Before you begin: TRANSPORTATION EDI INFORMATION
Kroger Transportation Business Team members will discus the new TRM (Transportation Routing Management) system with you. A determination will be made if a carrier will use the TRM system or EDI to send and receive the transportation documents. If both parties agree EDI is to be used, the following information will apply:
1. Your SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code) will be discussed and verified. EDI will use the carriers SCAC code as a cross-reference to transmit the outbound EDI transactions to the proper EDI Trading Partner. It is imperative the SCAC code in the TRM system matches the SAC code you submit to Kroger in the TRM (Transportation Routing Management) PARTNER SET-UP FORM. This form is posted under “Getting Started” on the Kroger EDI web site: http://edi.kroger.com
2. Once a carrier submits the TRM PARTNER SET-UP FORM, a member of the Kroger EDI Business Team will complete the EDI Partner set up in our EDI system. The EDI Team member will E-mail the carrier’s EDI contact and the Kroger Transportation Business Team Member; the EDI set up is complete.
3. Transportation specific EDI implementation guides/maps are posted under “Maps”on the Kroger EDI web site http://edi.kroger.com for your review and use.
4. Kroger sends 997 functional acknowledgements for all inbound documents received within the required 24- hour timeframe. It is a Kroger requirement; all EDI Trading Partners send a 997 functional acknowledgement to us within the 24- hour timeframe for all documents we send. Please note: An acknowledgment is the transmission of a Functional Acknowledgment Transaction Set (997) to the original sender to indicate the status of the transmission with respect to standards adherence. This functional acknowledgment does not imply acceptance of the contents of the associated transaction sets.
Kroger EDI Information:
Transportation Transactions:
204 Tender to Carrier As soon as a TRM user tenders a load, the 204 is sent to the carrier.
990 Tender Accept/Reject The carrier must respond to the specific 204 within the
due time indicated within the 204 tender and is typically around 2 hours from the time of tender, but may vary by pick up location Please note: If the responds time falls outside of business hours, TRM will automatically specify the response due time as the next appropriate time. Response due time is in the time zone of the pick up location. This is the time zone that is to be sent in the 204 document.
214 Status Update Tracking messages for arrivals at each stop, departures from each stop, delay status, and En Route tracking messages must be sent.
A. Must send 1st Stop, critical message. Is required.
B. Must send a message for departure from each stop
C. Must send departure from final delivery stop. Is required.
D. Must send a message arrival at each stop
E. Must send a message if the truck is delayed.
F. En Route message- every 2 to 4 hours depending on the agreement between Kroger and the carrier.
Kroger ‘s EDI Communication ID’s for the transportation transactions are:
Production ID’s Qualifier ZZ ISA KROGERTRMP GS KROGERTRM
Test ID’s Qualifier ZZ ISA KROGERTRMT GS KROGERTRM
VAN Sterling
Kroger EDI Business Team
Sampath (Sam) Radhakrishnan
Company Name A-J
302-781-1030 Ext. 1335
Sridhar Patel
Company Name K-R
302-781-1020 Ext. 4113
Badrinath (Badri) Balasubramanian
Company Name S-Z
302-781-1020 Ext. 5347
Team E-mail Team Fax
Fax: 203-724-4393