EDI Initiative Century 21 Department Store’s Vendor Program
EDI Initiative is one of Century 21 Department Store’s core values. EDI Initiative Century 21 is aimed to increasing operations and constant grow. All vendors need to contact the EDI office in regards to EDI Initiative and their EDI capabilities. Before a vendor is considered EDI compliant, the vendor must be approved by EDI Initiative Century 21 based upon testing of the interconnection and processing of the EDI documents.
Century 21 utilizes the below documents:
- 850 Outbound Purchase Order
- 852 Sales Data (provided upon approval of buyer)
- 856 Advanced Ship Notice (ASN)
- 810 Invoice
- 997 for both inbound and outbound documents
Century 21 uses GXS catalog for retrieval of UPC and style information.
EDI 850 Purchase Order
- All terms as presented in the purchase order terms of the Vendor Standards Manual apply to electronic (850) purchase orders
- Once a vendor is EDI compliant for purchase orders, phone orders, paper orders or worksheets will not be accepted
- Changes in purchase orders must be agreed upon by the merchant and the vendor. Once agreed, the purchase order will be re-transmitted with the changes.
EDI 856 Advanced Ship Notice (ASN)
- The ASN must be transmitted and successfully received into the C21 system prior to receiving shipment authorization and arrival of goods.
- C21 will retrieve ASNs every thirty minutes, but vendors should allow an acceptable amount of processing time
- C21 can only accept One Purchase Order per unique ASN shipment identification
- Any late or missing ASNS will be tracked as part of our Vendor Quality Management as outlined in the Vendor Standards Manual
- Paper packing slips are not required for EDI compliant vendors.
GS1 128 Labels (UCC1228)
- The label must be attached to the carton as outlined in the carton labeling requirements outlined in the Vendor Standards Manual
- Please contact the merchant or the EDI Team to retrieve the division name that should be included in Zone E on the carton format
- Labels that cannot be scanned will be tracked in our Vendor Quality Management program
EDI 852 Sales
Is only granted with approval of the merchant.