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Thanks for the info. Thanks, Mark Mark D. Walter Senior Programmer/Analyst CCX, Inc. mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.ccxinc.com "Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostaine@gmail. To com> Midrange Systems Technical Sent by: Discussion midrange-l-bounce <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> s@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject 12/29/2004 11:28 Re: Walmart EDI AM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midra nge.com> 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 > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > -- Art Tostaine (GMAIL) CCA, Inc. Jackson, NJ 08527 -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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