Why can we just use our electronic data interchange (EDI) system to send suppliers demand planning data?
Many retailers have tried using EDI 852 to take advantage of collaboration and demand planning opportunities with suppliers. This is a natural first step; the infrastructure for EDI 852 is already in place, serving as the communication medium between retailers and suppliers. But most retailers are finding that sending out an EDI 852 document with summarized POS and inventory replenishment does not provide much benefit. Why? EDI does not add any new information; EDI is summarized at such a high level, it provides about the same detail as the purchase orders already in the system. The best a supplier can do with EDI 852 is load it into excel because they do not have an analysis tool. In addition, parsing out a separate EDI 852 file every week for each supplier is time intensive. Most importantly, the supplier rarely has the tools necessary to accept the data and conduct effective analysis.
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