Question: Hi Roger, my retailer wants me to add Advance Ship Notices and GS1-128 barcode labels to our EDI process. Are there any advantages in doing this for our firm? Or is this all just for the retailer's benefit? Answer: It is a common misconception that the addition of the... read more →
Apr
10
Mar
22
Question: Hi Louisa, I have just landed a contract to supply Walmart (woohoo!) but they want me to do EDI by using something called AS2. Do you know what AS2 is? Answer: Hi Jim, thanks for the question. Yes, AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) is a specification intended to ensure the... read more →
Feb
26
Question: Hi Louisa, I work in the Healthcare Industry and have been recently asked by one of our trading partners if we can handle the EDI 837 and EDI 835 Transaction Sets. Do you know what these are? Answer: Hi Stephanie, thanks for your question. I will answer separately on... read more →
Feb
05
Question: Hi Louisa, our customer (a large store retailer) wants us to do something called VMI and the EDI 852 document. Do you know what these mean? Answer: Hi Todd, thanks for your question. Vendor-Managed inventory (VMI) is a business model in which the buyer of a product provides certain... read more →
Jan
31
Question: Hi Roger, we recently got a contract to supply an organization in Germany which will require EDI. This would normally be no problem to us as we have been doing EDI with our North American trading partners for over four years; however, our new German contract requires us to... read more →
Jan
10
Question: Hi Louisa, I work for an automotive supplier and one of our customers recently stated that they wanted to start sending us an EDI 830 document. Would you be able to explain more about what an EDI 830 is and its purpose? Answer: An EDI 830 (DELFOR in EDIFACT)... read more →
Dec
27
In 2010, GS1 UK commissioned Professor Richard Wilding of the Cranfield School of Business Management to carry out a report on EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) with regard to the UK retail sector. Professor Wilding and his team performed exhaustive research and highlighted in great detail all the advantages that are... read more →