Product: Foundry platform, Account Management, Add-On portal, Transaction Manager

Article link: https://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/13676970-implementations-adding-a-new-trading-partner-connection

You can add additional Trading Partner Connections (considered an Add-On) to the TrueCommerce Network (TC.Net) and Transaction Manager by purchasing new connections either directly within the Account Management portal (AMP) or by contacting your Account Manager.

Each new Trading Partner Connection you purchase will have a Trading Partner Implementation Project created for it where you will be assigned an Implementation Specialist who will assist you in setting up, configuring, and testing your new Trading Partner Connection.

Before you begin implementing a new Trading Partner Connection, you will need to review the Onboarding Guide for your Trading Partner, which will provide you with a list of their EDI IDs, Preliminary Steps, Testing Requirements, and Commonly Used EDI Transactions.

Trading Partner Onboarding Guides will help you ensure you have everything you need to efficiently make it through your Trading Partner Implementation Project in the shortest amount of time.

To begin onboarding a new Trading Partner, you must first purchase the Trading Partner Connection through either Account Management or by contacting your Account Manager.

The quickest way to begin purchasing your new Trading Partner is to utilize Buy Add-Ons within Account Management, where you can add each of your desired Trading Partners.

Navigate: Account Management → Buy Add-Ons

A key advantage of utilizing Buy Add-Ons is that you will have full access to TruEDI, our Integrated AI Assistant, which can provide you with information about the Trading Partner you are seeking to purchase and assist you in ensuring you have all the information needed to begin your Trading Partner Implementation.

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You may also contact your Account Manager directly to discuss purchase of a new Trading Partner Connection. If you are not sure who your Account Manager is, navigate within the Foundry Menu to Account Management > Account Overview. Their name and contact information will be listed on this page.

Once your new Trading Partner Connection has been approved by your Account Manager, a Trading Partner Implementation Project will be created so that you can track the progress towards your Trading Partner going live.

Throughout the Implementation Project, you will work with your Implementation Specialist to configure your Trading Partner Connection to work with your business process, whether that means integrating it with a business system such as Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Sage X3, etc., or automating your Inbound and Outbound transactions through Turnaround.

Most Trading Partners require some Compliance Testing for any EDI transaction being traded with them to ensure that that Raw EDI being passed to them matches the intended structure, format, and data requirements as listed within their EDI Specifications sheets, so that their systems process your Purchase Orders, Invoices, Shipments, Acknowledgements, and other EDI Transactions.

These are primarily accomplished through either Direct Testing, in which the data is sent across the network normally, or through an Online Web Portal, which is a specialized interface used for handling EDI configuration and testing with that particular Trading Partner.

After all EDI Transactions have been fully validated and tested in accordance with your Trading Partner requirements, your new Trading Partner Connection will be moved into Production where you can begin to send and receive live orders with your Trading Partner.

rev. 7/13/2026