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"