GE Global eXchange Services users can now easily link directly into the Wal-Mart mainframe using the required Bi-Sync 3780 protocol to handle your EDI Purchase Orders (850s), 997  Functional Acknowledgements and Invoices. 

A direct Wal-Mart connect using GE's DeskTop EDI™ Application 

CTI Communications is a GXS Global Alliance Partner

EDI with Wal-Mart Overview Graphic

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The Wal-Mart Access Program (starting at $1,595) from CTI includes 3780 Bi-Synchronous software and Synchronous Modem Hardware for an easy installation. 

In late 1998 when Wal-Mart decided to move all their suppliers and vendors to a direct connection, Metro Marketing (Beng Lu) contacted CTI and purchased our SyncPack2000e® package.  In January of 1999 Metro Marketing was the first GE DeskTop EDI customer to integrated the GE DeskTop*EDI™ software with CTI's SyncPack2000e and it's FastSync 3780® software in order to obtain their Wal-Mart Purchase Orders directly from Wal-Mart.

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For more specific information specific information as to CTI's SyncPack2000e with your GE DeskTop EDI program, call CTI at 248-540-4600.

 

 

This Wal-Mart Access Windows GUI interface has the following program features:

  • JCL automatically created for sending and receiving files to Wal-Mart;
  • Sam's Club and Wal-Mart Stores Addresses can be downloaded from Wal-Mart at the touch of a button; 
  • Wal-Mart "Store Directories" and Addresses are available at the touch of a button. 

The Wal-Mart Directory includes:

  • Files waiting to be picked up;
  • Files that have been picked up (files can be reset so they can be picked up again if necessary (this is a Wal-Mart requirement.); 
  • Files that have been uploaded by Wal-Mart are marked in the directory; 
  • You know when Wal-Mart has processed your files; 
  • Files that have been received, but not picked up are also listed in the directory. No more wondering if Wal-Mart got your invoice.

Other Screenshots from the Wal-Mart Access Program

Checking the "Normalized" boxes replaces CR/LF (carriage return and line feed) sequences with a tilde.  The tilde segment terminator is standard in EDI.  

GE considers it the responsibility of the communications program to handle these segments rather than the EDI program itself. 

Global eXchange Services (GXS) operates one of the largest B2B e-commerce networks in the world, with more than 100,000 trading partners. The network's 1 billion annual transactions account for $1 trillion in goods and services. With a presence in 58 countries, GXS applies Six Sigma quality processes to provide e-commerce solutions that help businesses around the globe remove costs from their supply chains. GE Global eXchange Services is a part of the General Electric Company, U.S.A., and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md. (800) 560-4347. Visit GXS' Web site at www.gxs.com <http://www.gxs.com> .

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