NCHICA 13th Annual Conference & Exhibition

"NCHICA’s 13th Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held September 23-26, 2007 at the beautiful Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Asheville, NC. The NCHICA Annual Conference provides attendees with an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest developments and best practices in healthcare IT, network with peers, and visit with exhibitors from leading healthcare companies. The theme of this year’s conference is Cultures in Transition: Healthcare Consumers, Providers & Payers, and the agenda is packed with over 40 speakers and 28 breakout sessions on clinical, compliance and technology topics. The Opening Keynote Speaker is Robert Kolodner, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and the Closing Plenary Speaker is John Halamka, MD, Chair of the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel."

Participation Requested in WEDI 837 Cost Benefit Survey

"If you have implemented, or plan to implement, the HIPAA-adopted X12 837 Health Care Claims transactions, we need your help by completing a survey. WEDI and the Designated Standard Maintenance Organizations (DSMOs) need this information to provide the federal government with an industry-wide cost-benefit analysis for adopting a newer version of the X12 837 under HIPAA – version 5010. The original survey we developed had a very poor response rate so this is a much improved version. To ensure that your responses are included, please complete the survey by July 2, 2007.

Below is the link to the survey:
http://www.vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/127f7g2a116"

X12 Inventory Clearance Summer Sale!

"Order & Pay by July 15, 2007 and Receive 25% off the X12 Standards on all Versions between 3070 – 40603070-4060

Releases are available as Table Data, CD-ROM, and Paper/bound formats. These version releases contain the X12 standards in their entirety, including all foundation and control standards, all transaction sets approved at each specified release date, and the data element dictionary. The transaction sets for the X12 releases are also available for purchase as Table Data, which contain raw data – all the syntactical and textual information found in the X12 standards - intended for uploading to a syntax analyzer or other application. Take advantage of this first-ever clearance special!

Order Today Online: http://www.disa.org/bookstore/public/index.cfm
Questions: publications@disa.org or 1-888-363-2334"

Notification of New Stores for Bon Ton Stores, Inc. (January 3, 2007)

"Dear Bon Ton Vendors,

Bon Ton Stores, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of 4 new stores. Please expedite the addition of these stores to your internal tables due to the fact our buyers were given permission to write orders for these 4 stores effective December 18th, 2006. Bon Ton's Sender Receiver ID is 08/6130110000. Store # Bon Ton Store Address DC Ship-to-Destination 571 Parisan Laurel Park Place - Livonia, MI #198 - Fairborn 572 Parisan Meadowbrook Village - Rochester Hills, MI #198 - Fairborn 573 Parisan Partridge Creek - Clinton Twp, MI #198 - Fairborn 564 Carson's Circle Center - Indianapolis, IN #198 - Fairborn
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate contacting Bon Ton's EDI Dept at edi@bonton.com or call 717-751-4028.

Denise Dawson EDI Mgr The BON-TON Stores, Inc"

New BonTon Logistical Documents Available (February 2, 2007)

"TO: All Suppliers

Please be advised that new Logistical documents have been posted to our website:
Merchandise Logistical Instructions Merchandise Transportation and Web Portal Instructions Ticketing Formats Floor Ready Hanger Program Non-compliance Expense Offset There are major changes in each document, all of which are effective Monday February 5, 2007. Each of these changes should make it easier to do business with The Bon-Ton Stores. If you have any questions please e-mail vendor.compliance@elder-beerman.com

Thank you!
The Bon-Ton Logistics Team"

Logistics Update from The Bon-Ton (March 12, 2007)

"TO: All Suppliers

Updated and new revised information has been posted to our website relative to the closing of the Ankeny Distribution Center and the realignment of stores. Please review all of this information carefully to help avoid any delay in merchandise deliveries and or non-compliance chargebacks. Please contact anyone in our Logistics Team if you have any questions. Please visit our website at http://www.bonton.com/ and click on Logistics.

Thank you.
The Bon-Ton Logistics Team"

Bon Ton Store - Ship to DC Changes Effective 3/26/07

"Dear EDI Trading Partner:
In response to the closing of the Ankeny Distribution Center, Bon Ton's EDI Staff has reviewed the new 'Store - Ship To DC' alignment and prepared the following list of changes. If the 'Store - Ship To DC's' is not list below the 'Ship To DC' does not change. Please be advised the realignment applies to any purchase order or shipment which is shipping on or after Monday, March 26th, 2007 with the exception of Furniture. Furniture shipments are not impacted by these changes. More details and a complete 'Store - Ship To DC' listing are available on the website at www.bonton.com. Bon Ton Store / DC Listing of Changes: Effective: With shipments shipping March 26th, 2007 Denise Dawson EDI Mgr The BON-TON Stores, Inc Phone 717-751-3222 edi@bonton.com"

Annas Linens (April 3, 2007)

"Dear Vendor Partner,

We have made the following changes to our Partner Guide, please forward this to all relevant parties within your organization and/or sales representative groups. Store 454 has been added to the store listing (page 17). Anna's Linens Pack List Forms are now required for all import POE shipments, instructions and attached forms are below (page 23). The trucker for import POE shipments at the Port of Charleston has changed from Expedited to AIM/Transfer LLC and must be listed in this exact format on all delivery orders for Charleston containers (page 24). Instructions for Anna's Linens Pack List Forms: 1) Single Sku Casepack Form: Use for shipments where every case contains only one item number (this may apply to some assortments where they are assigned a single sku number). 2) Multiple Sku Casepack Form: Use for shipments where at least one case contains multiple sku numbers. If there are some cartons with one sku number and other cartons with multiple sku numbers, this form should be used. 3) Use our forms in place of your factory pack list, please do not send both. 4) It is imperative this form is received within 72 business hours of the shipment from port of origin. There will be offsets assessed if packing lists are not received within this time frame.

Thank you for your assistance with this. Please do not hesitate to call me if you need assistance with the new form requirements. Gwen Ozieblo Anna's Linens Import Dept. (714) 850-0504 x5472 tel (714) 460-1797 fax"

Michaels EDI System Is Now Available (April 5, 2007)

"From: Vendor Relations [vendor-relations@michaels.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:04 PM
Subject: Michaels EDI System Is Now Available
To: All Michaels VIAs, Customer Service, and EDI Contacts Broadcast Email -- No Reply Required

The Michaels EDI systems are available for use at this time. You may begin to receive and transmit data as usual through the secure ftp site, ftp://ftp.michaelsconnect.com/, or the WebEDI application on VendorConnect.com. Due to the volume of transactions being processed, you may not see all orders immediately. Because of our system problems, you will begin receiving orders that are dated between Sunday, April 1, 2007 through Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Some of the orders you receive may already be within the ship window. We hope that you are able to ship prior to the cancel date, however if you have any concern over a specific order, please contact your Merchandise Analyst as soon as possible. Email contact information is available on the Contacts page at VendorConnect.com. If you use the Secure FTP site for EDI transactions, you may notice a delay in receiving EDI acknowledgements (X.12 997s) due to the high volume of inbound EDI data to be processed. Please ignore any late notices you receive today. Do not retransmit any information based on a late notice you receive dated April 1 - 4. If you receive a late notice tomorrow, April 5, 2007, please follow up at that time. If you experience a delay accessing any application or the ftp site, it is due to the high volume of users entering at the same time. Please be patient and try back later. We thank you very much for your patience and understanding during this time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact edi@michaels.com. Mary Kuniski Vice President Vendor Relations"

IMPORTANT BELK ROUTING UPDATE (April 12, 2007)

"TO ALL BELK RESOURCES:

Belk is launching a new on-line system for vendors to perform Purchase Order Validation, obtain shipment authorization, and receive carrier assignment for Belk Purchase orders. It is mandatory for all Belk resources, with the exception of Fine Jewelry (Depts. 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, and 547), to use this system for routing merchandise to Belk stores. Vendors must first register before they can use the new POV/Shipping System. To do this, follow the instructions attached below. If you have questions or cannot register for any reason, please contact Belk Transportation by e-mail to: transportation_services@belk.com. Vendors should sign up immediately. On May 12, 2007, our current routing guide will expire.

Thank you for your continued cooperation and partnership with Belk."

Find out additional information about Belk's EDI Portal.

To Burlington Coat Factory Vendors (April 13, 2007)

"To our Valued Vendors,

Recently we experienced some technical difficulties that caused our system to allow spam to be sent to our vendor alias file. Once we detected the problem we quickly addressed the issue. It has been corrected and at this time and we are looking into ways to insure that this does not happen again. We want to send our most sincere apologize to all of you that were affected by this issue. Each one of you is a valuable part of our operation. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused your business. If you have any further concerns please contact me at the below information. It will be my pleasure to answer any questions that you have on this matter.

Sincerely,
Ray Johnston Raymond J Johnston Jr.
Director of Corporate Services
Burlington Coat Factory
1830 Route 130
North Burlington, NJ 08016
Phone:(609)387-7800 Ext.1121
Fax:(609)589-2977
Email: ray.johnston@coat.com
(Team: together, everyone, achieves more)"

Federated: NOPC (April 20, 2007)

"NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL CHANGE CHANGE OF SMALL TICKET DC CONSIGNMENT LOCATION FOR NEW YORK AVENUE DC Please immediately pass this information to your Traffic/Shipping Manager and the EDI Department Manager This notice serves as advisement that the following stores, currently serviced by the New York Avenue DC will begin to be serviced by the Joppa DC effective May 21, 2007. The last day New York Avenue will receive freight is May 16, 2007. Shipping Address Joppa – Federated Logistics Distribution Center 3300 Fashion Way Joppa, MD 21085 EDI 856 Map Specs EDI Instructions based on DC change Federated Purchase Orders with an in DC date May 21th or later must follow this routing change and ASN must reflect the new DC code in the EDI NI-ST = ‘JP’ in the N104 data element Failure to make necessary changes (as per the Routing Guide) can and may result in an expense offset to your company. For further general information regarding these changes, please visit www.fdsnet.com. For routing/shipment questions please contact Federated Transportation at 404-250-7200. For EDI information, please call 513-782-3182 or 513-782-1873."

Meijer Case Pack ID Format Change (May 3, 2007)

"With the implementation of the new MP6/PMM system the Meijer Item Code was replaced by the Meijer Case Pack ID. The format of the case Pack ID was Vendor Item Number, a colon, an internal Meijer Product ID, a dash, and the number of units in a case pack, example WF5623:10211-12 Effective May 3, 2007, for any new items set up, the Meijer Case Pack ID will consist only of the internal product number and the number of units in a case pack, example 10211-12. Items currently set up in our system will not be impacted and will remain as is. Please be sure your system can process the Meijer Case Pack ID in both formats. If you have any questions, please contact your Vendor Performance Analyst."

To: All Federated Vendors

"Subject: Puerto Rico Conversion to Macy's Florida May 22, 2007

Dear Vendor:
Effective August 6, 2007, the Macy's East Puerto Rico store will convert to the Macy's Florida division. The DC routing will change from Stone Mountain, Georgia to Tampa, Florida. Macy's East store #21 will become Macy's Florida store #21. "

See full story...
http://www.fdsnet.com/MAY/pdf/doc/PuertoRico-MCF.pdf

Access Business Group Special Alert

"SPECIAL ALERT
Effective immediately, pallets made of ash are no longer being accepted. Do not use pallets made of ash for incoming shipments to any Alticor/Access Business Group location. This step is necessary due to concerns regarding the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer. Thank you for your compliance."

To All Neiman Marcus EDI Vendors

"IMPORTANT STATUS ON MOVEMENT TO INTERTRADE UPC CATALOGUE

Neiman Marcus and Intertrade have entered into a long term partnership for ... Catalogue by August 1, 2007."

See full story...
http://www.nmgops.com/deptmain.asp?org=1&loc=1&gid=1&dept=3

A Change Has Been Made To: Neiman Marcus Store Address Listing

"A change has been made to a document Neiman Marcus Store Address Listing that you requested a notification on. Note that the changes have been highlighted in yellow.

We invite you to visit http://www.nmgops.com/ to see the Latest Updates.
Thank you,
Neiman Marcus Group"

FDSNet - Routing Guide Update (June 11, 2007)

"The Macy’s Inc. Transportation Office (MTO) will be responsible for establishing routing policies and auditing for adherence to routing instructions on shipments where any of the following divisions pay part or all of the freight charges:

Bloomingdale's, Manhattan, New York Division Code 72
Macy’s Northwest, Seattle, Washington Division Code 65
Macy’s Florida, Miami, Florida Division Code 20
Macy’s East, Manhattan, New York Division Code 71
Macy’s West, San Francisco, California Division Code 17
Macy’s South, Atlanta, Georgia Division Code 40
Macy’s Home, New York, NY Division Code 47
Macy’s Midwest, St. Louis, MO
Macy’s North, Minneapolis, MN
Macy’s.com
Division Code 63
Division Code 64
Division Code 88

Please review the information in this Routing Guide carefully. Any questions concerning information contained in this guide or in reference to the Purchase Order routing instructions should be addressed prior to shipment of goods."

Sears Guides and Manual Update (May 25, 2007)

"[Sears has] updated several guides and manuals which can be viewed from the Guides and Reference section of Sears Business Exchange® (https://business.sears.com/) or downloaded from our File Exchange section.

IMPORTANT: Review the changes listed below. Make sure that you have the most recent version of the Guides. If you have printed any sections of the Guides which have been updated, discard the previous information and print the updated requirements. If you have downloaded the Guides and are accessing the Guides on your desktop, uninstall the previous version of the Guides and re-download and install them.

Domestic Vendor Information Guide
- Refer to section 12 of the guide for a summary of the changes.
- Important: If you have not already done so, please read the Introduction section completely for information on how to determine which requirements apply to you and other valuable information.
International Vendor Information Guide
- Refer to section 10 of the guide for a summary of the changes. Softlines Labeling Manual
- Renamed the "Generic Care Label Manual" to "Softlines Labeling Manual". Also deleted the "Care/Content Bi-Lingual Labeling Manual" and added the information to the "Softlines
Labeling Manual". Floor Ready Guidelines
- Revised pages 1, 2, and 31.
Apparel Quality Assurance Manual
- Updated information in section 5, Technical Design. Refer to section 7 of the manual for a summary of the changes.
Hardlines Quality Assurance Manual
- Revised testing contacts and added defect information and illustrations for outdoor playground equipment.
Footwear Quality Assurance Manual
- Published a new Footwear Quality Assurance Manual.

Routing Guides
- We've made changes to the following Routing Guides: Store Fixture, Product Repair Services, and Take With. Refer to the Changes/Updates information in the Introduction section of each guide.
- Deleted the "Regional Speciality Center Routing Guide" and added the information to section 10 of the Regional Speciality Center & Direct to Store Domestic Vendor Information Guide. Renamed section 10 "Shipping & Transportation Routing".
Sears Franchise Brands Owner's Manual Guidelines
- Refer to the Revision Summary in the manual for a list of the changes.
Global Compliance Manuals and Posters
- Updated the English version of the "Global Compliance Program Manual".
- Added "Global Compliance Program Manual" in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
- Updated the English and Spanish versions of the "Code of Vendor Conduct Guidelines".
- Added "Code of Vendor Conduct Guidelines" in Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese. Forms
- Published new "Footwear Fit Test Form".
- Added "ELC Worksheet" and "ELC Worksheet User Guide" for international vendors.
- Removed the "Haz Mat" column from "FTC Master Manifest" form and added "Yes" or "No" check boxes for vendors shipping to RSC facilities to indicate if the shipment contains JIT merchandise.
International Directory of Contacts
- Updated contact information.

Please make sure the appropriate people in your company have access to Sears Business Exchange® so they can access these guides. Your company administrator can enroll users. To determine your company administrator, click on "My Profile" in the upper right corner of our home page. The name of your ompany administrator is located at the bottom of your profile."

For Mervyns EDI Trading Partners (May 22, 2007)

"Going forward, Allowances in the summary (SAC segments) are MANDATORY in the EDI 810 transaction. Sending Allowances in the EDI 810 will allow Gross Margins to report accurately and timely within Mervyns. Sending Allowances in the EDI 810 will reduce the number of transactions received by your Accounts Receivable/Credit area. Please review the attached EDI 810 Specifications for more information. We plan to have testing scheduled in 3 phases in June with completion/implementation by 7/2 . Phase I starting on 6/11 Phase II starting on 6/18 Phase III starting on 6/25 We will send out 2nd Email Communication with your testing dates and necessary testing information next week. We appreciate your commitment to these enhanced and more efficient business practices. Sincerely, Mervyns IT/EDI Team edisupport@mervyns.com"