Dot uses the 867 transaction set for EDI communication with brokers.

The 867 is endorsed by the EFR Electronic Commerce Committee and by the Uniform Code Council as the standard EDI format to use when transmitting sales data.

  867: Product Transfer & Resale

• Eliminates mail delays
• Eliminates proprietary formatted hard copy invoices and order confirmations
• Provides sales information in a standard format
• Enables the broker to automate the reconciliation process, providing for - significant labor savings and reduction in time required to process and integrate Dot sales data - increased accuracy of sales data based on elimination of manual data entry

Click here for specifications on 867.

  Getting Started with EDI and Dot Foods

1. Notify your software provider that you want to receive the 867 transaction from Dot Foods. The software provider may check to see if your system needs to be upgraded prior to receiving the data.
2. Once your system is set up to receive the Dot EDI data, your software provider should contact Mary Koch at 217.773.4486 ext.12628 to start the setup process.
3. Dot will provide you with a customer list so that you can set up the customer cross reference table. This table is needed to link the Dot customer number sent in to your EDI data with your internal customer number.
4. Dot uses UPC numbers as well as manufacturer's item numbers for product identification. Dot will send you the first listing of UPC numbers. After that, all UPC numbers can be obtained through the Dot Expressway.
5. When Dot's customer numbers are set up in your system, notify Mary Koch that you are ready to start receiving the daily data.
6. Once setup is complete, Jerri Ernest (Business Development Specialist) will be your day-to-day Dot contact for non-technical issues. Jerri can be reached at 217.773.4486 ext. 12338. For EDI technical issues, contact Mary Koch at 217.773.4486 ext. 12628.

Initially, you will continue to receive emailed/faxed invoices as well as the EDI data. Three months after the start of receiving EDI, Dot will discontinue the emails/faxes.

For more information on EDI for brokers, please contact Mary Koch at Dot Foods: 800.366.3687.