Inventory Visibility: Why “Available” Does Not Always Mean Accurate A sales rep confirms an order because the system shows 500 units on hand. A retailer’s replenishment engine places an automatic reorder based on the same number. An EDI team transmits an ASN confirming full shipment. And somewhere in a warehouse, the actual count is 340 … Read More →
Common ASN Errors That Lead to Chargebacks or Manual Receiving An Advance Ship Notice exists to let a receiving system do its job automatically — match a shipment to a purchase order, scan a label, and post the receipt without anyone touching a keyboard. When an 856 is missing a field, or that field doesn’t … Read More →
Record Port Volumes and a Compressed Peak Season: What It Means for EDI Throughput According to the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates’ Global Port Tracker, container import volumes at major U.S. ports were forecast to hit 2.47 million TEUs in July 2026 — surpassing the previous all-time monthly record set in May 2022. Retailers … Read More →
Transportation EDI Beyond ASN: 204, 990, 214, 210 in Logistics Workflows When most people hear “EDI” in a retail supply chain context, they think of the 856 Advance Ship Notice. But the ASN only tells a receiver what’s coming — it doesn’t cover how a shipment gets booked with a carrier, confirmed, tracked in transit, … Read More →