Home Depot Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Implementation Basics
Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer globally, boasting around 475,000 dedicated associates with over 2,300 stores across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Let’s take a deep look at EDI implementation guidelines for Home Depot business partners.
Home Depot EDI Transactions Retail
Home Depot has separate EDI Implementation Guides and mapping specs for their import vendors. They also have a separate set of EDI implementation guides and mapping specs for their Canadian Vendors.
The following is a list of EDI Transactions currently used by Home Depot for their merchandise suppliers:
- 850 Purchase Order
- 860 Change Order
- 870 Order Status (HomeDepot.com vendors)
- 810 Invoice
- 856 Advanced Ship Notice Manifest
- 820 Payment Order Remittance Advice
- 852 Product Activity Data
- 812 Credit Debit Adjustment
- 816 Organizational Relationships
- 753 Request for Routing Instructions
- 754 Routing Instructions
- 864 Text Message
- 997 Functional Acknowledgment
For the most important transactions, we have created additional information pages where you can learn more about that specific transaction.
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Home Depot EDI Transactions Logistics
Home Depot also has a very robust EDI program for its freight and logistics suppliers. The following is a list of transactions for Home Depot Logistics:
- 204 Motor Carrier Load Tender
- 210 Motor Carrier Freight Details and Invoice
- 214 Transportation Carrier Shipment Status Message
- 990 Response to a Load Tender
- 315 Shipment Status Details (Ocean)
- 350 Customs Status Information
Self-Service Testing With Home Depot
For many years now, Home Depot has had a self-service EDI testing module known as Commerce Desktop. The retailer has done an excellent job putting in place checklists and tasks for vendors to complete before they can be migrated into production.
There are around 60 tasks ranging from simply downloading an EDI implementation guide to testing various scenarios of the Advanced Ship Notice transaction. The type of tasks depends on the type of Home Depot vendor you are (e.g., Home Depot Canada or Home Depot Logistics).
Users can download sample Home Depot 850 EDI Purchase Orders and upload Home Depot 810 Invoices and Home Depot 856 Advanced Ship Notices. The self-service online translator powered by Edifecs processes the files and checks for syntax errors. It also checks the raw data to ensure the mapping matches the Home Depot EDI mapping specs. Once the vendor completes all 60 tasks, they get notified that they are put into production.
Below is a screenshot of some of these tasks required by Home Depot EDI team:
Benefits of Home Depot Commerce Desktop self-service testing:
- Instant feedback. When you upload an EDI test file, you instantly get back results. If there are translation errors, you can download a report to fix the errors and try uploading again.
- Saves time for both the retailer and the vendor without the need to re-transmit test transactions throughout the test cycle. Users can download sample test data and upload sample test data as needed.
- Clarity in what needs to be done and what’s left. There are about 60 tasks, and as the user progresses through them – there is a status indicating if the task has started or not.
- No testing fees. Some retailers outsource testing to SPS Commerce or GXS to do the exact same thing. However, Home Depot, fortunately, doesn’t charge for such mindless testing fees.
- Users can add issues and notes to EDI tasks if risks are associated. See the screenshot below.
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