ORDER-TO-CASH
EDI
Understand the documents that move orders, acknowledgments, shipments and invoices between partners.
AFTER THIS GUIDE, YOU CAN
✓ Know the document flow✓ Diagnose exceptions✓ Protect clean transactionsWhat EDI does
Electronic Data Interchange moves structured business documents between trading partners. It reduces manual entry, but only when identifiers, mappings and timing are correct.
Common document flow
Exact requirements depend on the program and trading relationship.
- 850: purchase order
- 855: purchase-order acknowledgment
- 856: advance ship notice
- 810: invoice
- 997: functional acknowledgment
How to troubleshoot
Identify the failed document, control number, trading partner, timestamp and business impact. Determine whether the issue is transmission, mapping, data validation or downstream processing before retransmitting.
USE THIS IN AN INTERVIEW
“I troubleshoot EDI by isolating the document, control number and failure stage, then confirming business impact before correcting or retransmitting.”
KNOWLEDGE CHECK
Can you explain it?
What is an 850?+
A purchase order transaction.
What is an 856?+
An advance ship notice.
Continue with the official source: Walmart supplier EDI documentation ↗