The ABCs of EDI Support

Integrated EDI systems have a lot of moving parts. Each of the key areas involved in processing EDI have to do their part for the process to run smoothly. Let’s review the different components of an integrated EDI system and some of the typical issues we’ve seen and supported. At TRG, we provide a one-stop …

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TRG EDI Connector and Units of Measure

Feeding the correct units of measure for items on PO’s (or blankets) to your ERP system from EDI is extremely critical. Also, your customers/trading partners are going to be very picky about getting back the same unit of measure on return documents that they send on their PO’s. Before we talk about using the TRG …

True EDI Integration versus Basic EDI Mapping

We recently added 2 new EDI integration clients that compared our integrated EDI solution to other larger EDI providers that claim they have “ERP Integration”. Both of these companies did significant due diligence and quickly realized the difference between the true EDI integrated approach we offer and the advertised “EDI integration” which is really just …

With Planning Schedules, Sometimes Less Can Be More

A number of our clients receive 830 (X12) and DELFOR (EDIFACT) production schedules on a regular basis from their customers. The frequency of schedules is typically anywhere from daily to once/week for each PO/item/location combination. For some of our clients, this results in at least hundreds (sometimes thousands) of updates per day to their ERP …

Beyond Traditional EDI – Smart Companies Leveraging EDI Capabilities to Streamline Their Businesses

We’re currently involved in 3 projects leveraging EDI capabilities to streamline processes that are not typically handled via EDI: One of our clients is actively using EDI to process inter-company orders. They have multiple companies, some running different versions of the same ERP. They already use EDI with their customers and they had the foresight …

Utilizing the TRG EDI Connector Net Change Report

  If you are receiving 830 forecasts/schedules from your trading partners, you know how daunting it can be to figure out what has actually changed since the last time they sent you an update. If they are sending you updates multiple times per week (some send multiple times per day), it can be nearly impossible …

Bringing on New Trading Partners – What’s Involved in the Process

You’ve gone through the process and investment for setting up integrated EDI with your first trading partner. Now you have other customers requesting that you become EDI-compliant – should be nothing to it, right? Just a few mouse clicks and you’re done, right? All EDI is the same, isn’t it? My answer, being from Wisconsin, …

WorkWise ERP EDI Integration – Part 2 – Customer Outbound Transactions

The WorkWise ERP EDI Module supports the following outbound customer EDI transactions as part of the ERP software: Advanced Ship Notices (X12 856/EDIFACT DESADV) Invoices (X12 810/EDIFACT INVOIC) The TRG EDI Connector extends the WorkWise ERP EDI functionality by also offering the following transactions with no customization required to the WorkWise ERP: Purchase Order Acknowledgement …

EDI Integration without an ERP System – A Cool Solution to Manage Volumes of EDI Data

We recently completed an EDI integration project using our TRG EDI Connector software which normally wouldn’t be a big deal as we do many implementations each year. This one was different, however, as the client didn’t have a backend ERP system for us to work our integration magic. The big problem for our client, as …

WorkWise ERP EDI Integration – Part 1 – Inbound Customer Transactions

WorkWise ERP EDI supports integrated EDI transactions with your customers. While supplier EDI is not currently supported in WorkWise ERP, TRG has implemented outbound supplier PO’s (850 transactions) in the past without modification to WorkWise ERP, but there is no standard supplier EDI functionality. The WorkWise ERP EDI module is an optional module that must …