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Getting started with Manhattan Associates EDI
XEDI connects Manhattan Associates with trading partner EDI so a distribution operation exchanges the order, shipment and inventory documents its customers and carriers require, at the volume these sites actually run.
One managed platform, no custom code
XEDI maps Manhattan Associates to your trading partners and validates every document, so data flows straight into the systems your teams already use.
At this scale a document problem becomes an operational one
Manhattan deployments tend to sit in large facilities where throughput is the measure of everything. A document that is late, malformed or ambiguous does not cause a clerical problem at that volume, it causes a queue: goods held at a door, labour idle, a wave that cannot be released.
So validation before a document enters the operation matters more here than almost anywhere. Something that would be a correction in a small warehouse is an interruption in a large one.
Transport is frequently in scope, and it has its own vocabulary
Manhattan estates often cover transport as well as warehousing, which brings carriers, loads and shipments into the document set alongside orders and despatch. A carrier's requirements are not a retailer's requirements, and neither resembles the other in structure.
We hold both, so a site does not maintain a separate arrangement for each carrier alongside each customer. What reaches Manhattan is consistent regardless of which side of the operation a document came from.
What your facility sees day to day
Partner traffic reaches an EDI mailbox and a portal that behaves like an inbox, which means an exception is visible to a supervisor rather than sitting unnoticed in an interface log.
Outbound, the shipment becomes the despatch advice with the carton and pallet structure the receiving site expects, SSCC labels applied, and the invoice follows where you raise one, with its delivery confirmed in the dashboard.
The integration automates that against Manhattan. Operations at this size normally take our API as well, because transport and planning teams want data at a finer grain than documents give.
Documents you can exchange
- Customer orders reaching Manhattan for fulfilment
- Order acknowledgements returned to the customer
- Despatch advice and ASN messages from shipment
- Carrier and transport documents where applicable
- Inventory and receiving confirmations
Built for Manhattan Associates teams
Whoever owns Manhattan Associates in your business, XEDI keeps EDI accurate and hands-off.
- Distribution centre operations
- Supply chain and transport teams
- Large third party logistics providers
- Retail distribution networks
- Systems teams supporting Manhattan deployments
Manhattan Associates EDI document types
Which apply depends on whether your Manhattan estate covers warehousing, transport or both.
| Document | What it carries | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Customer orders | Demand reaching Manhattan for fulfilment against the right facility, items and delivery requirement. | Customer to Manhattan |
| Order acknowledgements | What the facility commits to shipping, including anything short against a delivery window. | Manhattan to customer |
| Despatch advice | Carton and pallet structure from the actual shipment, with SSCC labels for the receiving site. | Manhattan to customer |
| Transport documents | Load and shipment detail exchanged with carriers where transport is in scope. | Either direction |
| Receiving confirmations | What arrived against what was expected, inbound to the facility. | Supplier to Manhattan |
| Inventory reports | Stock by location for customers planning against your position. | Manhattan to customer |
How to connect Manhattan Associates with EDI using XEDI
The build is shaped by throughput: documents are validated before they can interrupt an operation. The sequence below is what onboarding looks like from your side.
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We scope which Manhattan products you run and which facilities exchange documents.
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We build the mapping between partner documents and your item, location and shipment structures.
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We configure validation so documents are checked before they enter an operation running at volume.
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We prove order, shipment and inventory flows against what each partner requires and against how your facilities work.
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You get documents that hold up at volume, and we keep them aligned as the operation changes.
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Everything about Manhattan Associates EDI
Common requirements
- Manhattan products and facility scope
- Item and location identification
- Shipment and carton structures
- Carrier arrangements where transport is in scope
- Partners exchanging documents with you
What we need from you to build it
Only what we cannot hold for you. Partner and carrier requirements are already ours.
- Products and facilities
- Which Manhattan products are deployed and which facilities exchange documents, since warehousing and transport differ.
- Item and location identification
- How items and locations are identified against the references partners quote.
- Shipment and carton structure
- How cartons and pallets are built, because the receiving site reads that structure rather than your paperwork.
- Carrier arrangements
- Which carriers are involved and what each requires, where transport forms part of the estate.
- Partners exchanging documents with you
- Customers, suppliers and carriers, now and next. Their requirements are held by us.
Why suppliers choose XEDI for Manhattan Associates
- Customers and carriers are commonly connected already, so volume can move before the Manhattan integration is complete.
- Documents are validated before they enter an operation where an exception costs throughput rather than time.
- Carrier and customer requirements are both held by us, so a site is not maintaining two sets of arrangements.
- Adding a partner or a carrier does not compete for time on your Manhattan roadmap.
- Our API gives transport and planning teams data at a finer grain than documents alone.
- If a partner or carrier raises a problem, it comes to us and is resolved before it reaches the floor.
Does this cover transport as well as warehousing?
Where your Manhattan estate includes it, yes. Carrier requirements differ from customer requirements in structure as well as content, and both are held by us so the site does not maintain separate arrangements.
Can it handle our document volume?
Volume is the shaping constraint here. Validation happens before documents enter the operation, because at this scale a malformed document holds goods at a door rather than causing a correction.
We run several facilities. How is that handled?
Facility scope is established at the start, since partners commonly deal with specific sites, and documents are routed to the one that will handle the goods.
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