|
EDI
Page Contents:
EDI With Your Vendors
EDI With Your Customers
Support Requirements

Electronic
Data Interface
With
Your Vendors
OVERVIEW
Electronic Data Interface (EDI) with vendors is the
electronic submission of Purchase Orders and the receipt
of associated documents. These electronic documents are
transported directly from your NEVIS system to a
Personal Computer connected to the host by emulation.
The documents are then transmitted via a Value Added
Network (VAN). The VAN provides software
for the transmission and receipt of documents. The
documents are Accredited
Standards Committee
X.12 standard
format. This eliminates the need for a software
translator from the VAN (SAVES $$).
Cygnus provides the programs to create/download or
upload/process the electronic documents (standard ASC
X.12 format) for the NEVIS user
(Host).
What You Get!
The Cygnus EDI Base* package includes programs and
procedures to do the following:
On the HOST
1. Receiver/Sender Profile
Programs (Host).
2. Search Procedure /programs
for file Pickup.
3. Conversion Table files and
instructions.
4. Programs/Procedures for file
direction to the PC.
On the Connected P/C
5. DOS Batch /exe Files for PC
work. * Only one copy of Cygnus EDI Base
required for any EDI SET-UP

| Transaction Type |
Description |
Function |
|
| 810 |
Invoice from
Vendor |
Upload/Create an
Accounts Payable Batch for Edit |
|
| 832 |
Sales Catalog
from
Vendor
|
Upload/Update Vendor
Parts OPTIONAL: Upload/Update Selling Price, Add
new Items |
|
| 850 |
Purchase Order
to Vendor
|
Download PO's from PO
File for Vendor. OPTIONAL: Download PO Requests
for Specific Vendors from Customer Orders. When
the Acknowledgments are returned, then PO's are
created in NEVIS on the Host. |
|
| 855 |
Acknowledgments
from vendor |
Upload/Produce Files and
Non-Filled reports. OPTIONAL: see 850
explanation reference to Acknowledgements |
|
| 856 |
Advanced
Shipping Notice |
Under Development |
|
Modifications would be made @
$120/Hr

Electronic
Data Interface
With
Your Customers
OVERVIEW
Electronic Data Interface (EDI) with vendors is the
electronic submission of Customer Purchase Orders and
the receipt of associated documents. These electronic
documents are transported directly to your NEVIS
system from a Personal Computer connected to the host by
emulation. Associated documents are created in response
to the Customers P/O from your Host to the Personal
Computer. The documents are then transmitted via a Value
Added Network (VAN). The VAN
provides software for the transmission and receipt of
documents. The documents are Accredited
Standards Committee
X.12 standard
format. This eliminates the need for a software
translator from the VAN (SAVE $$).
Cygnus provides the programs to upload/process or
create/download the electronic documents (standard ASC
X.12 format) for the NEVIS user (Host)
What You Get
The Cygnus EDI Base * package includes programs and
procedures to do the following:
1. Receiver/Sender Profile
Programs (Host)
2. Search Procedure/Programs
for file pickup.
3. Conversion Table files and
instructions.
4. Programs/Procedures for
file direction to the PC.
5. DOS Batch/exe Files for PC
work. * Only one copy of Cygnus EDI Base
required for any EDI SET-UP.

Documents Handled with Customers
| Transaction
Type |
Description |
Function |
|
| 810 |
Invoice to
Customer |
Download
Customer Invoices |
|
| 832 |
Sales
Catalog to the Customer |
Download Sales
Catalog from Contract Price File |
|
| 850 |
Purchase
Order from the Customer
|
Upload
PO's from the Customer, create a suspense
file with pricing for review, and post to
ORDER Detail |
|
| 855 |
Acknowledgments
to the Customer |
Download Line Item
Accept/Reject |
|
| 856 |
Advanced
Shipping Notice to the Customer |
Under Development:
to be defined |
|
Modifications
would be made @$120/Hr

 | Hardware
and Software Requirements For EDI Support:
|
 | |
- Host
-
iSeries Access v 5.1 or higher
-
Running Standard
NEVIS
- Personal Computer
-
Minimum Pentium 3 or higher)
-
VAN Software for
Sending and Receiving ASCx.12 Electronics
Documents
Windows 2000/XP Supported
|