Hello everyone:
I have run into an interesting requirement.
The accounting department wants to send electronic invoices out to its
EDI
enabled customers. The data is there and it will be easy to parse into the
810 transaction set.
The issue is that the A/R department has a few customers who require
additional detail when an invoice is sent. An example could be a weight
certification that is signed (could scan this), a ships log of events during
the trip (text), history log on all events that occured to a container
(text), some other info as needed (can cut and paste).
My question is that if I used the 810 Invoice I could do the invoice, I
could even use the 864 text message to handle the text items but how would
you handle the scanned items or the cut and paste items from other internal
systems that are not linked to the accounting system?
One idea that I have thought about is adding reference line items to the
detail of the invoice to show that weight certification is being sent under
separte transaction set, next ref item might be vendors invoice can be found
at http::www.mycompany.com/etc???? and then the customer could go to our
companys website and key in the item reference number and print the
pdf file
on their end for the extra detail info that they currently require. Just an
idea.
Have any of you run into this before where the customer wants to have
scanned docs sent along with the EDI transmisson? Is there a way to send
scanned docs, pdf files, etc inside of an EDI transaction?
How would you handle this if it was presented to you?
Thanks in advance.
John Knight
158 Hounds Run Drive
Bowling Green, KY 42104-7503
USA
270.996.2664 (Cell)
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