Whats the difference between point of sale data and EDI 852?
First the format of the data is very different. EDI 852 is provided as a text data file using special character sets to describe the coded data to the decoding software. If you open an un-translated EDI 852 file you will have a very hard time understanding what you are looking at. POS data on the other hand is typically provided in a text file with descriptive columns headers which can be easily opened and used in Excel. Second, EDI 852 contains a basic set of product activity data while a POS file is usually much more rich. POS often will include cost and price information, and more detail inventory.
