Trading Partner: Amazon

Article Link: https://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/13340079-add-on-trading-partner-amazon

If you are looking to implement Amazon as a new Trading Partner within Transaction Manager your EDI network, this article will provide you with an understanding of the requirements, preliminary and next steps, as well as commonly used transaction types.

Amazon utilizes the following Electronic Data Interface (EDI) IDs for identification purposes. These EDI IDs are made up of a Qualifier and an ID which will be sent within their Interchange Control Header, ISA segment, on your inbound transactions. This allows Transaction Manager to be able to identify the Sender and Receiver of any EDI transaction that is sent or received.

Here are the most common EDI Identifiers used by Amazon.

Before TrueCommerce is able to begin Onboarding Amazon into Transaction Manager you will need to be able to acquire the following information which is required to kick-off your Trading Partner Implementation Project

The Amazon Vendor Central Portal is an invitation only web based portal for their Vendors to manage not only their product listings, but also their Purchase Order fulfillment, Inventory Management, and Handle Invoicing.

You will need to have full access to the Amazon Vendor Central Portal through your Trading Partner Implementation Project as all EDI Testing is validated and processed throughout the Portal

Amazon requires a Warehouse Code to be sent with your EDI Transactional data to identify where your products are being shipped from during fulfillment of your Purchase Orders.

You can find all your EDI Integration information under the EDI Integration screen with Amazon Vendor Central

Login: Using your Credentials

Navigate: Menu → Integration → EDI Integration

Select: The Connection you are working on under the Self EDI Setup

Before setting up your EDI Connections you will need to fill out the appropriate EDI Identifiers for your Company as well as the Item Identifiers for your Inventory/Products such as the UPC, Amazon ASIN, Vendor SKU within the Global Settings configuration.

Navigate: Messages Dashboard → Global Settings

Select: Edit

Enter: Your Company's EDI Qualifier and Identification for your ISA/Mailbox ID

Navigate: Product ID and Test Items

Enter: The appropriate identifiers for your products for your Inventory Items (UPC, ASIN, SKU)

Enter: Any bolded test items (1 Accepted Item, 1 Rejected Item, 1 Invalid Item, and 1 Obsolete Item)

Promote: The Test Environment/Connection ONLY

You will need to setup your EDI Connections through the Connection Dashboard

Navigate: Connection Dashboard

Select: Add Test Connection

Connect: Indirectly through a Value-Added Network (VAN) or EDI Service Provider (ESP)

Select: EDI Service Provider

Select: TrueCommerce

Click: Select

Save: Connection

Download: Certificate and Email

Amazon requires you to complete compliance testing via the Amazon Vendor Central Portal prior to your Go-Live. However if you prefer, TrueCommerce can conduct and complete compliance testing on your behalf.

You will be required to provide the following:

Amazon will inform you of which EDI Transactions will be required for your Partner Implementation, however below is a list of the most common transactions required.

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