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Getting started with Clydebuilt EDI
XEDI connects Clydebuilt warehouse and production systems with retailer EDI so orders reach the floor with what they need, and despatch confirmations and invoices go back carrying each retailer's required detail.
One managed platform, no custom code
XEDI maps Clydebuilt to your trading partners and validates every document, so data flows straight into the systems your teams already use.
When production and despatch sit in the same system, timing is the integration
Operations running Clydebuilt typically make and ship from the same site, which means a retailer's order is not only a commercial document, it is an input to what gets produced and when. An order that arrives late, or arrives without the delivery date the retailer actually expects, becomes a production problem rather than an admin one.
So the useful thing is not simply that the order arrives electronically, it is that it arrives promptly with the delivery window and quantities the retailer will hold you to, validated before anyone plans against it.
Short shelf life turns despatch accuracy into money
Where what you ship has a life on it, an inaccurate despatch confirmation is expensive quickly. A retailer expecting one configuration and receiving another does not simply correct the paperwork; the delivery can be rejected and the stock cannot be recovered.
The despatch advice is therefore built from what actually left, with SSCC labels at pallet level and the date detail a retailer's goods-in checks. Where the delivery differs from the order, it says so before the vehicle arrives.
What your operation sees day to day
You get an EDI mailbox and a portal that works like an inbox, so retailer demand arrives in one place and planning can see it immediately.
The order becomes the despatch advice from what was actually made and shipped, amended where the delivery differs, with SSCC labels for the pallets, and becomes the invoice on delivery, whose arrival is confirmed in the dashboard.
The integration sits over that workflow and automates it, so demand reaches production and despatch raises the outbound documents. Smaller producers run the portal alone; our API suits those wanting finer granularity; a combined production and warehouse site usually wants the integration.
Documents you can exchange
- Retailer orders landing against Clydebuilt production or despatch
- Order acknowledgements returned to the retailer
- Despatch advice and ASN messages from despatch
- Goods-in and receiving confirmation
- Invoices raised against the despatch
Built for Clydebuilt teams
Whoever owns Clydebuilt in your business, XEDI keeps EDI accurate and hands-off.
- Manufacturers with their own warehousing
- Food and drink producers supplying retail
- Production planners
- Despatch and goods-in teams
- Finance teams handling retailer invoicing
Clydebuilt EDI document types
Which apply depends on whether Clydebuilt is carrying production, warehousing or both for you.
| Document | What it carries | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase orders | Retailer demand arriving with the delivery window and quantities production will be planned against. | Retailer to Clydebuilt |
| Order acknowledgements | What will be produced and delivered against that window, including anything short. | Clydebuilt to retailer |
| Advanced shipping notices | Pallet and carton detail from the actual despatch, with SSCC labels and the date detail goods-in checks. | Clydebuilt to retailer |
| Receiving advice | What the retailer recorded as received against what was despatched. | Retailer to Clydebuilt |
| Invoices | Raised from what was despatched, carrying the references that let the retailer match it automatically. | Clydebuilt to retailer |
| Stock reports | Availability where a retailer plans replenishment against your figures. | Clydebuilt to retailer |
How to connect Clydebuilt with EDI using XEDI
The build is about getting demand to the floor promptly and describing despatch accurately. The sequence below is what onboarding looks like from your side.
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We scope which Clydebuilt modules carry the order, production and despatch steps in your operation.
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We build the mapping between each retailer's documents and your product, customer and location records.
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We configure validation so an order is checked against the retailer's rules before it reaches the floor.
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We prove the order, despatch and receiving flows against what each retailer requires and against how you actually run.
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You get retailer demand reaching production and despatch cleanly, and we keep it right as your operation changes.
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Everything about Clydebuilt EDI
Common requirements
- Clydebuilt system access and module scope
- Customer and location structure
- Product, pack and labelling data
- Production and despatch sequencing rules
- The trading partners you deal with, or plan to
What we need from you to build it
Only what we cannot hold for you. Retailer requirements are already ours; what we need is how your production and despatch run.
- Clydebuilt access
- System access and which modules carry the order, production and despatch steps in your operation.
- Customer and location records
- Each retailer mapped to a customer, with delivery points resolvable without manual matching.
- Product and labelling data
- Product codes against retailer identifiers, packaging levels, and any date or batch detail their goods-in checks.
- Planning rhythm
- How quickly demand needs to reach production, and what a retailer's delivery window means for your sequencing.
- Which retailers you supply
- The retailers you supply and expect to. What each one requires is held by us.
Why suppliers choose XEDI for Clydebuilt
- Your retail customers are very likely connected already, so demand can reach planning quickly rather than after a project.
- Demand reaches planning promptly and validated, rather than arriving as something to be typed in later.
- Despatch advice is built from what actually left, which matters when a rejected delivery cannot be recovered.
- Date and batch detail is carried in the format each retailer's goods-in checks.
- A new retailer is our build rather than a project competing with production.
- If a retailer raises a problem, it comes to us and we put it right on your behalf.
Can retailer orders reach production automatically?
Yes. Orders are validated against the retailer's rules and land against your Clydebuilt records promptly, so planning works from real demand rather than from something re-entered later in the day.
Can you carry date and batch detail on the despatch?
Where a retailer requires it, yes. What each retailer's goods-in checks is already held by us, and the despatch advice is built from what was actually produced and shipped.
What if we only use part of Clydebuilt?
The build is scoped against the modules you actually run, so the documents attach where they make sense in your operation rather than to a standard configuration.
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