How Better Operational Visibility Helps Teams Reduce Firefighting Every EDI team knows the pattern: a chargeback shows up three weeks after the shipment, a trading partner calls asking where an invoice went, or a vendor scorecard drops and nobody can say exactly why. By the time the problem surfaces, it’s already cost money, and the … Read More →
Technical Acceptance vs. Business Accuracy: Why 997 Is Not the End of the Process A new EDI practitioner sends an 856, gets a 997 back, and breathes a sigh of relief. Transmission successful. Document received. Job done — right? Not even close. A 997 tells you almost nothing about whether your data was actually usable. … Read More →
GS1-128 / SSCC-18 Labels: Where EDI Meets the Warehouse Dock An EDI 856 can be perfectly mapped, transmit on time, and still cause a shipment to sit in receiving limbo — because the barcode on the carton doesn’t match the data in the transaction. That single point of failure, the label on the box, is … Read More →
What Is Epicor ERP? The Basics Every EDI Practitioner Should Know If you work in EDI long enough, you’ll eventually end up mapping transactions into or out of Epicor. It’s one of the most common ERPs sitting behind manufacturers and distributors, which means understanding how it’s structured — and where EDI actually plugs in — … Read More →