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Trading Partner Onboarding - Fanatics Lids College (FLC)

Looking to implement Fanatics Lids College (FLC) as a new Trading Partner within your EDI network? Read on to gain understanding of requirements, preliminary/next steps, and commonly used transaction types.

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Written by Lorilei Nash

Trading Partner: Fanatics Lids College (FLC)


EDI IDs


Fanatics Lids College (FLC) utilizes the following Electronic Data Interchange (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 Fanatics Lids College (FLC):

X12 Qualifier

EDI ID

Primary ID?

12

3173335154

Yes

12

3173335154T

No

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Fanatics Lids College (FLC) will expect a specific EDI ID based on your business relationship with them. Selecting the wrong EDI ID will result in EDI Transactions not being sent or received.

You will need to work with Fanatics Lids College (FLC) to determine the proper EDI ID to use.


Preliminary Steps


Before TrueCommerce is able to begin onboarding Fanatics Lids College (FLC) into Transaction Manager, you will need to perform the following actions to kick off your Trading Partner Implementation Project:

  • Fanatics Lids College (FLC) requires testing to be conducted through the OpenText testing portal.

  • Email the Fanatics Lids College (FLC) team at [email protected] for assistance with obtaining access to the testing portal.

  • TrueCommerce will collaborate with your team to obtain any company-specific details that are needed for this phase of the implementation.


Portal Testing


Fanatics Lids College (FLC) requires you to complete compliance testing before Go-Live. Refer to the Next Steps section in this article for detailed instructions and expectations. If you prefer, TrueCommerce can conduct and complete compliance testing on your behalf, in which case you will need to provide the following information:

  • URL for the OpenText testing portal

  • Username for the OpenText testing portal

  • Password for the OpenText testing portal


Commonly used Transactions



Next Steps


Once the purchase of the Fanatics Lids College (FLC) 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.


Important Information


Lids Onboarding Process:

  • All onboarding requests are initiated internally by Lids’ buyers.

  • Lids will send forms to gather connection info and align the business units.

  • Open Text/Compliance Link will then reach out to initiate the testing process (if required).

  • A Go-Live date will be mutually agreed upon and communicated to business teams, once testing is successfully completed.

  • All vendor compliance and routing instructions are to be followed according to the Lids guidelines, once the Go-Live date is completed.

Fanatics Lids College (FLS) is now known as LIDSU.


Related Documentation


rev. 8/7/2026

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