My client, one of the big distributors, is in this
boat. You can bet they are waiting with nervousness
on whether or not Jeb will sign or veto...
--- Brian Lehrhoff < wrote:
> rotfl - you're better off without wal-mart. let
> them order from the
> wholesalers and just be one of the
> customers. besides, this is a mandate for the
> wholesalers, not the
> manufacturers. let your
> wholesalers scan, wand or keypunch the data on the
> receiving dock. they
> should be happy that
> you're willing to help them out.
>
> in most cases, the manufacturer is the only game in
> town. unless there
> is a generic or something similar,
> they have to
buy it from you. or someone does. if
> cardinal wants to
> source from mckesson, and abc
> wants to source from mckessen, then mckesson has to
> buy from the
> manufacturer. and they'll have a
> lot of information to capture as they cross-dock the
> goods.
>
> the entire pharma industry is late to the table for
> 856 ... and now they
> are trying to catch up with 20
> years of research and experience in six months.
> lots of luck! oh, you
> can't read my carton labels?
> gee - my warehouse system reads them just fine. $25
> a carton? i don't
> think so!
>
> Charlotte Sigmann wrote:
> > Uhm...guys-The RxASN is as a direct result of Drug
> Pedigree Legislation
> > going into effect in the State of Florida July 1,
> 2006. Any
> > prescription drug wholesaler MUST supply the
> supply-chain history of a
> > prescription drug in order to ship to the state of
> Florida. As a
> > manufacturer, we are not required by LAW to
> provide pedigree information
> > (other than verification) until the California law
> goes into effect on
> > January 1, 2007, but our customers are demanding
> it.
> >
> >
> >
> > As far as Wal-Mart giving notice, they basically
> said that if we were
> > not ready to provide the RxASN (which is an 856
> with extra added fun
> > like lot numbers, expiration dates, licensing
> information, etc) they
> > would not order from us. Although the big drug
> wholesalers have been
> > getting everything ready for these RxASNs for
> quite a while, Wal-Mart is
> > slow on the uptake and is taking it out on their
> suppliers.
> >
> >
> >
> > We also only got the call from them last week
> stating that they needed
> > us to be ready to go by June 30, 2006.
> >
> >
> >
> > Charlotte Sigmann
> >
> >
EDI Administrator
> >
> > Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc
> >
> > 369 Bayview Avenue
> >
> > Amityville, NY 11701
> >
> > 631-789-8228 ext 4144
> >
> >
> >
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> > ________________________________
> >
> > From:
> [mailto: On Behalf Of
> > Ilia Chlaifer
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 8:13 PM
> > To: Brian Lehrhoff; Shawn Aker
> > Cc: Travis Truax;
> > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] X12 5010 856 Gentran or GIS
> map example
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Better still, you can tell them you can't do RFID.
> > Common Shawn, didn't they give you 6 month
> heads-up re 856 requirement?
> > If
> > they didn't -- simply call them back and tell them
> you need more time
> > (more
> > like few more month etc).
> > Comparing to Kohl's, K-Mart/Sears or JCP Wal-Mart
> is not such a big
> > deal...
> > Unless your ERP is completely out of wack, and
> can't support the ASN...
> > And BTW, on the end of the day it all comes down
> to the relationship
> > between
> > your sales and Wal-Mart buyer. Buyer may actually
> give you exemption,
> > and
> > you would NEVER have to do ASNs for them.
> > I've worked with a major Wal-Mart/Sams Supplier
> with over 150 million in
> > sales and we never had to do ASN... Go figure.
> > Good luck though.
> > Shluft.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:
> <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> ]On
> > Behalf Of
> > Brian Lehrhoff
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:50 PM
> > To: Shawn Aker
> > Cc: Travis Truax;
> <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] X12 5010 856 Gentran or GIS
> map example
> >
> > there is an easy fix - tell them you can't do
> ucc128 yet. they won't
> > take the 856 without it.
> >
> > Shawn Aker wrote:
> >
> >> I am. They just told me yesterday we have 3 weeks
> to go live with the
> >>
> > 856
> >
> >> or they will stop receiving our shipments (thanks
> to Florida Pedigree
> >> laws). I haven't come up with an easy way to
> migrate my 4010 from the
> >>
> > other
> >
> >> trading partners and all my lovely extended
> rules. Any help would me
> >> appreciated and I'll pass any info I get to you,
> Travis.
> >>
> >> Regards.
> >>
> >> Shawn
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/15/06, Travis Truax
> <
> >>
> > <mailto:travis.truax%40hannascandles.com> > wrote:
> >
> >>> You must be working on Wal-mart.....me too. But
> I haven't started on
> >>>
> > the
> >
> >>> 856
> >>> yet.
> >>> I would very much like to see this as well if
> anyone replies.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Travis-
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: shawn_aker [mailto:
> <mailto:smaker%40gmail.com>
>
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