Trading Partner: Davidson Specialty Food
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If you are looking to implement Davidson Specialty Food 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.
EDI IDs
Davidson Specialty Food utilizes the following EDI ID for identification purposes. This EDI ID is 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 ID used by Davidson Specialty Food.
X12 Qualifier | EDI ID | Primary ID? |
01 | 080298544V | Yes |
Davidson Specialty Food 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 Davidson Specialty Food to determine the proper EDI ID to use.
Preliminary Steps
To initiate the EDI testing, please contact Davidson Specialty Food directly at [email protected]. Davidson Specialty Food will require vendor-related information to be supplied in order to begin the EDI setup process.
Test Exempt Relationship
Upon receiving the vendor-related information, Davidson Specialty Food will set up the relationship in production, and no EDI testing will be required. The first Purchase Order issued by Davidson Specialty Food will be a live order.
Commonly used Transactions
The table, below, lists the most commonly used EDI transactions with Davidson Specialty Food.
Next Steps
Once the purchase of the Davidson Specialty Food 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.
Related Documentation
rev. 8/9/2026