Processing of JC Penney EDI Orders - Part II
George K Gregory & Associates
edi attendant
Article 101.2 10/26/2006
Processing JCP EDI Orders – Part II
JC Penney requires Dynamic Routing (Full) for most of their vendors.
In some cases they only require Routing Authorizaiton.
Dynamic Routing enables JC Penney to determine the destination and mode for the shipment.
The EDI 753 document is used to request the routing instructions.
The request must be sent before 6pm Central Time, 2 business days prior to the Available To Ship Date (ATS).
JC Penney will not route shipments that have an ATS after the Cancel Date.
JC Penney will send the routing instructions via the EDI 754 document.
The EDI 754 document will contain the destination and carrier.
The destination can be a PEPS Consolidator, Distribution Center, or Store Support Center.
Before the request for routing instructions is sent, the vendor must determine if the order will be shipped complete.
In the event that the vendor has insufficient quantities, Edi Attendant provides a tool that will help distibute the available quantity.
There are 2 methods for distributing the available quantity: distribute evenly so that each location receives some product or fill each location until the product is depleted leaving some locations without product.
Carton labels will be printed based on the adjusted quanity.
Vendors have a choice of packaging the product before or after the 754 is received.
If time allows, it is better to Scan/Pack the order after the 754 is received and has updated the destination and carrier in your system.
This method enables the ucc128 to be printed with the correct information.
If time does not allow, the product can be Scan/Pack without the ucc128 label.
The content label should be applied to the carton.
Ucc128 carton labels can be printed after the 754 is received and applied to the carton.
Vendors can print the ucc128 label before the 754 instructions are received, but the label may need to be reprinted if the 754 changes the destination.
The final step is to ship the order and generate invoices and advance ship notification.
if the shipment is partial, the vendor must decide if the product will be back ordered or cancelled.
A “Fill/Kill” option is provided in Edi Attendant at the start of the shipping process.
If the option is selected, unshipped product is cancelled in the ASN.
If the option is not selected, the ASN will inform JC Penney that the product is back ordered.
The shipping process automatically imports the quantities packaged, requiring very little data entry.
Edi Attendant will generate hundreds of invoices with a push of a button.
If Edi Attendant is integrated with an accounting system, inventory is issued and invoices are created.