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EDI 101
Document Flow Process
In a conventional supply chain,
your customers place orders with you, you ship your merchandise
then you bill your customers for that which you just shipped.
In an e-commerce environment, this process is managed using
electronic documents instead of paper. For example…
Purchase Orders & P.O. Changes
Your customers will send Purchase
Orders to you electronically, and will stop sending them via
Fax or postal mail. In traditional EDI, these documents are
referred to as 850s. Once you receive these
P.O.s, you then either A) print your Purchase
Orders and have someone at your company type them into your
accounting or order management system, or B)
you download data files that can be automatically integrated
into these systems.
When your customers make changes to P.O.s, you’ll receive
these changes electronically via Purchase Order Changes, also
known as 860s.
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