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EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

Customers

What is EDI?

EDI or Electronic Data Interchange is a set of standards for electronically exchanging business documents between and among businesses. EDI emulates paper based documents. One of the key benefits of EDI is that it reduces human intervention or re-keying on either end of the transaction.

What are the benefits of using EDI?

• Faster and more accurate method of exchanging documents with publishers

• Searchable title databases providing status and pricing are available through many systems

• Documents can be automatically processed into customer systems, reducing the need for manual entry and updates

• Orders process hourly or less during the business day and acknowledgements are returned within a short time period, providing the status of the titles ordered

• Invoices and Advanced Shipment notices are available electronically, providing visibility across the supply chain.

Vendors

S&S encourages our vendors to utilize EDI solutions wherever possible to facilitate communication between our companies and to our end customers.

What EDI documents does Simon and Schuster support with its vendors?

• 856 Advance Shipping Notice (refer to Vendor Shipping Requirements)

• 940 Warehouse Shipment Order

• 945 Warehouse Shipment Advise

• 997 Functional Acknowledgement

• 810 Electronic Invoice

For more information on getting setup with Simon & Schuster for EDI transactions, please contact Mike Mustac via email at michael.mustac@simonandschuster.com.

Electronic Ordering Options

PubEasy is a user-friendly third party system that is available to customers 24/7. PubEasy allows customers to place orders, check title status, backorder status, title price/availability and request/receive invoices all for free.

If you are not already a PubEasy customer, go to www.pubeasy.com and complete the free Registration!

Pubnet is a third party system that requires the use of a Standard Address Number (SAN). Orders process hourly and a Purchase Order Acknowledgment (POA) is returned hourly between 5:30am- 5:30pm ET. Free Electronic Invoices available.

To setup a Pubnet account please go to http://www.Pubnet.org or call 1 800-PUBNET1
Further details, contact: edics@simonandschuster.com or call 1 800-223-2336
S&S SAN # 2566044

INSTANT RESPONSE

Instant Response is a 3rd party system by Pubnet that provides retailers with instant purchase order acknowledgments when orders are placed with participating publishers. To participate, retailers need to have a Standard Address Number (SAN) as well as memberships in both Pubnet and PubEasy, and accounts need to be validated with each publisher.

For further details, please contact David Campbell:
david.campbell@bowker.com.
Ph: (866) 414-3043

Reference S&S SAN # 8525471

You can also visit Pubnet's website.

CORPORATE EDI

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) utilizes a Value Added Network (VAN) for multiple documents to be traded.

Documents Available for Trading:
·         Purchase Order (850)
·         Purchase Order Acknowledgment (855)
·         Advanced Shipping Notice (856)
·         Invoice (810)

For more details, please download & fill out our

EDI request form. Once completed you can submit to edics@simonandschuster.com.