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		Recent Updates: The Vendor Manual was updated on August 15, 2010. The Routing Guide has been updated on July 16, 2010. Furniture has been added. Changes are shown by text color.

Revised April 15, 2010

Lord and Taylor, known as America’s store, was acquired by NRDC in October of 2006. The Hudson Bay Trading Company, known as Canada’s store, was acquired by NRDC in July of 2008. The merging of these two iconic brands created the Hudson Bay Company and changed the retail landscape in North America.

Beginning March of 2010 the union of the two companies will require a system harmonization. The harmonizing of the systems will enable both companies to share vital information and ensure the continued strength of the union. This harmonization calls for the overhaul of all of the core systems, everything for PO creation to sales and Gross Margin history. It is the goal to create one map for every document currently being transmitted.

System Harmonization – Documents Effected
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
    810 Invoices
    820 Remittance Advice
    824 Error Report
    850 Purchase Order
    856 Advance Ship Notice
    860 PO Change Document
           (Next year)
    997 Acknowledgement

With the merging of the companies, it became apparent that there are vendor partners that both companies are currently doing business with and using two very different maps. As a result, both companies will create one map for every document that is currently transmitted.

For this harmonization to be successful, the support of our industry partners is vital. Our Industry partner is our Vendor communities, Third Party EDI providers and our Van provider.

DI central has been working closely with Lord & Taylor to ensure the success of the EDI harmonization. They will be handling the testing of the new documents and will work with the vendor community to ensure a smooth transition to the new mapping. Vendor testing will begin March 2010 – June/July 2010. DI central’s contact information is: www.dicentral.com, sales@dicentral.com or 281-480-1121 Option 4.

Additional information will be coming from Lord & Taylor in the next few weeks. Should you have any questions pertaining to the harmonization process please contact Andrea Smith, andrea_smith@lordandtaylor.com.

Thank you for your partnership!

The Lord and Taylor EDI Team

“Lord & Taylor is dedicated to reducing the cost of quality in the retail supply chain through initiatives that include education and standardization. Courses offered by the VICS organization go a longway toward that end. Our vendors will gain critical insights into trade collaboration by taking these series of foundational e-courses.”

The TPAC (Trading Partner Alignment compliance Committee) courses are officially launched; the landing page is:
http://www.vics.org/education/tpac-foundational-ecourses/