Nordstrom EDI: How to become a supplier of Nordstrom

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States, Nordstrom is a luxury department store chain company founded in 1901. The company offers clothing, footwear, handbags, jewelry, accessories, cosmetics, and fragrances. Some stores feature home furnishings and wedding departments, and several have in-house cafes, restaurants, and espresso bars. Nordstrom has 100 stores that are located in the United States and Canada.

EDI for Nordstrom is vitally important. To avoid mistakes, delays, and missed deliveries—your EDI process becomes an integral part in Nordstrom's seamless supply chain.

To be a supplier for Nordstrom, you first need to submit your product for their approval. Once Nordstrom has approved your submitted product, the second is to exchange business documents through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Infocon System has the technology and experience to ensure suppliers meet their specific EDI needs. Getting businesses set up for EDI success with Nordstorm, including providing assistance through the testing process, is something Infocon Systems has been doing for years. Once a company is a Nordstrom supplier, Infocon Systems knows how to help them avoid errors and costly chargebacks.

Any company that wants to become a merchandise supplier on the Nordstrom platform needs to follow two important steps.

Step 1: Product Submission for Approval

• Before you get listed, you must submit your product for listing review.
• Add some lines for products benefits
• Add photos or illustrations of the product
• Add product’s price and ordering information
• Send relevant documents like patents or other documentation
• Present packaging structure of product
• Contact details with website url

Step 2: Nordstrom EDI Compliance

To be a merchandise supplier of Nordstrom, you’ll need to exchange important business documents through EDI. GXS (Nordstrom Replenishment) and DSCO (drop ship) handle all EDI requirements for Nordstrom. You will get an internal company identifier from GXS or DSCO. Please make sure you also provide your account rep from Infocon Systems access to the GXS Compliance Link platform and DSCO portal. GXS supports VAN communication protocol and DSCO supports AS2 communication protocol. Infocon Systems supports both Van and AS2 communication methods and will handle establishing the EDI connection to Nordstrom. Depending on your relationship with NORDSTROM you may be required to send the following EDI document:

• EDI 810 (Invoices )
• EDI 997 (Acknowledgements)
• EDI 856 (Shipping Notices)
• EDI 855 (Purchase Order Acknowledgements)
• Other EDI documents that required by NORDSTROM

NORDSTROM sends following EDI documents to your company:

• EDI 850 (Purchase Orders)
• EDI 997 (Functional Acknowledgements)
• Other EDI documents that required by NORDSTROM

Infocon Systems supports full automation of business documents lie purchase order, advance shipping notices, invoice etc. and also enable the supplier to easily download the Nordstrom GS1 shipping label and branded packing slip.

To learn more about how Infocon Systems can take care of your EDI needs for Nordstrom, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at +1 888-339-0722 or email sales@infoconn.com. We’d love to hear from you.