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"