EDI integration

EDI integration for warehouses and carriers

Stop rekeying partner orders and ship notices. With Argos EDI, inbound documents commit straight into your warehouse, order and dispatch records, and outbound documents go to each partner on a schedule.

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The problem

Every customer, carrier and network sends its own EDI and files, so orders and ship notices get keyed again by hand, and a failed message goes unnoticed until a partner calls.

With Argos

EDI with Argos picks up inbound documents, answers them with 997 acknowledgements and commits them into your records. Every message can be searched, fixed and resubmitted.

What EDI with Argos does

Each point is traced to the software and links to the capability behind it.

Inbound EDI is matched to its trading partner and answered with a 997 acknowledgement
Automated EDI and File Exchange
Inbound 856 ship notices become warehouse receipts and 940 shipping orders become warehouse transactions
Warehouse EDI for Receipts and Shipments
Inbound 204 load tenders become dispatch orders, answered with 990, 214 and 322 messages
Load Tender, Shipment Status and Rail EDI
Message history is searchable by partner, transaction set and status, with resubmit once a problem is fixed
EDI Message Monitoring and Resubmission

Argos EDI capabilities

8 capabilities, each with its own page.

EDI Trading Partner Setup

Set up trading partners, maps and connections

Link each customer, consignee and carrier to its EDI trading partner, with the ID codes that identify it in documents. Map inbound and outbound segments to your data for each transaction set, and exchange EDI with each partner or network on a schedule.

Assign the trading partner on customer, consignee and carrier records, with EDI ID and location codes on consignees
Map inbound and outbound segments and elements to your data for each transaction set
Exchange EDI with each partner on a schedule over FTP, email, shared folders or a network provider

Warehouse EDI for Receipts and Shipments

Exchange warehouse EDI with customers and carriers

Inbound 856 ship notices become warehouse receipts and inbound 940 shipping orders become warehouse transactions, with missing items and lots created from your defaults.

Load Tender, Shipment Status and Rail EDI

Exchange load tender, status and rail EDI

Inbound 204 load tenders become dispatch orders with their pickup and delivery stops, and dispatch answers with 990 responses, 214 status and 322 terminal event messages.

Automated EDI and File Exchange

Run partner EDI and file exchange automatically

Inbound EDI and flat files are picked up automatically, answered with 997 acknowledgements and committed straight into your warehouse, order and inventory records.

EDI and Flat File Mapping

Map partner EDI and flat files to your data

Build import and export maps for EDI and for delimited or fixed-width flat files, with lookups and translation tables that turn a partner's codes into yours.

EDI Message Monitoring and Resubmission

Track every partner message and fix failures

Search inbound and outbound EDI and flat file messages by partner, transaction set, status and date, and see where each EDI transaction set stopped: parse, mapping or commit.

EDI Code Lists, Unit Conversions and Hazmat Data

Keep EDI code lists, unit conversions and hazmat data

Maintain the X12 code lists, unit of measure conversions and hazardous material records your EDI and shipping documents rely on.

EDI Shipping and Receiving Advice

Send EDI shipping and receiving advice to partners

Send shipping, receiving, stock transfer and carrier advice to the trading partners who need it, and re-send an earlier document when a partner asks.

Standard X12 and your partners' own formats

Argos keeps the X12 code lists by version, unit of measure conversions and hazardous material records your EDI documents rely on. When a partner sends its own layout instead of standard EDI, flat file import and export maps with lookups and translation tables turn it into your data.

A wizard walks you through each new inbound or outbound flow, and maps are assigned to each trading partner and delivery destination.

EDI and integrations API and data integration

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EDI with Argos: common questions

Straight answers, drawn from what the software does today.

How do we connect to each trading partner?

Assign the trading partner on customer, consignee and carrier records, with EDI ID and location codes on consignees, then exchange EDI with each partner on a schedule over FTP, email, shared folders or a network provider.

Which warehouse EDI documents are supported?

Inbound 856 advance ship notices become warehouse receipts and inbound 940 shipping orders become warehouse transactions. From a receipt or shipment you send 856, 861, 846, 944, 945 or 404 documents to each party's trading partner.

Can carriers exchange load tenders and status messages?

Yes. Inbound 204 load tenders become dispatch orders with their pickup and delivery stops, and dispatch answers with 990 tender responses, 214 shipment status and 322 terminal event messages. Freight invoices go out as 210 or 810 documents.

What happens when a message fails?

Search message history by partner, transaction set, status and date, and see whether an EDI transaction set stopped at parse, mapping or commit. Open the raw document and its 997, fix the cause and resubmit.