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Purchase Order Start-up Assessment Form

NORTH AMERICAN EDI PURCHASE ORDER AND PO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT START-UP CHECKLIST

Please forward copies of the following documents to:

1. Completed checklist
2. Your company's maps
3. Listing of your company's ship-to locations and identifiers


Procter & Gamble NA EDI Center of Expertise
Fax: (513) 774-1145 or E-mail: edicoe.im@pg.com

Start-up work will not begin until all non-optional questions are completed or legitimately marked "Yes." Any "No" answers for non-optional questions will prevent development of an EDI partnership until resolved. Once this checklist is received, a Procter & Gamble EDI Coordinator will contact you to exchange trading partner information.

*Represents data that is not required, but is suggested as it expedites order handling.



EDI Infrastructure

Is your EDI Technical Support located within your company?
If "No," who provides your EDI Technical Support?
Does your EDI Technical Support provide 24 x 7 support?*
If so, please provide the following:
Does your company's EDI system provide customization at the
vendor level?
Does your company's EDI system provide customization at the
customer level?*
Are your EDI orders sourced out of your buying system?
If not, does your company data enter purchase order information into a template supplied by a VAN to generate EDI purchase orders?



Required P&G EDI Information for All Transactions

Which of the following Purchase Order/Purchase Order acknowledgement transaction sets does your company utilize?

NOTE: If you do not utilize a VAN, completion of EDI Over the Internet Section
is required.
Whom, within your EDI department, should P&G contact to pursue the
EDI startup?



EDI Over the Internet

If your company does not utilize a VAN, do you communicate EDI data via the Internet?
If yes, complete the following:
(See http://www.gs1us.org/gs1us.html for a list of companies and products.)



Please click on the appropriate Purchase Order link below and complete the necessary information so that we may process your request.

Retail U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico Purchase Order

Iams Distributor Purchase Order

Pharmaceuticals Purchase Order

Cosmetics Purchase Order

Purchase Order Acknowledgement


Retail U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico Purchase Order

REQUIRED P&G EDI INFORMATION 850 875 U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico
P&G requires transmission of a UPC in the PO1 (Baseline Item Detail) or G68 (Line Item Detail). Is your company able to provide the UPC on Purchase Order Transactions?
**US Customers only**
If UPCs are qualified with UI or UP, P&G's systems require number of scannable units be provided in the PO4-01 or G70-01 (pack) data element.
If your company qualifies UPCs with a UI or UP, can you provide
this information?
**US Customers also interested in 855 only**
Does your company send unit price data in the PO1-04 or G68-03?
Does your company provide a requested arrival or ship date in the DTM or G62 (Date/Time) segment?
Note: For-hire orders require requested arrival date and customer pick-up orders require ship date
Does your company identify ship-to locations in the N1-03 & 04
data elements?
If more than one order is to be consolidated together, does your company provide an indicator and the corresponding Purchase Order numbers?*

If you have entered all your necessary information, please scroll to the bottom of this form and click submit to process your request.



Iams Distributor Purchase Order

REQUIRED P&G EDI INFORMATION 850 IAMS DISTRIBUTOR
US Customers only
If UPCs are qualified with UI or UP, P&G's systems require number of scannable units be provided in the PO4-01 or G70-01 (pack) data element.
If your company qualifies UPCs with a UI or UP, can you provide
this information?
Does your company provide a requested arrival or ship date in the DTM or G62 (Date/Time) segment?
Does your company identify ship-to locations in the N1-03 & 04
data elements?
If more than one order is to be consolidated together, does your company provide an indicator and the corresponding Purchase Order numbers?*

If you have entered all your necessary information, please scroll to the bottom of this form and click submit to process your request.



Pharmaceuticals Purchase Order

REQUIRED P&G EDI INFORMATION 850 875 PHARMACEUTICALS U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico
Does your company provide a requested arrival or ship date in the DTM or G62 (Date/Time) segment at the Header Level?
Does your company identify ship-to locations in the N1-03 & 04
data elements?
If more than one order is to be consolidated together, does your company provide an indicator and the corresponding Purchase Order numbers?
Active Ship to Location address shipped by P&G Pharmaceuticals:
Does your company use Vendor Number?

If you have entered all your necessary information, please scroll to the bottom of this form and click submit to process your request.



Cosmetics Purchase Order

REQUIRED P&G EDI INFORMATION COSMETICS ONLY
Customer will use the same data format standards (i.e. UCS, VICS, or X12 ) and Versions (e.g. 4010, 4030, 4050, 4060, 5010) for both Cosmetics and P&G transactions?
Customer will send ISA or BG envelopes for Cosmetics and P&G transactions to the same location using P&G receiver ID? (One ISA/BG envelope may be used or separate ISA/BG envelopes.)
The GS Receiver's ID (GS03) used with the Cosmetics transactions is unique from that used with the P&G transactions?
Customer will accept both P&G data and Cosmetics data (i.e., invoices, ASNs) in one ISA/BG envelope. The customer will be responsible for segregating the data once received by document ID (i.e., invoice #, PO#)? (e.g., one ISA/BG envelope may contain both Cosmetics and P&G data or P&G data only or Cosmetics data only, but the envelope will consistently use the P&G ID.)
SDQ Purchase Orders (Cross dock orders)
Check yes if all of the requirements below can be met:
The Purchase Order must contain an SDQ segment.
The SDQ-02 qualifier designates what type of ship-to identifier code they
are sending.
The SDQ-03 contains the ship-to identifier code (primarily the duns+4 or store #).
The SDQ-04 contains the quantity to be shipped to the ship-to identified in the SDQ-03. This will repeat in the SDQ-05/06, 07/08, etc.
P&G requires transmission of a UPC in the PO1 (Baseline Item Detail) or G68 (Line Item Detail). Is your company able to provide the UPC on Purchase Order Transactions?
U.S. Customers only
If UPCs are qualified with UI or UP, P&G's systems require number of scannable units be provided in the PO4-01 or G70-01 (pack) data element.
If your company qualifies UPCs with a UI or UP, can you provide
this information?
Does your company provide a requested arrival or ship date in the DTM or G62 (Date/Time) segment?
**U.S. Customers also interested in 855 only**
Does your company send unit price data in the PO1-04 or G68-03?
Does your company identify ship-to locations in the N1-03 & 04
data elements?
If more than one order is to be consolidated together, does your company provide an indicator and the corresponding Purchase Order numbers?*

If you have entered all your necessary information, please scroll to the bottom of this form and click submit to process your request.



Purchase Order Acknowledgement

REQUIRED P&G EDI INFORMATION 855 U.S. ONLY
Is your company currently sending EDI Purchase Orders to P&G?
Does your company update your original 850 or 875 Purchase Order with the 855 PO Acknowledgment sent?
Does your company send unit price (PO1-04 or G68-03) data on the 850 or 875 Purchase Order?
P&G does not support the ACK Line Item Acknowledgment segment. Will your company be able to accept an 855 transaction from P&G without the ACK segment?
Is your company capable of sending functional acknowledgments?
Does your company utilize unit price data (PO1-4) sent on the 855 PO Acknowledgment in an effort to resolve price discrepancies prior
to invoicing?
Does your company require the same internal vendor number transmitted on the Purchase Order be sent back on the 855-PO Acknowledgment transaction?
Is your company currently receiving EDI invoices from P&G?


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