Trading Partner: Direct Supply

Article Link: https://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/16111101-trading-partner-onboarding-direct-supply

If you are looking to implement Direct Supply 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.

Direct Supply 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 EDI transaction that is sent or received.

Below is a list of the most common EDI IDs typically used by Direct Supply:

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

Direct Supply requires you to complete compliance testing before Go-Live. Please 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 Direct Supply 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. 07/27/26