Electronic Data Interchange Services Integrations

We’ve created custom EDI Integrations with Fishbowl since 2011.

Since Electronic Data Interchange was first introduced in the 1960s, it’s been one of the most important business automation instruments for sales, operations, and accounting that supports business growth and high volume of trade/transactions.

The heart of EDI integration lies in aligning the technical capabilities to the underlying business processes, thus enabling seamless communication between you and your EDI trading partners. A well-created EDI System allows for exceptionally smooth Order Processes, robust 3PL capabilities, sharing of operational and Inventory data, and much more.

The common features of EDI Integrations can be broken down by each separate EDI Document:

# Document Description and Underlying Purpose Things to Consider for Fishbowl EDI Integrations
810 Send Invoices to your customers.
Receive Invoices from your Vendors		 Do the Invoices need to be split or combined based on business requirements, such as Final Destination (very often the Store #), Product Types, or Business Classes?
856 ASN - Advanced Shipment Notifications
  • How are the SSCC18 Code calculations being performed?
  • How do the shipping documents correspond with Fishbowl shipping labels?
  • Are there special rules needed when sharing Serial #, Lot #, or Expiration Date information?
850 Purchase Orders
  • Split Orders and Order Line Items based on Location Groups, Product Types, Order Inventory Availability.
  • Decide what pricing needs to be used for the Purchase Orders.
  • Allocate the appropriate Sales team, QuickBooks Classes, and so on
  • Decide which Products need to be used based on Bill of Materials and Inventory Availability.
855 Purchase Order Acknowledgement.
Reply to 850’s once Orders have been Issued in Fishbowl.
940 Warehouse Shipping order.
For 3PL Integrations and Transfer Orders
945 Warehouse Shipping Advice.
For 3PL Integrations and Transfer Order Shipments
846 Inventory Inquiry
  • Decide what inventory information should be shared with your customers & what business rules apply to sharing the inventory info.
  • How are quantities shared? Are you using Qty brackets? What location groups are used?
  • What products are to be shared with the customer?
  • s pricing to be shared in the 846 Document?
214 Shipment Progress - for information that tracks more than just shipped and not shipped
211 Bills of Lading – digital bill of Lading
820 Payment Instructions

Systems that we have existing integrations with

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