provide distribution center specific history information via email. Contact our company buyer and request the history file. Provide an email address and contact person to whom the history file should be sent. Please allow two weeks to receive the history file.
Step 5: Load the history data we have provided into your Forecasting system.
Step 6: Contact our eBusiness Specialist Team to provide the necessary EDI setup information to begin receiving the 852 Product Activity Data and confirm the date you wish to begin receiving the data. Use this data to build on the history data you have already received.
Step 7: Once your buyer confirms they are ready you can send a test 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment. Transmit the test to our 'production' EDI ISA ID. Monitor your EDI data for the 997 Functional Acknowledgment (FA) sent by our company.
Step 8: If the 997 shows the EDI data was processed and accepted without errors, contact the Buyer for your account to determine the results of the test 855. If there is a reject code in the 997, refer to the appropriate segments in the 997 to determine the cause of the rejection. Contact our eBusiness Specialist Team if you have a question on the error.
Step 9: Once your 855 tests are accepted without EDI errors, contact the Buyer for the account to determine what errors, if any, exist. Your Buyer will advise you of the date to begin placing live orders for the products you are to manage if any other errors exist with your order(s).
Points to Remember
Display a sample 852 or 855.To download the file, right-click the link and choose Save Target As.