Overview

With an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) set up, we can securely exchange business documents such as purchase orders and invoices in a common format.

Our Buyers can generate orders and transmit them via the EDI provider to our suppliers. This helps to reduce lead times, eliminates keying errors, and speeds up payments.

To set up EDI you will need to pay a software provider to set up and administer EDI for you. Any software provider can provide training and ongoing support from their Client Service Helpdesk. If you have any further queries about how EDI will work for you, please ask your proposed EDI supplier.

This process usually takes around 40 days from start to finish so please allow this time ahead of implementing any trading plans.

Actions

1. Please relay our required transmission standards to your proposed EDI supplier

   
   

   
   

   
   

   TRADACOMS: UK version - 

   the standards or formats we currently use for all TRADACOMS are:

   • Orders Version 8 or 9
   • Invoices Version 8 or 9
   • Order Acknowledgment Version 4

   
   

   
   

   EANCOM: UK and Worldwide - the standards we currently use for all EANCOM are:

   • D96A
2. Once you have set up with your EDI software provider, please complete the EDI setup form linked below
3. Submit a help request to complete the setup, attaching the completed EDI setup form in PDF format
4. If your EDI provider is completing this form, please also include an email address for the provider and ensure someone from your operation is included in all correspondence
5. for AS2 connections, please use the attached certificate and complete the template
   

   Note: You must include the connection type and the correct 6 digit supplier number.

 EDI Setup Form AS2 template 

Submit a help request