Amazon DSD: New Metris Become Part of Probation Process

"Dear Amazon Drop Ship Vendor:

This is a reminder that three new metrics become part of our probation process starting next week, week 27, beginning June 29th:

(1) Missed RSD ("Required Ship Date")
Replaces the Cycle Time metric SLA of 2% (or 2 units for low volume vendors shipping 1000 units or less per week)

(2) Ship Method Mismatch
SLA of 0.2% (or 2 units for low volume vendors shipping 1000 units or less per week)

(3) Carrier Account Mismatch
SLA of 2.0% (or 2 units for low volume vendors shipping 1000 units or less per week)

You'll find more information about these metrics in our Help pages.

Thank you,
The Amazon Drop Ship Team"

Academy Update Email #2

"Hello to all vendors...

Regarding Academy's New Distribution Center, this is update email number two. Some of you have received the previous notice and others did not on the first go round. The recipient list has been broadened to hopefully encompass all offices but we do ask that you make sure that all necessary offices at your company be notified of all pertinent information.

A reminder.. the new DC listed below will not begin receiving shipments until December 1st of this year.

~~~~

To all Academy vendors...

To make sure that we keep you all abreast of the progress of the new Academy DC in Twiggs Country, Georgia.. we will begin sending out an update every two weeks. If there is nothing new we will at least advise you of this.

Attached is a version of the letter that was sent out in February to all of the EDI contacts. Hopefully this was relayed to all of your offices. It lists the addresses and "store" numbers of the shipping locations.

BIG CHANGE - Please do note that our new DC will now be "store" 704. PLEASE make sure to send this information on to your EDI department as this is different then what was communicated to them in February. If there are EDI questions resulting from this change please have them email krista.johnson@academy.com

The DC address has also changed since the first notification was sent. The attachment is now correct and I've posted the new DC address here for ease of reference.

Store 704
Academy, Ltd.
Twiggs County
DC 1 Academy Drive
Jeffersonville, GA 31044

Some notes on what to expect at this time..

1) The number of purchase orders will begin to double. We are creating orders as if they are shipping to two different DC's although everything will still be shipped to Store 004 / Katy, TX DC. This will allow both sides to become accustomed to the increased number of orders.
a. PO's should be received by the vendor on the same date
b. PO's should have consecutive PO numbers
c. There will be no way to tie the two PO's together

2) All shipments are to be sent to the Katy, TX DC as always The new Twiggs County DC will not be receiving shipment until after December 1st.

3) Some vendors may already be receiving orders showing to ship to 704.. This is fine as the ship dates should be after December 1st.

You can read more about the changes and updates at http://vendor.academy.com/ until the What's New.... section.

Your attention to these notifications is greatly appreciated!

The Twiggs County DC Vendor Communication Team "

Amazon: Holiday Shipping Expectations (July 4th Holiday)

"Amazon Drop Ship partners,

Next Friday many of you will be closed for Fourth of July, so we want to reinforce our shipping performance expectations around the holiday.

- If you are only closed on Friday 7/4, plan to clear your backlog on Thursday 7/3, and ship all of your Friday through Sunday orders on Monday 7/7. Please staff accordingly before and after the holiday.

- Please check that you have included the Fourth of July as part of your holiday schedule in Drop Ship Central, and for that matter update all of your holiday closures for the rest of the year. Accurate schedule data is critical for holiday planning and meeting SLAs.

https://dropship.amazon.com/DropShipCentral/help/helpTopic.do?topicId=200249770

Thank you,
The Amazon Drop Ship Team"

Sears EDI now running

"The Sears Holdings EDI system is back up and running. We are in the process of sending all of our queued outbound transactions to our trading partners. Once this step is complete, we will start accepting the inbound documents that have accumulated since our outage began. You will receive functional acknowledgements from us once we process your data.

We appreciate your patience as we bring our EDI system back up to full capacity. If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to searsedi@searshc.com."

Kmart Vendor Information: EDI Outage

See more about Kmart's EDI program.

"Since approximately 1 AM EST 6/25/08, Sears Holdings has been unable to process EDI transactions to or from our trading partners. We are currently working on the issue. A separate communication will be sent as soon as the problem has been resolved.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

Sears Holdings 852 Transactions Delayed - Resolved

"This issue has been resolved. As of Monday 6/23/08 at 5:30 CST, all Sears Holdings 852 transactions have been sent.

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at searsedi@searshc.com."

Sears Holdings 852 Transactions Delayed

"Please note that Sears Holdings is experiencing delays in sending our EDI 852 transactions. We are currently working towards a resolution. A separate communication will be sent once this issue has been resolved.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to searsedi@searshc.com."

Kmart bank payments to Wachovia Bank on Monday, July 7, 2008

"To our EDI Trading Partners:

Kmart is scheduled to transition their bank payments from Bank of New York to Wachovia Bank on Monday, July 7, 2008. Please re-read the communication below to make sure that your system and processes are ready for the change. Payments for Sears will continue to go through Harris Bank until further notice.

The most recent communication about this change, with updated date information, is as follows.

Effective July 7, 2008, we will be moving our bank payments for Kmart from Bank of New York to Wachovia. The date for moving Sears from Harris Bank to Wachovia is not yet defined.

You may notice several changes as a result of this move. Please make sure you have not hard coded any of this information into your current transactions or systems, as they will fail following our move to Wachovia.

The changes you will see are to the bank account numbers and routing numbers, the payer name in the 820, and you will receive your money from Wachovia. You may need to inform your bank of these changes to prevent any delay in the receipt of funds.

The new payer name will reflect Sears Holdings Management Corporation. Again, please make sure that this information is not hard coded in your 820, and that your company does not require any other internal changes to support the new routing and account numbers.

Reminder communication will be sent prior to the change over for Sears and again for Kmart. Frequently asked questions about this change are outlined below. Additional questions not addressed in this communication should be directed to Jennifer Ritorno, EDI Support Manager, jritorn@searshc.com.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What date will the bank, account #, and routing # be changing:
A: The planned date of change for Kmart is July 7, 2008. The date of change for Sears is not yet defined.

Q: What are the current & new routing & account #’s for Sears and Kmart?
A: The routing and account #’s can be viewed on the Sears Business Exchange (https://business.sears.com/) and Mykmart.com (http://www.mykmart.com/).

Q: What EDI 820 segments will be affected?
A: The data contained in the element N102 (where N101 = PR) and the BPR segment will be changing to reflect updated payer name, routing #, and account #. The format of these segments will not be changing.

Q: I am currently receiving separate payments from Sears and Kmart. Will these payments be combined as part of this change?
A: If you are currently receiving separate payments for Sears and Kmart, you will continue to receive separate payments. If you currently receive combined payments, they will continue to be combined.

Q: Does this change affect Orchard Hardware?
A: This change does not affect Orchard Hardware. Payments for Orchard Hardware will continue to go through Harris Bank.

Beth Ligenza
Director, Merchandise Support
eligenz@searshc.com"

AAFES EDI 852 POS data delayed transmissions

"To our valued EDI Partners,

Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, and in relation to mainframe system problems we’ve experienced this week, we regret to inform you that we will not be able to transmit your weekly 852 POS sales data for the selling period June 1, 2008 through June 7, 2008 this week as we normally do. However, our current plan is to transmit this missing 852 data in your next 852 transmission this coming Monday June 16th. In addition, please be aware that the data sell through dates will be the same and will not reflect the two separate weeks sell through periods. Rest assured that we have made every attempt to rectify this error, and we are continually striving towards a better solution for all our e-Business partners.

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and any problems this may have caused.

Randy Rhoads
e-Business Planning Analyst Program Management Group
Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
Email: Rhoadsr@aafes.com
Web: http://www.aafes.com/EDI
Phone: 214-312-4051
Fax: 214-312-4079"

Critical Notification - Meijer - EDI PO

"June 11, 2008

Dear Valued Trading Partner,

In an ongoing effort to streamline business processes, and to better serve the needs of our customers, Meijer is implementing the MP6 Suite-a series of proven systems that offer technical and functional capabilities to help us improve our processes.

With the roll out you will see the following changes to the EDI Purchase Order.
Ø PO number field expanding to 9 digits
Ø Changed Meijer Item Code to an alpha numeric Case Pack ID, 6-25 digits
Ø Capability of sending multiple SAC Segments at header level
Ø Implementing PO101- line item identification number
Ø Capability of sending inner pack configuration
Ø Product from multiple Buyers may be on the same Purchase Order if coming from the same ship point

To ensure your success in mapping these changes we have published the new MP6 mappings on our Meijer VendorNet site http://meijervendor.com/ found under Documents/Vendor Performance/Meijer UCS & MP6 Business Mappings or Meijer VICS & Business Mappings. Below are samples of the new EDI format.

This conversion process could take a couple weeks to complete. During this rollout process you may receive Purchase Orders from our current system and from the MP6 system.
Ø 7/20 – 8/31: Data Population and Vendor Conversion – You may begin to see Purchase Orders during this time in the new EDI format
Ø 8/31: Conversion Complete – You will see all orders in the new EDI format

Every effort is being made to make the transition to MP6 as smooth as possible. If you feel that EDI testing is needed prior to the 7/20 conversion date, or if you have questions, please notify your Vendor Performance Analyst or send an email to edi@meijer.com.

Thank you for your being a valued vendor that plays a critical roll in our Supply Chain success.

Meijer Vendor Performance

Store Direct Shipment:
ST*850*61186BEG*00*SA*200001234**20071006REF*DP*827FOB*PP*DE*DESTINATIONCSH*NSAC*A*A260***-101*1*-1*****02***ADVERTISINGSAC*A*C000***-101*1*-1*****02***DEFECTIVESAC*C*I060***101*1*1*****02***PRETICKETINGITD*05******90DTM*001*20071017DTM*002*20071010DTM*010*20071016N9*AH*ADDITIONAL LEGAL NOTESMSG*HTTP://WWW.MEIJERVENDOR.COM/PUBLIC/POTERMS.HTM GOVERN THIS TRANSACTIONN1*BT*MEIJER*9*0069595550000N3*P.O. BOX XN4*GRAND RAPIDS*MI*49501N1*SU*VENDOR NAME*9*VENDOR DUNS0000PO1*0000000001*23*EA*17.99**UP*041250292916*VC*AB123*CB*123567-1PID*F*08***PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONSDQ*EA*92*032*1*048*1*051*1*067*1*072*1*104*1*112*1*115*1*118*1*130*1SDQ*EA*92*141*1*144*1*150*1*173*1*175*1*177*1*178*1*179*1*217*1*222*1 SDQ*EA*92*227*1*228*1*231*1
PO1*0000000002*46*CA*12.97**UP*041250387916*VC*658971*CB*DCM00455123567-1PID*F*08***PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
PO4*6*************4SDQ*EA*92*012*3*048*1*051*1*067*3*072*3*104*1*112*1*115*1*118*2*130*3SDQ*EA*92*141*3*144*3*150*1*173*1*175*4*177*3*178*3*179*3*217*1*222*1SDQ*EA*92*227*2*228*1*231*1CTT*2SE*31*61186


Distribution Shipment:
ST*850*1001BEG*00*SA*200012345**20071026REF*DP*064FOB*PP*DE*DESTINATIONCSH*NSAC*A*A260***-2776*1*-1*****02***ADVERTIZING ALLOWANCE
SAC*A*C000***-2776*1*-1*****02***DEFECTIVE
SAC*C*I060***2776*1*1*****02***PRETICKETINGITD*08**2**30**31DTM*001*20071109DTM*002*20071108DTM*010*20071101TD5*B***T*SEE MEIJER ROUTING REQUIREMENT BOOKN9*AH*ADDITIONAL LEGAL NOTESMSG*HTTP://WWW.MEIJERVENDOR.COM/PUBLIC/POTERMS.HTM GOVERN THIS TRANSACTIONN1*BT*MEIJER*9*0069595550000N3*P.O. BOX XN4*GRAND RAPIDS*MI*49501N1*ST*MEIJER DF 93*9*0069595550093N3*2501 S. CREYTS RD.N4*LANSING*MI*48917N1*BY**9*0069595550093N1*SU*VENDOR NAME*9*0012345670002PO1*0000000001*15*CA*75.6**UP*041250356046*VC*35604*CB*1234-1*UA*030065035604PID*F*08***PRODUCT DISCRIPTION PO4*4*************6PO1*0000000002*1*EA*167.76**UP*041250262201*VC*6542622*CB*1235-1*UA*030065042622PID*F*08***PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONPO1*0000000003*12*CA*98.4**UP*041250192293*VC*1229*CB*1236-1*UA*030065019229PID*F*08***PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONPO4*24PO1*0000000004*1*CA*293.76**UP*041250040112*VC*04011*CB*1237-1*UA*073192804011PID*F*08***PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONPO4*8*************3CTT*4SE*36*1001"

CHAPTERS INDIGO: ISBN 13 Update

"Dear Vendors:

We would like to remind you that Indigo will begin sending a 13-digit "ISBN" ONLY on all EDI Outbound Transactions as of Jun-21-2008.

Out Bound Transactions examples:
1. 850 (Purchase Orders) outbound from Indigo to Vendors --> Only 13 digit ISBNs with an "EN" qualifier in PO1 segment
2. 860 (PO Change) outbound from Indigo to Vendors --> Only 13 digit ISBNs with an "EN" qualifier in POC segment

For EDI Inbound transactions from vendors to Indigo you may send either a 10 digit ISBN with the qualifier "IB" or a 13 digit ISBN with the qualifier "EN" or both.

Inbound Transactions examples:
1. 855 (Purchase Order Acknowledgment) --> in PO1 segment
2. 810 (Invoice) --> in IT1 segment
3. 856 (ASN) --> in LIN segment

If you have not already done so, please ensure the necessary changes are completed in your EDI systems to accept 13-digit ISBN numbers with an "EN" qualifier by Jun-21-2008.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks & Regards
Sonia Gupta
Vendor Performance and EDI Manager
416-342-8558
sgupta@indigo.ca"

Kellogg's Business Partner EDI Letter

"Dear Business Partner:

The Kellogg Company and our subsidiaries are continually striving to improve business processes within all areas of our company. We have found that the use of B2B has many advantages. Electronic Commerce (EC) has made it possible for us to reduce procurement cycle time, lower costs, and increase accuracy of orders, invoices, and payments. By replacing inefficient paper-based documents, both of our companies can benefit from the advantages of implementing B2B for the following documents:

810 (Invoice)
824 (Application Advice)
850 (Purchase Order)
856 (Advance Ship Notice)
860 (Purchase Order Change Request)
EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer For All Payments)

Located at the Kellogg on-boarding website is the trading partner survey. Completion of this survey is required by Friday, June 13. In addition, please follow the steps on the “Tasks” page of the site to begin your on-boarding process.

Suppliers will be implemented in phases. We expect that you will achieve full EC implementation of these transactions by August 29, 2008. If the requirement to implement these transactions by this date is not met, The Kellogg Company will be unable to process your documents until you are able to comply.

The Kellogg Company has selected Sterling Commerce as our strategic partner to assist in the implementation of these electronic documents. Sterling Commerce has three Electronic Commerce solutions available for our business partners, and they are ready to work with you to identify which package best fits your business needs. These solutions include the following options:

• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Implementation
  
• Sterling Web Forms - An Internet based solution that requires only an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a Web Browser. EDI documents are translated into HTML documents that are delivered to you via the Internet.
  
• Other alternatives – include .csv format.
  

Out of necessity, we will reevaluate our business relationship with any business partner who does not meet compliance. We value our relationship with you and request that you proactively cooperate with our initiative and promptly take all necessary actions to protect your own interests and your relationship with The Kellogg Company.
If you would like assistance responding to this request, please contact The Kellogg Company's Implementation Specialist at Sterling Commerce at 1-800-677-3027.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,

Alistair Hirst
Vice President, Global Procurement
Kellogg Company"

Dicks Sporting Goods: Attn Domestic Vendors Using TMS to Request Routing

"ATTENTION DOMESTIC VENDORS
May 28, 2008
To Our Valued Partner:
Dick’s Sporting Goods will be upgrading the TMS Vendor Portal on Monday, June 9th. In preparation of the upgrade, we will be bringing down the portal on Thursday, June 5th at Midnight, EST. All routing MUST be submitted by midnight on June 5th. This includes submitting all routing requests in the Confirmed Routing Request link that you will need to ship.

The system will be down through the weekend and turned back on, Monday, June 9th at 8:00 AM EST. All vendors using the TMS to submit routing must log on to http://www.dsgfreight.com/ to access the training under the “Routing” link. The URL for the TMS website will remain as http://transportation.dcsg.com/ and you will continue to use your assigned username and password.

Highlights of the TMS upgrade include:
• Routing Request Number- The nomenclature of the routing request number will no longer be destination specific (PLNF or SMTN.) The shipment ID nomenclature will not change.
• PO List- Filtering by a specific PO or a date range for a list of purchase orders.
o If you are unable to locate a PO when adding PO lines to the routing request, you should review the status of the PO:
? Open - no quantities have been requested.
? In Progress - not all quantities have been requested.
? Closed - the entire quantity has been requested.

Contact the TMS Help Desk to request the PO to be opened to ship additional quantities.
o Verify the Ready Date falls within the ship window (Do Not Ship Before Date and Cancel if Not Shipped by Date). If the PO is past the cancel date, contact the buyer for an extension.
o Review the Cancel Indicator to verify if the PO has been cancelled.

Contact the buyer with any questions related to cancelled Purchase Orders.
• Hazmat Flag- If you are shipping hazardous materials, you must edit the routing request to indicate Hazmat before submission.

If you have any questions related to the TMS upgrade, please contact the TMS Help Desk at 724-273-4500 or TMS@dcsg.com.

Thank you,
Dick’s Sporting Goods Transportation"