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850 Order

The X12 850 is a Purchase Order transaction is used to place an order for goods or services.
The X12 850 is an electronic version of a paper Purchase Order document.

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check Item, prices and quantities ordered
check Shipping details
check Payment terms
check Discounts
810 Invoice

The X12 810 Invoice transaction is the electronic version of the paper-based invoice document.
It is typically sent in response to an X12 850 Purchase Order as a request for payment once the goods have shipped or services are provided.

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check Invoice details such as invoice number and date
check Shipping details
check Payment terms
check Item information including prices and quantities
check Discounts
856 Advanced Shipping Notice

The X12 856 transaction is more commonly called the EDI Advance Ship Notice or EDI ASN.
It is utilized to electronically communicate the contents of a shipment to another trading partner. It is sent in advance of a shipment arriving at the other trading partner’s facility.

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check Shipment level information (tracking numbers and carrier information)
check Order level information (purchase order numbers)
check Item level information (items and quantities)
check Pack level information (barcodes printed on each carton)
855 Order Confirmation

The X12 855 transaction is an Order Confirmation.
It is used by sellers to confirm the receipt of a purchase order from a buyer, eliminating the need to call or fax a confirmation.
The 855 also communicates whether the PO was accepted or rejected, or what changes may have been made to accepted orders by the seller.

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check Accepted
check Rejected
check Accepted with Changes (All line items/several lines)
865 Purchase Order Change

The X12 865 transaction is a Purchase Order Change Request/Acknowledgement. Sellers of goods and services transmit 865 documents as their willingness to communicate the acceptance or rejection of purchase order changes previously submitted by the buyer.

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check Item, prices and quantities ordered
check Shipping details
check Payment terms
check Discounts

ERP Integration

Get the maximum benefit from your EDI documents.

check End to End Solution
check Price Checks (Reduce claims)
check Eliminate Manual Capturing
check Increased Productivity
check Seamless Integration
check Advanced Reporting

What Our Clients Say?

We strive to create long-term, enduring relationships with our clients.
We understand that you only get there by providing top class service and support.

Halewood
Lionel

Sales Director

The EDI system takes alot of pressure off our admin team!
This has left us with spare capacity to focus on other areas.

Astral
Chris V

Chief Technology Officer

We have been using their EDI system for many years now.
Orders get downloaded straight into our ERP. Makes things alot easier!

Acdoco
Jason F

Sales Director

The IFM team provide us with valuable EDI services. Their custom add-ons have allowed us to do things with our ERP that we thought was not possible!

 

Frequently Asked Questions FAQ

EDI stands for electronic data interchange. EDI means the electronic exchange of business documents, such as orders, delivery slips and invoices.

A value-added network (VAN) is a private, hosted service that provides companies with a secure way to send and share data with its counterparties.
Value-added networks are a common way to facilitate electronic data interchange (EDI) between companies.

AS2 is a method of connecting to an organization's computer system, delivering the EDI document(s), validating the document for the correct sender and receiver and providing a receipt to the sending party that the EDI document was received.

Setup time will largely depend on the EDI trading partner and whether or not we are talking about ERP integration.
A simple EDI setup can take a day or two with a more involved project taking up to two or three weeks.

Costs will depend on the number of EDI trading partners, the number of transactions and whether or not we are talking about ERP integration.
Please call us for a no-obligation, free consultation.

The answer in most cases is "yes" but this will depend on whether or not your ERP system has an API or SDK available.
If it does not, then we would look at integrating directly to the database.

You are free to continue operating as you have always done but we are pretty sure that the benefits of automation outweigh the costs.
Empower some or all of your order department by allowing them to focus on non-manual tasks such as customer service, marketing, sales or other backoffice functions.
Automation should also help speed things up, assist with automatic price checks and reduce the number of errors taking place.