Guides
Retail EDI, explained properly.
Practical guides written for the people who actually have to get the ASN out of the door: operations, warehouse and finance teams supplying UK retailers.
Going live with Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl: an EDI checklist
A practical go-live checklist for supplier EDI with Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl: timelines, test scenarios, questions to ask each retailer's EDI team, and the pitfalls that delay first delivery.
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What is an ASN (DESADV / 856)?
What an advance shipping notice is, why UK retailers insist on it, how the shipment–pallet–case–item hierarchy and SSCCs fit together, and the rejections that catch suppliers out.
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GS1-128 pallet labels explained
Every part of a retail-compliant GS1-128 pallet label: the application identifiers, the three label zones, where to stick it, print quality, and how Tesco, Lidl and Sainsbury's differ.
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EDIFACT vs Tradacoms vs X12: the three standards UK suppliers meet
How EDIFACT, Tradacoms and ANSI X12 differ in structure, envelopes and acknowledgements, with sample segments and a map of which UK retailers use which.
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