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Getting started with Peoplevox EDI
XEDI connects Peoplevox with retailer EDI so wholesale orders arrive alongside your ecommerce picking, and despatch confirmations go back carrying the pallet and carton detail a retailer's receiving bay expects.
One managed platform, no custom code
XEDI maps Peoplevox to your trading partners and validates every document, so data flows straight into the systems your teams already use.
Wholesale picks nothing like ecommerce, and the warehouse feels it first
Peoplevox is built for picking efficiency across high volumes of small consumer orders. A retailer's wholesale order is the opposite shape: fewer orders, far more units each, consolidated onto pallets against a delivery window and a booking slot.
Running both through one site is entirely normal, but the wholesale side has requirements ecommerce never imposes. The retailer dictates pack configuration, labelling and how the delivery is presented, and none of that is negotiable at the receiving bay.
The label is the interface, not the paperwork
A consumer does not scan anything when a parcel arrives. A retailer's goods-in does, and what it reads has to describe the physical delivery exactly: which pallet, which cartons on it, which products and quantities in those.
So the despatch advice is raised from what Peoplevox actually despatched, with SSCC labels applied at pallet level. If the pick was short or substituted, the document reflects that before the delivery arrives rather than leaving it to be discovered.
What your warehouse sees day to day
You get an EDI mailbox and a portal that works like an inbox, so wholesale orders arrive in one place rather than as emails and spreadsheets landing with whoever opens them first.
The order becomes the despatch advice built from the actual pick, amended where quantities differ, 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 wholesale orders enter Peoplevox as sales orders and despatch raises the outbound documents. Smaller operations run the portal alone; our API suits businesses wanting finer granularity; a mixed-channel site usually wants the integration.
Documents you can exchange
- Wholesale orders landing as Peoplevox sales orders
- Order acknowledgements returned to the retailer
- Despatch advice and ASN messages from Peoplevox despatch
- Goods-in confirmation against expected deliveries
- Invoices raised against the despatch
Built for Peoplevox teams
Whoever owns Peoplevox in your business, XEDI keeps EDI accurate and hands-off.
- Ecommerce brands moving into wholesale
- Warehouse and despatch managers
- Operations teams running mixed channels
- Client services teams in fulfilment businesses
- Finance teams billing wholesale separately
Peoplevox EDI document types
These are the wholesale flows; ecommerce fulfilment continues as it does now.
| Document | What it carries | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase orders | Retailer demand landing as a Peoplevox sales order against the right products, quantities and delivery window. | Retailer to Peoplevox |
| Order acknowledgements | What will be supplied once stock is committed, including short supply against a delivery window. | Peoplevox to retailer |
| Advanced shipping notices | Pallet and carton structure from the actual despatch, carrying SSCC labels for the receiving bay. | Peoplevox to retailer |
| Receiving advice | What the retailer recorded as received, against what you despatched. | Retailer to Peoplevox |
| Invoices | Raised against the despatch and referenced so the retailer can match without intervention. | Peoplevox to retailer |
| Stock reports | Available stock where a retailer plans replenishment against your figures. | Peoplevox to retailer |
How to connect Peoplevox with EDI using XEDI
The build is mostly about making wholesale coexist with ecommerce picking rather than replacing it. The sequence below is what onboarding looks like from your side.
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We scope which Peoplevox sites and stock the wholesale relationships draw on, alongside your ecommerce volume.
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We build the mapping between each retailer's documents and your Peoplevox products, locations and despatch methods.
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We configure validation so a wholesale order is checked against the retailer's rules before it enters the pick.
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We prove the order, despatch and goods-in flows against what each retailer requires and against how your site actually picks.
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You get wholesale running alongside ecommerce without a separate process, and we keep it aligned as volumes shift.
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Everything about Peoplevox EDI
Common requirements
- Peoplevox site and integration access
- Product and location structure
- Pack size and pallet configuration
- Despatch method and carrier 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 site picks and packs.
- Peoplevox access
- Integration credentials with rights to the sales order, stock and despatch functions on the sites in scope.
- Product and pack configuration
- Units per carton, cartons per pallet and the barcodes at each level, since a retailer's goods-in reads the hierarchy.
- Stock allocation rules
- How wholesale commitments sit against ecommerce demand on the same stock, so a retailer order is not undercut by consumer sales.
- Despatch and booking rules
- Delivery windows, booking references and carrier arrangements each retailer requires.
- Which retailers you supply
- The relationships in scope now and next. What each of them requires is already ours.
Why suppliers choose XEDI for Peoplevox
- Retailers are usually connected already, which is what makes a first wholesale order possible during a busy ecommerce period.
- Wholesale orders arrive in the same place every time rather than as emails to whoever is available.
- Pack hierarchy and SSCC labels are produced to each retailer's format, so a delivery is not turned away at the bay.
- Stock commitments to a retailer are visible against ecommerce demand rather than competing with it invisibly.
- Your first wholesale customer is our build, not a project you have to resource while running ecommerce.
- If a retailer raises a problem, they raise it with us, and we fix it rather than it arriving mid-peak.
Can we run wholesale EDI and ecommerce through one Peoplevox site?
Yes, and that is the normal case. Wholesale orders enter as sales orders alongside ecommerce demand, with allocation rules agreed so a retailer commitment is not undercut by consumer sales on the same stock.
Do we need pallet labels for every retailer?
Most retailers require SSCC labels at pallet level and some require carton labelling as well. The requirement per retailer is already held by us, and labels are generated from the actual despatch.
What happens when we short-ship?
The despatch advice is built from what was actually picked rather than what was ordered, so the retailer is told before the delivery arrives, and the invoice follows what was despatched.
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