UPCOMING EDI PARTNER'S 2007 SEMINARS

"OUR 2007 SCHEDULE IS ON www.edipartners.com

EDI '101' — Introduction to ANSI X12 Standards
Sep 18-19 Chicago IL
Oct 16-17 Atlanta GA
Nov 13-14 Minneapolis MN
Dec 4-5 Chicago IL

EDI & E-Payments - E-Business & XML
Dec 11-12 Minneapolis MN

Mastering HIPAA EDI Implementation Guides Day 1 & Day 2
Sep 27-28 Los Angeles CA (DISA/X12 Meeting)
Oct 4-5 Chicago IL
Oct 25-26 Atlanta GA
Nov 14-15 Minneapolis MN
Dec 13-14 Chicago IL

Introduction to Health Care Claim Attachments
Nov 16 Minneapolis MN

For additional information go to www.edipartners.com or call 952-927-0784"

Bed Bath & Beyond - EDI requirements for Canadian Expansion

"To Our Trading Partners,
Bed Bath & Beyond is expanding into Canadian Markets. This expansion will necessitate an additional EDI trading partner set up for BB&B Canada. BB&B will communicate all EDI transactions for our Canadian stores under a new Interchange ID and AS2 configuration. If you are doing direct AS2 communications with BB&B, there will be a new set up for BB&B Canada with a new AS2 ID and certificate. If you are communicating with BB&B through a VAN or service provider, BB&B will take care of this new set up with your VAN/service provider. BB&B Canada Qualifier 12 Interchange ID 9086886731 AS2 ID BBBCanada In addition to a new trading partner set up for BB&B Canada, all vendors must make sure that your UCC-128 carton label can accommodate the 6 character alphanumeric Canadian Zip Codes. The human readable Canadian Zip Code can be displayed in a 3 character, space, 3 character format or 6 character no space format. The zip code barcode must correctly display the application ID (420) and the 6 character zip code with no space. Your vendor number for BB&B Canada will be the same number that you have for BB&B. All transactions currently required for BB&B will be required for BB&B Canada. The mapping for all transactions will be the same. Information concerning Canadian Packaging and Labeling Requirements are available on our vendor web site. The Routing Guide has been updated with requirements for shipping to our Canadian Stores. Required Compliance Dates August 14, 2007 Email response to confirm receipt of this notice. Emails should be sent to edimail@bedbath.com and include a response that you can or can not meet the compliance dates for getting a BB&B Canada trading partner relationship set up as outlined. August 23, 2007 BB&B Canada will be sending an 816 for our new Canadian Store #2001 to test the AS2 connection. This test will be sent under the new Interchange ID and AS2 configuration. We will require a successful transmission of this transaction and the return of a 997 Functional Acknowledgement. This will verify the outbound and inbound communications are set up properly. The AS2 profile and certificate are attached. If you use a service provider and do not currently receive 816 transactions, we will be testing the connection with that service provider (SPS, DIcentral). August 31, 2007 BB&B Canada will send the initial orders for our new Store #2001. September 21, 2007 All vendors must send a sample UCC-128 carton label prior to 9/21/07 showing the address for Store #2001 so that BB&B can verify the Zip Code Barcode scans correctly. Labels should be faxed to 908-688-5886 – Attn: BB&B Canada. Please include your contact information in the fax. The attached UCC-128 label guide contains a sample Canada label with the address for store #2001. Best Regards,
Jeff Schwartz
EDI Manager Bed Bath & Beyond
Phone: 908-855-4375
Email: Jeff.Schwartz@bedbath.com"

AAFES letter

"Dear Supplier Community,
AAFES fully supports the global data synchronization initiative. We believe the efficiencies derived from synchronizing our data will improve and strengthen our supply chain with your organization. We previously launched this initiative with a focus on new product introductions. We are now expanding our initiative, focusing on synchronizing the items currently in our warehouse stock assortments. Our rollout team understands that if you are not currently engaged in data synchronization, the process can be lengthy. We expect that you will begin this process by joining a data pool. Once you’ve selected your data pool, you “must” ensure your data is accurate. Take the time to validate and cleanse your data prior to publishing. Accurate dimensional data is of high importance to us. Our Retek replenishment rollout begins during the first quarter of 2008; we must have all data synchronized prior to the rollout. It is our expectations that you will complete Step 1 by September 1, 2007.

Step 1: Sign-up for a Data Pool. (If you already have a Data Pool, proceed to Step 2)
Step 2: Follow the step-by-step instructions on how to comply with AAFES’ data synchronization initiative. For your convenience, these instructions are available online at http://www.gxs.com/aafes/gdsn.pdf.  You may choose any GDSN-Certified data pool. AAFES has partnered with GXS to provide 1SYNC Onboard Support services if you are interested in using 1SYNC as your Data Pool solution. GXS will be following up with you to provide information about the 1SYNC Onboard Support service and answer questions. If you prefer, you may contact GXS directly at 800.334.5669, option 2105. Once you have completed the data synchronization process with the items you supply to AAFES, the manual option your company is currently using will be phased out. All changes to your item data files must be sent through the GDSN to keep the items in sync. By having accurate, synchronized data in both of our databases, we should achieve economic benefits resulting from fewer invoice/purchase order errors, reduced manual data entry, and faster delivery of new items to our stores. If you have any questions concerning our initiative prior to the initial contact, please contact our e-Business Team at any of the following phone numbers: Adele Kazetta (214-312-4075), Sherry Jones (214-312-4009), or Chris Curtis (214-312-6176).
Thank you for your support and participation.
Margaret A. Burgess
Senior Vice President, Sales Directorate"

WEDI and CAQH to Host Audiocast on CORE Certification

"WEDI in partnership with CAQH will host an audiocast entitled Working Together to Lower the Cost of Eligibility Verification: Case Studies on Becoming CORE-Certified. The audiocast will take place on Tuesday, August 28th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. For more information and to register visit
http://wedi.org/forms/meeting/MeetingFormPublic/view?id=4E3C0000001C"

NCHICA 13th Annual Conference & Exhibition

"There are less than three weeks left to get early registration rates at NCHICA's 13th Annual Conference & Exhibition. The conference will be held September 23-26, 2007 at the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Asheville, NC. 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. The early conference registration fee of $475 NCHICA member/$675 non-member is available through August 15, 2007."

Register for ASC X12’s September 2007. Trimester Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.

"The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 will hold its next Trimester Meeting September 23-28, 2007 in LA at the Wilshire Grand Hotel. Whether you are maintaining an existing X12 EDI transaction set or developing a new XML message using X12’s Context Inspired Component Architecture (CICA), you won’t want to miss the rich standards expertise and camaraderie prevalent in today’s X12 community. Members and newcomers alike are encouraged to bring their unique and diverse messaging needs to the cross-industry, open environment of ASC X12. For more information or to register for the meeting, go to
http://www.x12.org/x12org/meetings/x12trimt/index.cfm"

HIPAA COW Fall Conference Brochure now available

"September 21, 2007 'Where is the HIPAA Highway taking us?' Holiday Inn and Convention Center, Stevens Point. The conference will begin with a Keynote Speaker followed by 3 EDI breakout sessions on hot NPI Topics: Present on Admission, Data Dissemination/Contingency Plans and Testing and Production Issues.
To view a complete brochure for this event and to register, please go to:
http://www.hipaacow.org/events/fall2007.aspx"

Change to Boscov's Routing Guide

"There has been a change made to Boscov's Routing Guide effective 08/14/07.

1. Transportation Management System section page 3 numbers 7, 9 and 13
2. Expense offset section page 13.
To view the routing guide please go to http://www.boscovs.com/ and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the word Vendors. Once in the vendor area the routing guide can be found off to the left hand side.

Thank you,
Jessica Wood
Boscov's Transportation Office
PO Box 4116
Reading, PA 19606
610.370-4149
610.370-4138 fax"

EDI 852 data from Circuit City Stores

"Due to processing issues this weeks sales and inventory data did not generate correctly. Some of our suppliers received EDI 852’s while others did not. Of those that were sent, we do know that the dates are incorrect . Our IT staff is looking into the issue and will resend the correct data. At this time we do not have an ETA on resolution. We will keep you posted as we learn more. We apologize for these inconvenience. edi@circuitcity.com"

ATTENTION SYSCO SUPPLIERS 08/02/2007

"Effective Wednesday, August 15th, the Sysco company DUNS number defined on iTradeNetwork will change. This change will go into effect at 12:00 pm Pacific Time Current DUNS: 0510996610000 New DUNS: 1095276680000 If you do not send integrated EDI or Flat File transactions for Sysco and use the iTN portal to manage orders and invoices, you will not need to make any changes as this affects integrated suppliers only All EDI documents containing the N1*BY segment and the N104 element will need to reflect this new DUNS number. If you are sending your order data in a flat file format, the BUY_ORG field will need to reflect the new DUNS number If you have a proprietary ID set up, then no changes to the Sysco company Duns are needed. Please call iTN support if you have any questions."

Amazon: "Labor Day Holiday Schedule Changes"

"THE LAST DAY TO REQUEST TRANSPORTATION CHANGES FOR LABOR DAY IS 8/15/2007.

Please review your Labor Day schedules, and make sure to check late departures on Sunday 9/2 and early Tuesday morning departures on 9/4 as well.
We need to make sure that we have all of the necessary adjustments to any Critical Pull Time due to Holiday scheduling needs submitted no later than 8/15/2007. Anything submitted after the cutoff date will not be processed.

Instructions to Update Holidays and Closures using Drop Ship Central:
Go to Drop Ship Central > Settings > Warehouse Click on the Edit button next to your warehouse.
Navigate to the bottom of the page, Holidays and Closures.
There you can review and add the date(s) you will be closed for shipping. Please only include days that you would normally be available to ship. You may view your current, regular Hours of Operation directly above the Holidays and Closures section.
Once complete, hit the continue button. You will have to hit the submit button on the following page to complete these updates.
Please repeat this for each warehouse.

Thank you,

Stacey Mill
Amazon.com
Manager, External Fulfillment
mill@amazon.com"