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"