EDI for Apparel Brands (Built into Your ERP)
Connect to major retailers with built-in EDI—no third-party portal. Automate POs, ASNs, invoices, acknowledgements, and GS1-128 shipping labels inside Uphance ERP.
Built Into Your ERP. No Third Parties Required
Sell to Nordstrom, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Saks, and major retailers across the US, UK, EU, and Australia without juggling a separate EDI portal.
Uphance includes fully native EDI capabilities inside the ERP, ensuring purchase orders, ASNs, invoices, acknowledgements, carton labels, and compliance workflows run in the same system seamlessly. This means smoother inventory management, production, and order fulfillment operations for your business.
No middleware. No re-keying. No disconnect between systems.
Automate Business Communications With Your Trading Partners With Uphance EDI
Manually sending purchase order requests and invoices to your supplier every time the need arises can lead to costly errors. Worst, it can be painfully slow. But with Uphance EDI, you can put the entire process on auto-pilot mode, saving you more time and boosting efficiency.
GS1-Compliant Shipping Labels
You need compliant carton labels, not just EDI files, for a seamless retail operation.
With Uphance, carton data is generated directly from pick/pack workflows, SSCC codes are generated systematically, and labels are matched to the ASN automatically.
Uphance supports:
- GS1-128 (formerly UCC-128) shipping labels
- SSCC (Serial Shipping Container Code) generation
- Carton-level barcode labels
- Retailer-specific label formatting requirements
- Tight linkage between ASN (856 / DESADV) and carton labels
Hassle-Free Data Flow to Enhance Business Collaboration
Accurate, hassle-free data flow is crucial for smooth business communications. This is why Uphances uses standard industry protocol to transmit your business documents, including ASN, purchase orders, and invoices, ensuring your messaging doesn’t get lost in interpretation.
Global EDI Support
Uphance supports retailer onboarding across geographies using common standards:
- ANSI X12 (North America)
- UN/EDIFACT (global)
- GS1 EANCOM (retail-focused EDIFACT subset used widely internationally)
This enables you to onboard retailers across the US, UK, EU, and Australia without switching systems.
Built for Apparel Complexity
Running an apparel retail operation comes with its set of complexities. You’d have to deal with complex color/size matrices, pre-packs and ratios, split shipments, multiple warehouses, and many more.
Utilizing an EDI system like Uphance specifically built for apparel brands can eliminate these complexities.
Retailer Compliance Ready
Major retailers require strict compliance across:
- Document accuracy
- Timing requirements (often ASN before arrival)
- Label standards (GS1-128 / SSCC)
- Carton-level detail and pack structure
- Partner-specific versions and rules
- Communication protocols (AS2, SFTP, etc.)
Uphance helps you run these workflows cleanly — and monitor acknowledgements and exceptions so documents don’t silently fail.
Retailer EDI Document Support
Uphance supports the core EDI documents required for most large retail onboarding programs.
Business Function | ANSI X12 (North America) | EDIFACT (UK/EU/AU & Global) |
|---|---|---|
Purchase Order | 850 | ORDERS |
PO Acknowledgment | 855 | ORDRSP |
PO Change | 860 | ORDCHG |
Advance Ship Notice | 856 | DESADV |
Invoice | 810 | INVOIC |
Functional Acknowledgment
| 997 | CONTRL |
FAQs
No. Uphance includes native EDI capabilities built into the ERP, so you’re not forced to operate a separate EDI portal for daily operations.
Yes. Uphance supports ANSI X12 and EDIFACT (including EANCOM variants) depending on your trading partner.
Yes. Uphance supports GS1-128 (UCC-128) labels and SSCC generation, aligned to carton-level ASN data.
Uphance supports warehouse and 3PL workflows and keeps carton, ASN, and invoice data synchronized.
It depends on your testing cycle and how many partners you’re onboarding.