Retail Industry
If we had to name one single industry that has contributed most to the widespread adoption of EDI, it would probably be the retail industry. A retailer's decision to embrace EDI meant that the retailer's suppliers needed to embrace EDI as well if they wanted to keep the retailer's business. Considering that the vast majority of large retailers have an EDI purchasing system in place, affecting thousands upon thousands of suppliers, it's easy to see the impact the retail industry has had on EDI across all facets of business.
Softshare has had many clients come to us with the need for retail EDI software to satisfy one or two important retail customers, but with neither the budgets nor the expertise to implement full-scale EDI solutions across their operations. For these clients, we are able to provide low-cost, easy-to-use Web and desktop EDI solutions. Of course, we also offer more sophisticated enterprise integration solutions for those suppliers that do require full-scale EDI solutions.
Many retailers use the VICS (Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standard) subset of the ANSI X12 standard, which are EDI transaction guidelines that have been defined specifically for use in the retail industry. Some of the common EDI transactions customized by VICS and exchanged by Softshare's clients within the retail industry are listed next. Your retail trading partner may only require some of the transactions listed here or may require additional ones.
| ANSI X12 Standard |
UN/EDIFACT Standard |
| 810 invoice |
INVOIC invoice |
| 816 organizational relationships |
N/A |
| 820 payment order/remittance advice |
PAYORD payment order |
| REMADV remittance advice |
| 824 application advice |
BANSTA banking status |
| 830 planning schedule with release capability |
DELFOR delivery schedule |
| 832 price/sales catalog |
PRICAT price/sales catalog |
| 846 inventory inquiry/advice |
INVINQ inventory inquiry/advice |
| 850 purchase order |
ORDERS purchase order |
| 852 product activity data |
INVRPT inventory report |
| 855 purchase order acknowledgment |
ORDRSP purchase order response |
| 865 purchase order change acknowledgment/request |
| 864 text message |
N/A |
| 856 ship notice/manifest |
DESADV despatch advice |
| PRODEX product exchange reconciliation |
| 860 purchase order change request |
ORDCHG purchase order change request |
Using Softshare's EDI software applications and network services , you can connect with any retail trading partner, even those requesting secure EDIINT AS2 document exchange. A sampling of the retail trading partners that Softshare's clients exchange EDI documents with is provided next.
- ACE Hardware
- Amazon.com
- Best Buy
- Best Buy Canada
- Big 5 Sporting Goods
- Burlington Coat Factory
- Circuit City
- Federated Department Stores
- Gottschalks
- Hallmark
- Home Depot
- Hudson's Bay Co.
- JCPenney
- Kmart
- Musicland
- Neiman Marcus
- OfficeMax
- PETsMART
- Sears
- Sears Canada
- Target
- Toys"R"Us
- Walgreens
- Zellers
If you don't see your retail trading partner here, look for them in our complete trading partner list or contact us.
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