Dot developed the redistribution concept in the food supply chain, and has worked hard to become the industry leader. Since 1960, we have been harnessing new technologies to provide better service to make food manufacturers and our distributor customers more profitable.
We grew to #1 by innovating, particularly in information technology. Our e-commerce web-site, the Dot Expressway, was one of the first in the industry to allow customers to search for item information and pricing. We also lead the industry in electronic communications, using industry exchanges and electronic data interchange (EDI) to reduce transaction costs.
Our experience has shown that communicating electronically can lower costs and improve service.
In an effort to increase efficiencies, reduce cost, and hopefully save a few trees, Dot Foods will be requiring all suppliers to be 100% electronic on the following business documents by the fall of 2008:
- Item (set-up and maintenance)
- Price (set-up and maintenance)
- Purchase Orders
- PO Acknowledgements
- Advance Ship Notices (ASN)
- Invoices
- Sales Reporting
If you are a small-to-medium size supplier and are not currently EDI capable, it may make sense for you to outsource your EDI needs to a
3rd party provider. The third party provider would receive our EDI data on your behalf and make it available to you in the format you prefer. You can choose to integrate this data into your system or you could simply view and manipulate it in a web-form on the provider's web site. Click here for a list of third party providers for the item and price transaction sets or
click here for a list of the providers for the core (order cycle) transaction sets.
Please reference letter from Mike Buckley, VP of Business Development, for details regarding this initiative:
Letter from Mike Buckley
For more information, please call 800.366.3687
Leann Hammer, Suppliers A-J
Carey Felten, Suppliers K-Z
Data Synchronization: Item and Price
Data Synchronization is the automated exchange of product information (such as product ID, description, and dimensions) between you and your customers. Data Synchronization helps trading partners reduce errors involved in pricing, purchase orders, product delivery, and scanning. In the past, Dot Foods has only had one method for receiving item for receiving item and price data - via EDI using the 879 and 888 transaction sets - either directly from the supplier or through a 3rd party provider. However, we now offer another option in the form of a pre-defined .csv or .xls format that suppliers can populate and send to us via e-mail. We will then upload the information to update our system.
Transaction Sets :
Spreadsheet Information :
Core Transaction Sets
Here at Dot Foods, we believe that when customers and suppliers trade the order cycle documents via EDI, both sides realize the following benefits: reduced cycle time, improved accuracy, reduced labor costs, fewer product returns, fewer deductions, and increased customer satisfaction. Suppliers can trade these transaction sets directly with Dot Foods or they can outsource them to a 3rd party provider.
Transaction Sets:
Sales Reporting
It is imperative that suppliers receive accurate, timely sales data from Dot Foods in order to better manage the business. It is also important that suppliers receive the sales data in an electronic format that they can either integrate into their system or that they can easily modify in order to suit their needs. We have two options available to suppliers for receiving their sales data - via EDI on a direct basis or through a 3rd party provider, or on an as-needed basis from the Dot Expressway.
Transaction Sets :
For more information, please call 800.366.3687
Leann Hammer, Suppliers A-J
Carey Felten, Suppliers K-Z
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