EDI 997 Monitoring (Lowe’s Requirements) The Trading Partner should monitor the receipt of the EDI 997 to reconcile them with their EDI transactions sent to Lowe’s. If the Trading Partner does not receive the EDI 997, this means Lowe’s did not receive the Trading Partner’s EDI transaction. When this occurs, the Trading Partner should track … Read More →
Lowe’s sending EDI 997 to Trading Partners EDI 997 is also used by Lowe’s to transmit acknowledgments to its trading partners to confirm receipt of all inbound EDI transactions. Lowe’s will return an EDI 997 Functional Acknowledgment to the Trading Partner within 15-minutes from receiving the EDI transaction from the Trading Partner. One 997 transaction will be transmitted to the Trading Partner … Read More →
997 Acknowledgement Reconciliation Most translators will automate the way 997s acknowledgements are handled. The process of sending 997s for incoming documents should be automated. Receiving 997s and reconciling them with the documents to which they are linked should be automated as well. A method must exist (e.g. e-mail notifications) to notify the EDI operations team of erroneous 997s. Not … Read More →
EDI 997 Functional Acknowledgement Mapping Guides 997 Functional Acknowledgement transaction is a response that confirms a file was received and could be properly read by the translator. 997 Functional Acknowledgement can also report on exactly what caused any errors on the original document. It can notify the sender whether the document was accepted or rejected. Functional Acknowledgements acknowledge receipt of … Read More →