Oh My Goodness.....
A buyer that is taking in to consideration the impact on their
suppliers......proactively.
Hath hell frozen over ?
:-)
Thank you Jayne....
A. Raia
Previously Burned Supplier
Jayne Gillette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear
Group:
Due to the upcoming implementation (next summer) of a new merchandising
system, we are reviewing the current format of our 850s and 860s (as well as
several other EDI documents) to determine where changes are needed.
Under the current system, we issue purchase orders with a unique PO number for
each ship-to location (i.e., 1 PO number = 1 ship-to location). In the new
world, the same purchase order number could be used for multiple ship-to
locations.
We know we could change our 850 / 860 EDI format to utilize the SDQ format
like this:
BEG segment: PO #12345
LIN segment: Item #ABC, Total Quantity 4000
SDQ segment: Ship-to Location 1, quantity 2000; Ship-to Location 2, quantity
1500; Ship-to Location 3, quantity 500
...but, we are hoping to minimize the impact to our EDI trading partners as
much as possible, so as not to jeopardize the go-live date for the new
merchandising system.
Since we do not currently issue SDQ-format 850s and 860s, we are considering
sending the documents in the same EDI format we send today, which for the same
order described above would look like this:
850 TRANSACTION #1:
-------------------------------------------------
BEG segment: PO #12345
N1 segment: Ship-to Location 1
LIN segment: Item #ABC, Quantity 2000
850 TRANSACTION #2:
-------------------------------------------------
BEG segment: PO #12345 (same PO number as transaction #1)
N1 segment: Ship-to Location 2
LIN segment: Item #ABC, Quantity 1500
850 TRANSACTION #3:
-------------------------------------------------
BEG segment: PO #12345 (same PO number as transactions #1 and #2)
N1 segment: Ship-to Location 3
LIN segment: Item #ABC, Quantity 500
The EDI format is the same as what we send today, but the difference is the
same purchase order number could now appear in multiple 850s / 860s, for
individual ship-to locations.
We are being told we really can't consider doing this because manufacturers
can't process "duplicate" PO numbers such as that described above. Based on
your experience / knowledge, is it true that "duplicate" PO numbers like this
will cause major problems in manufacturers' order entry / shipping / invoicing
/ etc. systems?
As always, thanks for all your help and advice!
Jayne
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