Companies use an EDI 856, referred to as the "Advance Ship Notice" (ASN), to manage just-in-time deliveries from their suppliers. Some of your customers may require you to transmit an ASN before each shipment that tells them exactly what to expect when the goods arrive. You are also required to print and affix a matching label on each carton and skid.

ACOM can provide users requiring ASN functionality a third-party add-on product that generates ASNs and prints labels. It takes data from the original purchase order, invoice or picking tickets, and organizes it according to the way you packed the goods. ASN is accessed in the warehouse where the actual packing and shipping takes place.

Once an ASN is completed, it is transmitted to your customer through the normal process in EZConnect. The ASN product can be integrated with your existing warehouse management system, barcode system and carrier shipping system to automate the process as much as possible.

“We examined about five alternatives and ACOM’s EZConnect EDI solution emerged as the clear price performance winner, able to satisfy all of our requirements at a price the company could afford.”

IT Vice President
M. McKinnon
CanWel Distribution Ltd.

Read the entire CanWel EDI software case study

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