
Retail (156)
Retail Payment Systems - Are You Ready?
- Saturday, 18 February 2012
- Retail
- Written by Cameron Laird
You're already on top of how your business works now; what you need is to know ahead of time how it will work in coming years. For that, study payment systems.
What's Missing from Your 852s?
- Friday, 03 September 2010
- Retail
- Written by Marlow Atticus

Ecommerce and EDI
- Monday, 20 December 2010
- Retail
- Written by Marlow Atticus
As the end of the year has been approaching I see a definite interest in E-commerce activity within the retail sector as an initiative for 2011. Some, has to do with retailers continuing to support E-commerce via their Distribution Centers while others are looking at working with Factory direct shipments to the .com consumer.
Is POS data that valuable or is there something better?
- Monday, 25 April 2011
- Retail
- Written by Marlow Atticus
There’s been quite a bit of talk about trading partners providing Point of Sale information with their suppliers. So what is POS and why is it important? There are there are several ways that POS data is used -
EDI POS 852 Data: ROI
- Wednesday, 03 August 2011
- Retail
- Written by

This month’s question is a fantastic one: Is there a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation for EDI? More broadly, a company has to be on EDI to sell the majors. So to me the question is interesting but almost beside the point. EDI is essential. However, studying 852 Point of Sale documents – especially at store level - is not considered to be essential by many vendors – or their retail partners.
Cecil's Takes a Gander
- Sunday, 09 May 2010
- Retail
- Written by Cecil T. Wulfe


MRO and EDI- a Good Match?
- Saturday, 05 March 2011
- Retail
- Written by Michael Martz

Once you’ve spent the money, time, and effort to comply with a mega-retailer mandate to implement EDI, is your job over? Or have you just taken the first step down the path to full electronic nirvana? Let’s think about that.
Read more...EDI POS 852 Data: A Diamond in the Rough
- Monday, 06 June 2011
- Retail
- Written by
There are different ways for suppliers to obtain POS data from their retail partners. Many retailers offer reports or have their own web portals. Walmart’s Retail Link offers the most detailed view. Unfortunately other retailers’ portals make it difficult to impossible to get deep dive views (e.g.: SKU and door level). Happily there is another choice: An EDI document called an 852.
EDI POS 852 Data: Show me the money
- Thursday, 23 June 2011
- Retail
- Written by
When I first started in this industry I expressed surprise by the “loose” parameters of 852 POS documents at an EDI conference. I was told the standard is like our language. Yes we speak English, yet “pop” is soda in certain parts and “tennis shoes” are sneakers to some. Further, because there is so much unstructured data in the POS document – especially when it is door level, it is harder still adhere to a standard. It is much easier when there are set fields like those in a PO or invoice.
EDI POS 852 Data: Why Won’t They Share?
- Monday, 18 July 2011
- Retail
- Written by
One of the most common questions posed to us is: Why can’t we get EDI POS data for a certain retailer? Allow me to break that question down, as it is multi-faceted.
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