Germany's Daimler is the world's largest commercial vehicle manufacturer. In addition to the European Mercedes-Benz trucks that we are most familiar with, its business has covered the whole world, of course, including the North American region of the commercial vehicle market giant.
Daimler Trucks North America (hereinafter referred to as DTNA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler, Germany, and is the largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks and a major producer of medium-duty trucks and specialized commercial vehicles in North America.
The author has the honor to participate in the entire testing and implementation process of the Daimler EDI docking project, and I will share the relevant content with you.
DTNA EDI Supply Chain Process
DTNA requires downstream suppliers to directly connect to Daimler's EDI center through the EDI system to interact with documents such as material demand forecasting, delivery planning, delivery notices, and invoices.
Suppliers can log in to the Damiler Supplier Portal to download specific EDI business descriptions.
Daimler Supplier Portal
The DTNA EDI supply chain business flow diagram is listed below:
DTNA EDI Supply Chain Business Flow Chart
- DTNA MFG: Daimler's manufacturing plant business system that issues material requirements and delivery schedules to suppliers and receives advance shipping notices.
- DTNA FIAC: Daimler's financial system for receiving electronic invoices from suppliers and closing payments.
The DTNA EDI supply chain process is as follows
- DTNA sends 830 Material Requirements (Long Term) and 862 Delivery Plan (Short Term) to suppliers via EDI.
- Suppliers stock up and arrange delivery.
- Supplier sends 856 Shipment Notice to DTNA via EDI.
- After DTNA receives the goods, the supplier sends an 810 invoice to DTNA via EDI.
- Payment will be settled within 45 working days after DTNA receives the invoice.
Zhixing EDI platform system
The Zhixing EDI platform provides suppliers with a complete Daimler EDI docking solution, which can be directly connected to the DTNA EDI center after quick configuration.
The EDI platform can be integrated with the supplier's business system to insert the received demand type business document data (such as orders, long-term/short-term forecasts, order changes, etc.) into the supplier's ERP.
The supplier directly sends confirmation/payment type business documents (such as order confirmation, delivery notice, invoice) to the corresponding partner through EDI.
Through the EDI platform, suppliers can directly connect with the business systems of multiple upstream and downstream partners, exchange business requirements automatically in real time, avoid manual errors, reduce inventory, and achieve lean production.
Zhixing EDI platform provides customers with complete solutions
DTNA 830 Material Requirements Business Fields
EDI 830 refers to the ANSI X12 standard for forecasting material requirements - Planning Schedule with Release Capability.
DTNA will provide the latest material requirements to suppliers every week, including clear order number, material number, recipient code, demand number and delivery date.
DTNA will send out 830 at least four months in advance to ensure that suppliers have sufficient time for production scheduling.
Among them, PO refers to an order contract signed for one or two years, which is related to PO number and Contract No.
Since DTNA updates the latest material requirement status of each order every week, Release No refers to the version release number for each requirement change. The version number starts from 00000001, and the maximum number is no more than 12 times.
The following is the DTNA 830 material requirement template:
DTNA 830 Material Requirements Template
DTNA 862 Delivery Schedule Business Fields
EDI 862 is the ANSI X12 Standard Delivery Schedule - Shipping Schedule.
When the supplier receives the 862, it means that the official shipment can be arranged. DTNA will send 862 to suppliers to stock up at least one month in advance.
Compared with 830, 862 adds Shop Address and Engineer Change ID data fields.
The following is the DTNA 862 delivery schedule template:
DTNA 862 Delivery Schedule Template
DTNA 856 Advance Ship Notice business field
EDI 856 ANSI X12 Standard Advanced Ship Notice - Advanced Ship Notice/Manifest.
After the supplier arranges packing, it needs to send 856 ASN through EDI to remind DTNA to prepare for early receipt.
The business fields involved include SID (can not be repeated within one year), delivery date, delivery type (Air or Ocean), carrier, receiver, weight, and material quantity, etc.
The following is the DTNA 856 Advance Ship Notice template:
DTNA 856 Advance Ship Notice Template
DTNA 810 Electronic Invoice Business Fields
EDI 810 ANSI X12 Standard Electronic Invoice - Invoice.
After the DTNA receipt is completed, the supplier can apply for settlement by filling in 810 through EDI. DTNA will clear the payment within 45 working days of receiving the 810.
Each electronic invoice only counts the material amount for a single shipment. Since a single shipment can issue the amount of materials for multiple orders, one electronic invoice can settle the payment for multiple orders.
Note: Since the Total Amount in 810 must be an integer, the Total Amount= the total amount of all materials*100. If Total Amount = $62.16, then Total Amount = $62.16 *100= 6216.
DTNA 810 Electronic Invoice Template
DTNA Packing Sticker
When shipping, the supplier needs to affix packing stickers on the outside of the carton and the pallet according to the DTNA packaging requirements.
Through the self-developed PDF Label module of Zhixing RSSBus Connect EDI system, suppliers can generate DTNA Labels with one click and wait for printing.
The following are DTNA Master Label, DTNA Mixed Load Label and Destination Label templates.
In the DTNA Master Label, it is necessary to clearly mark the waybill number, material information, quantity, supplier ID, order number and other information.
Among them, the material number, quantity, supplier ID, and waybill number need to provide the corresponding barcode (type: 128 code).
DTNA Master Label
If the package involves mixed pallets/packages, the Mixed Load Label needs to be affixed on the outer package.
In addition to the above two types of stickers, the supplier also needs to paste the Destination Label to indicate the unloading point code, Dock Location, sender and delivery date. Among them, the barcode format is still Code 128.
DTNA Destination Label