Trading Partner: Cencora

Article link: https://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/13928210-trading-partner-onboarding-cencora

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

Cencora utilizes the following 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 sent/received EDI transaction.

The table, below, lists the most common EDI IDs used by Cencora:

Before TrueCommerce is able to begin onboarding Cencora into Transaction Manager, you will need to perform the following action to kick off your Trading Partner Implementation Project:

Send: an email to Cencora requesting to begin testing.

The email address is [email protected]

Cencora requires you to complete compliance testing before Go-Live. Refer to the below Next Steps section for detailed instructions and expectations. If you prefer, TrueCommerce can conduct and complete compliance testing on your behalf.

Once the purchase of the Cencora plug-in is complete, your Implementation Specialist will reach out to schedule time to complete and/or coordinate a plan for compliance testing and/or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system integration testing.

rev. 8/07/2026