Automated system for handling a large volume of EDI ANSI x12 standard transactions between trading partners in a fully automated system. Receive and send various documents such as purchase order (850), invoice (810), advance shipping notice (856), order acknowledgement (855), order inquiry (869), order report (870).
| Feature | Benefit |
| Standards Based | The EDI module was specifically designed for use with the established ANSI X12 standard used by hundreds of thousands of companies in every industry. Comprehensive support for all commonly used transaction sets such as 810, 850, 855, 856, 869, 870 is included, new transaction sets can be added easily. |
| Automated Unattended Operation | System is designed to operate complete unattended receiving new documents, applying user defined business rules which can be configured per trading partner, per document type and creating new transactions automatically. Transactions to be sent to trading partners can be marked individually or in groups as "Ready To Send" and the rest occurs automatically. |
| Designed To Large Volume of Transactions | System was designed to handle the processing of thousands of transactions in a matter of minutes. Sophisticated validation rules allow transactions with exceptions to be imported and automatically routed for review without interrupting normal processing flow. |
| Receive Purchase Orders From Customers | Purchase Orders (ANSI 850) from customers can be imported into the system based on user defined rules. Rules can determine many order related defaults such as how orders are routed, inventory sites, shipping methods, price checking, transaction status, item description, notes, unknown part numbers, etc. |
| Send Invoices To Customers | Invoice (ANSI 810) to a customer can be generated simply by indicating that all customer invoices should be sent by EDI or by marking individual invoices as "Ready To Send". |
| Send Advance Shipping Notice | Advance Shipping Notice (ANSI 856) can be generated when required by trading partner to notify when goods have been shipped. The ASN can detail information about the shipment such as the cartons contained and the items and quantities in each carton. Carton information can include a unique carton number for which a matching UCC-128 bar code label can be generated. This capability is essential when dealing with large retail organizations. |
| Send Order Acknowledgement To Customer | Order Acknowledge (ANSI 855) can be generated from a sales order to notify the customer that goods will be shipped and the date when shipment will occur. |
| Receive Order Inquiry From Customer and Send Order Report | Customers can send in Order Inquiry (ANSI 869) to check on status of specific items on an order or an entire order. The system will automatically respond with an Order Report (ANSI 870) providing this information to the customer without requiring any human intervention. |
| Send Purchase Order To Vendor | Purchase orders (ANSI 850) can be created in the purchasing system either manually, automatically from sales orders, or automatically based on inventory levels. If the vendor is setup as an EDI vendor the purchase order will be automatically marked as "Ready To Send" and will be send electronically at the next scheduled transmission time. |
| Receive Invoice From Vendor | Invoice (ANSI 810) can be received from vendors and automatically matched up to a purchase order. Advanced validation rules process the invoice and if necessary route it to an exception list if rules are violated, such as duplicate invoicing. |
| Customizable | EDI module is designed to be easily extensible to handle complex business rules and new types of transactions. |
| Real-Time Integration | Seamless real-time integration with Inventory, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Sales Order, and Purchase Order. |