Deductions, Disputes, and Chargebacks: Where EDI Teams Can Reduce Real Financial Loss Retail deductions and chargebacks are often treated as finance problems. A retailer short-pays an invoice, issues a deduction, or applies a compliance penalty, and the finance team has to investigate, dispute, or write it off. But in many cases, the root cause starts … Read More →
Beyond 850, 856, and 810: The Overlooked EDI Transactions That Improve Inventory Visibility In retail, most EDI teams are very familiar with the core order-to-cash flow: the 850 Purchase Order, 856 Advance Ship Notice, and 810 Invoice. These transactions are essential, but they do not tell the full operational story. A purchase order confirms what … Read More →
Accepted by EDI, Rejected by Operations: Why Technical Success Does Not Guarantee Retail Execution In retail EDI, a document can be technically accepted and still fail the business process it was meant to support. This is one of the most common misunderstandings in supplier and retailer operations: if the EDI transmission is “clean,” the process must … Read More →
RFID and 2D Barcodes in Retail: What They Change for Labels, Master Data, and EDI Retail is moving beyond the era when a barcode only had to identify a product at checkout. GS1’s current 2D retail guidance is built around a broader shift: more capable barcodes can carry not only the GTIN, but also attributes … Read More →