Trading Partner: Hershey Foods Corporation

Article link: https://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/16203289-trading-partner-onboarding-hershey-foods-corporation

Hershey Foods Corporation is a leading consumer goods company and a commonly onboarded Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Trading Partner within the TrueCommerce network. Establishing an EDI connection with Hershey Foods Corporation enables the seamless electronic exchange of business documents — such as Purchase Orders and Invoices — between your organization and theirs via Transaction Manager.

Before TrueCommerce can begin onboarding Hershey Foods Corporation, a few preliminary steps must be completed on your end to initiate the implementation project. The sections below cover EDI identification details, compliance testing expectations, commonly used transaction types, and next steps following your plug-in purchase.

Hershey Foods Corporation 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 Hershey Foods Corporation.

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

Hershey Foods Corporation requires testing to be conducted through the OpenText testing portal. Email the Hershey Foods Corporation team 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.

Hershey Foods Corporation requires you to complete compliance testing before Go-Live. Please 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:

The table, below, lists the most commonly used EDI Transactions with Hershey Foods Corporation.

Once the purchase of the Hershey Foods Corporation 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.

The EDI documents listed here are provided for reference only and may not be comprehensive. For the most up-to-date and complete list of required EDI documents, refer to the OpenText Test Portal.

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