EDI Order Consolidation by the Retailer (Use Case) A retailer creates a purchase order that consolidates several products that would normally be transmitted on separate purchase orders. The resulting purchase order sent to the brand owner may contain products from different department numbers, class numbers, or other divisions within the retailer’s and brand owner’s systems. The … Read More →
EDI Order Consolidation Mapping Guides In the previous post, we have described a practical scenario of an EDI Order Consolidation given by GS1. Find below some mapping guidelines. 1 ST*856*0001 2 BSN*00*GlobalShpmentIdNo*21080819*2120*0003 3 HL*1**S 4 TD1**1****G*20.00*LB 5 TD5**2*UPSN*U*UPS*CC 6 REF*BM*BOLIdNo 7 MAN*SM*ShpmentIdNo 8 DTM*011*20181114*2120 9 N1*BY*CompanyName*UL*GobalLocationNumber 10 N2*AltName1*AltName2 11 N3*Addess1*Address2 12 N4*CityName*ST*C*C****Postal-Code 13 N1*BY*CompanyName*UL*GobalLocationNumber 14 … Read More →
EDI Order Consolidation by the Brand Owner There are several business scenarios where order consolidation can be used by the brand owner. The following is just one example presented by GS1. A brand owner has received two or more purchase orders from a retailer. The products contained in those orders are in different department or … Read More →
EDI Trading Partners Considerations Before Starting Digital Partnership As business partners discuss implementation of order consolidation, the following points should be considered (as recommended by GS1). For the Brand Owner The brand owner and retailer should, as trading partners, agree that the combination of products that would normally be in separate cartons can be combined … Read More →