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"

IMPORTANT BELK ROUTING UPDATE (April 12, 2007)

"TO ALL BELK RESOURCES:

Belk is launching a new on-line system for vendors to perform Purchase Order Validation, obtain shipment authorization, and receive carrier assignment for Belk Purchase orders. It is mandatory for all Belk resources, with the exception of Fine Jewelry (Depts. 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, and 547), to use this system for routing merchandise to Belk stores. Vendors must first register before they can use the new POV/Shipping System. To do this, follow the instructions attached below. If you have questions or cannot register for any reason, please contact Belk Transportation by e-mail to: transportation_services@belk.com. Vendors should sign up immediately. On May 12, 2007, our current routing guide will expire.

Thank you for your continued cooperation and partnership with Belk."

Find out additional information about Belk's EDI Portal.

To Burlington Coat Factory Vendors (April 13, 2007)

"To our Valued Vendors,

Recently we experienced some technical difficulties that caused our system to allow spam to be sent to our vendor alias file. Once we detected the problem we quickly addressed the issue. It has been corrected and at this time and we are looking into ways to insure that this does not happen again. We want to send our most sincere apologize to all of you that were affected by this issue. Each one of you is a valuable part of our operation. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused your business. If you have any further concerns please contact me at the below information. It will be my pleasure to answer any questions that you have on this matter.

Sincerely,
Ray Johnston Raymond J Johnston Jr.
Director of Corporate Services
Burlington Coat Factory
1830 Route 130
North Burlington, NJ 08016
Phone:(609)387-7800 Ext.1121
Fax:(609)589-2977
Email: ray.johnston@coat.com
(Team: together, everyone, achieves more)"

Federated: NOPC (April 20, 2007)

"NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL CHANGE CHANGE OF SMALL TICKET DC CONSIGNMENT LOCATION FOR NEW YORK AVENUE DC Please immediately pass this information to your Traffic/Shipping Manager and the EDI Department Manager This notice serves as advisement that the following stores, currently serviced by the New York Avenue DC will begin to be serviced by the Joppa DC effective May 21, 2007. The last day New York Avenue will receive freight is May 16, 2007. Shipping Address Joppa – Federated Logistics Distribution Center 3300 Fashion Way Joppa, MD 21085 EDI 856 Map Specs EDI Instructions based on DC change Federated Purchase Orders with an in DC date May 21th or later must follow this routing change and ASN must reflect the new DC code in the EDI NI-ST = ‘JP’ in the N104 data element Failure to make necessary changes (as per the Routing Guide) can and may result in an expense offset to your company. For further general information regarding these changes, please visit www.fdsnet.com. For routing/shipment questions please contact Federated Transportation at 404-250-7200. For EDI information, please call 513-782-3182 or 513-782-1873."

Meijer Case Pack ID Format Change (May 3, 2007)

"With the implementation of the new MP6/PMM system the Meijer Item Code was replaced by the Meijer Case Pack ID. The format of the case Pack ID was Vendor Item Number, a colon, an internal Meijer Product ID, a dash, and the number of units in a case pack, example WF5623:10211-12 Effective May 3, 2007, for any new items set up, the Meijer Case Pack ID will consist only of the internal product number and the number of units in a case pack, example 10211-12. Items currently set up in our system will not be impacted and will remain as is. Please be sure your system can process the Meijer Case Pack ID in both formats. If you have any questions, please contact your Vendor Performance Analyst."

To: All Federated Vendors

"Subject: Puerto Rico Conversion to Macy's Florida May 22, 2007

Dear Vendor:
Effective August 6, 2007, the Macy's East Puerto Rico store will convert to the Macy's Florida division. The DC routing will change from Stone Mountain, Georgia to Tampa, Florida. Macy's East store #21 will become Macy's Florida store #21. "

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http://www.fdsnet.com/MAY/pdf/doc/PuertoRico-MCF.pdf

Access Business Group Special Alert

"SPECIAL ALERT
Effective immediately, pallets made of ash are no longer being accepted. Do not use pallets made of ash for incoming shipments to any Alticor/Access Business Group location. This step is necessary due to concerns regarding the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer. Thank you for your compliance."