How does a business become EDI compliant with Amazon.com

Narayan Gour
Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read

Amazon was founded in 1994 in the USA, since has become the largest internet based retailer of books, clothing, electronics, music and many other products. Amazon is a trusted and popular retailer where vendors want their products.

There are two ways to offer products or services on Amazon’s platform:

1. Amazon Seller Central is a web-based portal used mainly by the Seller can sell his own products directly to consumers on the Amazon marketplace.

2. Amazon Vendor Central is a web-based portal used mainly by manufacturers and distributors to sell and ship direct to Amazon, which in turn sells the products to consumers and ships them from its distribution centres.

Amazon EDI Integration for Amazon Vendor Central Suppliers

First party seller selling its products directly to Amazon through Vendor Central portal of Amazon, Need to streamline and automate communications & meet Amazon’s strict EDI requirements. EDI Integration with Amazon, is the process of transmit or receive invoices, purchase orders, advance ship notices (ASNs) and other documents using EDI between company’s system and Amazon account/store. EDI documents are communicated through a transmission method called AS/2.

The EDI integration process does not happen once. It is a continuous process of keeping the “synchronization” as close to “real-time” as much as possible. if you use EDI you will need to find a web Based EDI provider to convert the data.

List of Amazon EDI Transactions

· 753 Request for Routing Instructions

· 754 Routing Instructions

· 810 Invoice

· 820 Payment Order

· 830 Planning Schedule with Release Capability

· 846 Inventory Inquiry850 Purchase Order

· 852 Product Activity Data

· 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment

· 856 Ship Notice/Manifest

· 860 Purchase Order Change Request — Buyer Initiated

· 865 Purchase Order Change Acknowledgment/Request — Seller Initiated

· 97 Acknowledgement

GS1–128 (formerly called UCC-128) bar code shipping labels

Source:https://business.facebook.com/notes/infocon-systems/how-does-a-business-become-edi-compliant-with-amazoncom/683324888705885/

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