Re: Walmart EDI -- MIDRANGE-L

I think PATownsends software is a "wrapper" for the Isoft stuff.  IT's
all as/400 based though.  No Pc's.

Art


On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:26:36 -0600, Tom Hightower <tomh5480@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jeffrey Lee said the following on 12/28/2004 6:17 PM:
> > Has anyone set up EDI with Wal-Mart? If so could you please let me know
> > of any quirks or things that might make this a difficult project? Also
> > if it is possible to get an example invoice or something along those
> > lines it would be helpful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
> >
> 
> <WALMART RANT ON>
> One thing that'll make this more difficult than it needs to be:
> Wal*Mart.  To use cliches: They're the 800-pound gorilla; what they say
> goes; it's their way or no way.  To trade with them via EDI, YOU have to
> meet THEIR requirements, there is no vice-versa.  If they decide to
> change their way of doing things (which they have done in the past),
> you'll have to accomodate them; if you change your way of doing things,
> they will NOT change to accomodate you.
> <WALMART RANT OFF>
> 
> We've used ExTol software to create the EDI documents. The we FTP the
> EDI documents file to an external AS2 server, which then does the actual
> document transfers with Wal*Mart.  Wal*Mart sends 997's back to our
> AS2Server, which FTP's it back to the 400. I have an hourly job which
> scans for any pending inbound transactions (PO's, 997's, that sort of
> thing), and runs ExTol batch programs to process them. My experience is
> that ExTol tech support is excellent.
> 
> A couple of years ago, Wal*Mart gave us the AS2 software to install on a
> server, with enough licenses to work with Wal*Mart and the software
> developers. The AS2 software was written and supported by a Dallas-based
> company called iSoft. We've since purchased additional iSoft licenses so
> we could trade with other partners via AS2. The iSoft folks were quite
> helpful in getting it working properly (as long as you don't tell the
> first-level tech your running it on Win2K, that is).
> 
> Here's a sample invoice:
> 
> ST*810*000000001~
> BIG*20041224*001218348~
> REF*IA*123456789~
> N1*SF*OUR·COMPANY·-·AUSTIN~
> N1*ST*WAL-MART·#290*UL*0078742002835~
> N3*VENDOR·#468223*P.O.·BOX·215~
> N4*GONZALES*TX*78629~
> ITD*05*3****20050123*30~
> DTM*011*20050123~
> FOB*PP~
> IT1**60*EA*.67**UI*04127197107~
> PID*F****7#·CTL~
> TDS*4020~
> ISS*60*EA~
> CTT*1~
> SE*16*000000001~
> 
> Good Luck
> 
> Tom
> 
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