Target EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Target, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Target EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting, and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Target store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Macy's EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Macy's, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Macy's EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting, and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• We do the EDI 852 translation
• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Macy's store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Stove level stock-out exposure
• Stove level overstock
• Fast/slow selling items
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Walgreens EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Walgreens, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Walgreens EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Walgreens store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Belk EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Belk, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Belk EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools.

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• We do the EDI 852 translation
• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Belk store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Stove level stock-out exposure
• Stove level overstock
• Fast/slow selling items
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Lowe's EDI 852 Standards

Lowe's provides vendors with the opportunity to receive product activity data via EDI 852. The EDI 852 data is used to report actual unit sales, on-hand, on-order and order receipts. Vendors are expected to use the data to identify items deserving increased service levels and fill rates as well as those targeted for inventory reduction. Lowe's requires vendors to document how the data will be used and how it will benefit both parties.

Item activity can be received for all items by location. This detailed data can be very useful if the vendor has the tools to process the data and quickly analyze activity. The key is to have the tool do the work, so your administrative team is not stuck with hours of data manipulation in Excel, or worse yet, on printed reports. 

Lowe's provides the following fields on their EDI 852 files: quantity sold units, quantity sold dollars, quantity on-hand units, quantity on-hand dollars, quantity on order units, quantity on order dollars, quantity on requisition from RDC units, quantity on requisition from RDC dollars, quantity received units, quantity received dollars, requisition quantity received units, requisition quantity received dollars. Not all fields are always populated in all files.

Sales units and sales dollars will match between EDI 852 and Lowe's Vendor DART. But inventory on hand units may be different due to damaged inventory. Vendor part numbers are not transmitted in EDI 852. Only the Lowe's SKU number is sent. Canadian EDI 852 is transmitted in Canadian Dollars and US sales are transmitted in US dollars. Note that Vendor DART is not available for Canada.

ShopKo EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to ShopKo, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your ShopKo EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• We do the EDI 852 translation
• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all ShopKo store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Stove level stock-out exposure
• Stove level overstock
• Fast/slow selling items
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Sears EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Sears, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Sears EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Sears store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Lowe's EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Lowe's, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Lowe's EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Lowe's store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

What's wrong with trading partner portals

Retail trading partner portals have been creating somewhat of a buzz lately. We happened to read an article in the current issue of the Journal of Trading Partner Practices titled, "Using Portals to Improve Collaboration." Not surprisingly, we have been receiving a lot of questions from vendors regarding the challenges they face in managing trading partner portals.

Just in the past two weeks, vendors have called to asked questions about trading partner portals for Wal-Mart, Target, JC Penney, Goody's, Lowes, Home Depot and Walgreens.

The stated objective of retail trading partner portals is to create a more open and collaborative relationship between the retailer and their vendors by sharing POS activity and other important documents. The expectation is that open communication will improve sell-thru and in-stock. But unfortunately, the proprietary nature of the portals is greatly limiting their effectiveness.

One of our vendor customers has more than two dozen retail customers. Among those retail customers, about two-thirds have a trading partner portal, so this vendor must log-on to more than a dozen different websites each day to analyze POS and conduct other critical business. This is very time consuming and inefficient.  For this vendor, and many more like them, these portals have quickly become a huge drain on their staff time and efficiency.

What are some of the issues with trading partner portals?  Each portal is different, so vendors must learn the in's and out's of each. Data format and availability is different for each portal. The data available in the portal is often different than the data available in EDI 852. e.g. some retailers only report dollars sold within a portal. Many retailers do not permit 3rd parties supporting the vendors to have access to the portal. This discourages a vendor from seeking out category management and data analysis assistance they may not have in-house. The data available within the portal is often very different than the data sent via EDI 852. We have seen large variations in units on-hand reported for an item.

What's wrong with EDI 852? EDI was created many years ago to standardize the format and transmission of data between trading partners. In other words, it was designed to eliminate the proprietary ways of doing things (think trading partner portal) and get everyone within the supply chain onto one single framework. EDI has limitations, but at least it provides a consistent and universally acceptable means of transmitting data. 

Trading partner portals are not inherently a bad idea. Like many technologies, they have just been over extended in ways that don't necessarily make sense for end users. In our conversations with vendors and our review of various trading partner portals, we have found they do have some good uses. First, they are very good for communicating vendor compliance information. In the retail world, compliance information changes daily. Trading partner portals provide a very effective path to communicate shipping requirements, labeling requirements, vendor score cards and other related information. Portals are also very effective for communicating store information and standard document formats like EDI document guides. Unfortunately, many of these portals have been turned into an analysis tool, and for the reasons we outlined in part I of our series, this is not a good application. If POS data is going to be provided through the portal, it should be provide as a simple tab delimited text file, so vendors can simply download the data into their analysis tool.

Vendor portals are also very effective for establishing vendor support communities. Many vendors that support retailers are fairly small organizations. They benefit greatly from the ability to connect with other non-competitive vendors to share ideas and tips. When the vendors improve their capabilities, the retailer benefits too. Some of the best portals we have reviewed provide user groups by geographic region and product category. Some even go so far as to provide user group meeting information, agendas and contacts. This is a very good use of the portal.

One technology we would like to see more retailers incorporate into their trading partner portals is RSS. Really simply syndication (RSS) is a push oriented technology that notifies a vendor when news or other information has been updated. This greatly increases the efficiency of communication because a user does not need to constantly visit the portal and check for updates.

This is the third part of our series on trading partner portals. If you missed part I or part II read that before continuing.

In the first two parts of our series on trading partner portals, we discussed the limitations as well as some positive aspects. In this third and final part, we want to discuss how your organization can dramatically improve the efficiency of your POS and EDI 852 data analysis.

The most efficient way to handle multiple trading partner portals is to first understand they serve two distinct purposes: (1) communication of vendor compliance information and (2) providing POS or 852 data. There are numerous services available which monitor trading partner portals and supply vendors with automated announcement of compliance changes. These services are valuable and worth investigating. You might consider Trading Partners Collaboration as one good resource or Vendor Compliance as another resource.

Many vendors we talk to have not fully considered tools to automate the analysis of POS data. They are working in each of their customers portals or manipulating data in a spreadsheet. This is time consuming and inefficient.  Improve your processes and consider a service like Accelerated Analytics, which can provide item and store level analysis without manually gathering data from the trading partner portals or manipulating data.

Extending the value of EDI 852 data with non-POS data

After you have the basics of EDI 852 data analysis covered,  it’s time to think about adding in non-point of sale source data to extend the value of data analysis.  By linking secondary data, you can create a 360 degree view of what’s happening in the business. 

Non-point of sale data that can be linked to Edi 852 data includes: plan-o-gram files, shipping data, sales force organization, store attributes, warehouse inventory, forecast, demographics and weather data.

·	Shipping data indicating inventory quantities shipped to stores.  Shipping files can include the selling price and cost of each item, so gross margin calculations can be calculated. [database key: UPC/SKU and store number]
·	Sales force organization describes each sales representative's store management responsibilities and sales quota.  [database key: store number]
·	Store attribute files provide additional information beyond the city, state and zip code like mall, region and supplying distribution center.  [database key: store number]
·	Warehouse inventory details quantities available in the vendor's warehouse which is available to be shipped to retail stores. [database key: UPC/SKU]
·	Demographic data describes factors like income, age, ethnicity and language for each store.
·	Weather history and forecast for each store. [database key: store number]
·	Plan-o-gram file describes the SKU assortment for each store.  [database key: UPC/SKU and store number]

By using the UPC/SKU and store number provided in the EDI 852 data, you can link together the files above using the database keys indicated.  Then, very interesting analysis can be conducted, like finding the key demographics for top and bottom performing stores or sales quota attainment at a store and sales representative level.  In addition, with plan-o-gram data linked to store sales and on hand activity, you can determine if the retail is properly executing the plan-o-gram and work with the replenishment manager to fix any issues.

EDI 852 Improves Sales and Inventory Handling

Models for supply chain excellence, including vendor managed inventory (VMI); collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR); efficient consumer response (ECR); and demand-driven supply networks (DDSN), are proving difficult for most retailers to implement.  A fundamental challenge inherent in these models is sharing point-of-sale demand data with suppliers. Although EDI 852 is a common solution, retailers are finding EDI alone does not solve the problem and provide the promised benefits. Why? Because sharing data alone is not enough… suppliers need a tool to analyze the data, draw out insight and then take action.

Now, there is a solution - Accelerated Analytics provides the tools necessary in a hosted solution, so neither the retailer or supplier have to make a costly technology investment.

Accelerated Analytics is a hosted power tool for sharing point of sale (POS) data analysis with suppliers. EDI 852 product activity data based on point of sale (POS) transactions and transmitted via EDI 852 is the backbone of a successful vendor managed inventory program. Unfortunately, our experience has shown very few suppliers are able to use the information. The suppliers we've spoken to are frustrated by what they perceive as an overwhelming amount of point of sale data, because they don’t have the tools to analyze and report. Sending data via EDI 852 to suppliers simply does not translate into an optimized supply chain. Retailers are frustrated with suppliers because they cannot actively participate in vendor managed inventory and sales promotion without the data. It’s a no-win for both sides and a huge lost opportunity.

Until now, the best retailers could hope for was to transmit EDI 852 files to their suppliers, who would accept the data and either print a static report or export the data into Excel.  Already busy suppliers found static reports to be of limited use.  Getting the IT department involved to deal with a huge data file was expensive and too much of a hassle.

Accelerated Analytics changes this entire picture by accepting point of sale data via electronic data interchange EDI 852, or nearly any standard format from the retailer, and providing it to the supplier via our web based point of sale analysis power tool. Accelerated Analytics hosts 100% of the hardware and software, so neither the retailer or supplier have to invest a single dollar.

What if my organization is not using vendor managed inventory (VMI)?
Even if your organization is not currently using vendor managed inventory (VMI), Accelerated Analytics can provide a significant supply chain benefit by reducing costs, reducing inventory levels and increasing profits. Efficient supply chain management requires the rapid and accurate transfer of information throughout a supply system.  Accelerated Analytics accomplishes this goal quickly and with no expensive new infrastructure.  Accelerated Analytics can be used as a tool for VMI or as a stand-along solution separate from VMI.

What if my organization is not using EDI or only using EDI with a small percentage of vendors?
No problem, Accelerated Analytics can accept POS data via nearly any custom data format. In fact, in many situations, there are benefits to not using EDI because we can accept a richer and more granular data set, which improves the analysis results.

Our suppliers are not asking for POS data.
No surprise, they probably lack the tools to manage and analyze that volume of data and they know with greater knowledge comes greater accountability. Successful business transformation does not begin as a reaction, but rather because business leaders have the vision to proactively invest in tools which drive their business forward faster than their competition. If your organization was the market leader in supply chain collaboration which improved your in-stock and inventory turns by 25 or 30%, what would happen to your market share position?

What is CPFR?
(CPFR) Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment is a business practice that combines the intelligence of multiple trading partners in the planning and fulfillment of customer demand. Accelerated Analytics provides the infrastructure to support CPFR by connecting retailers and suppliers together with a POS data analysis tool, shared business best practices and exception management.

Home Depot EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a Home Depot vendor, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852 from Home Depot. 

The Home Depot EDI 852 document will contain SKU/UPC level units sold, units on hand and dollars sold for every store where your products are sold.  The files are sent one time per week summarizing the prior week’s activity.

What can you do with EDI 852 from Home Depot?

• Analyze SKU/store level sales
• Analyze SKU/store level on hand
• Analyze average unit selling price by SKU/store
• Analyze plan-o-gram compliance by verifying on hand and selling at planned stores
• Identify out of stock stores, and even forecast demand based on prior sales
• Group stores into A, B, C categories based on SKU level sales volume

Home Depot merchandisers expect vendors to receive and use EDI 852 data to analyze and manage their SKU activity.  If you are not already using the data, of if you are not using as well as you could be, then you are missing sales opportunities.  Don’t wait for your merchandiser to call you and ask a question you can’t address – start working with the data today.  

Bloomingdales EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Bloomingdales, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Bloomingdales EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• We do the EDI 852 translation
• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Bloomingdales store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Stove level stock-out exposure
• Stove level overstock
• Fast/slow selling items
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Six key facts your EDI 852 can tell you about your business

A vendor to a large home improvement retailer called Friday,  and asked a very simple question: "What can the EDI 852 data our retail customer is sending us tell us about our business?"

This is a great question and one we hear often. It's worth exploring for a few minutes. Here are six things your EDI 852 data can tell you about your business.

(1) At a store level, what items are out of stock or will go out of stock soon. The key measure here is units on hand. By isolating each of your items at a store level and applying filtering for your desired min/max inventory position, you can quickly determine where the problems exist. We recommend you also calculate an average units sold based on a reasonable time frame for your business (last 4 weeks or last 8 weeks) and then use this to calculate inventory weeks supply on-hand. If your products move very quickly,  convert this to days supply on-hand.  The weeks/days supply on-hand is a predictive indicator that will alert you to trouble while you still have time to take action.

(2) At a store level, what items are overstocked. The key measure here is also units on-hand, but again, the weeks or days supply is very helpful in identifying an overstock situation.

(3) Top selling items. The key measure here is units sold. Isolate one item at a store by store level and then filter the top items by units sold. e.g. top 10 items or top 25 items. We also recommend calculating sell-thru for each of your items. Sell-thru is a composite measure that shows sales and inventory in one metric. Sell-thru is very useful as a filter for top selling items. Maybe more useful than simple units sold.

(4) Poor selling items. This is essentially the same as #3 but simply a reverse on the filter.

(5) Period over period comparisons. We encourage vendors to save all EDI 852 files for at least 18 months. This provides a great opportunity to compare sales and inventory for similar periods and gain an understanding of how to adjust your inventory min/max. (e.g. sales for week 3 2006 vs. week 3 2007)

(6) Regional comparisons. Isolating item sales and on-hand by geographic regions can provide very useful insight. Especially with store level detail that includes zip code and major metro descriptions. Most retailers provide a detailed store list with a hierarchy by region, state, city and zip. Some retailers will also provide rich demographic information, which can be integrated into this analysis.

Most EDI 852 data arrives with only a couple very basic measures for units on-hand and units sold. By extending these units and calculating weeks supply and sell-thru, you can learn a great deal about your business. The coaching we provided to this vendor also included this advise - if you are spending more than 10 minutes manipulating data, it's too long. Engage an outsourced service to do the EDI 852 translation, database storage and number crunching. Focus your team on the analysis activities and engaging with the retail buyers to improve your business.

CVS EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to CVS, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your CVS EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all CVS store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Dillards EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Dillards, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Dillards EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Dillards store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Nordstrom EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Nordstrom, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Nordstrom EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Nordstrom store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. 

Using Accelerated Analytics® with EDI 852 Data

Electronic data interchange (EDI), specifically EDI 852 sales data, is a valuable resource for vendors. Unfortunately, without the proper tools, the data can be difficult to work with and analyze. That is why we created the Accelerated Analytics® POS and EDI 852 data analysis service. We remove all the manual data work and provide you with item and store level reports. Our pre-configured reports provide on-hand, sales and sell-thru for each of your retail partners.

EDI 852 product activity data, based on point of sale (POS) transactions and transmitted via EDI 852, is the backbone of a successful vendor managed inventory program. Unfortunately, the vendors we've spoken to are frustrated by what they perceive as an overwhelming amount of point of sale data, because they don't have the tools to analyze and report. Sending data via EDI 852 to suppliers simply does not translate into an optimized supply chain. Retailers are frustrated with suppliers because they cannot actively participate in vendor managed inventory and sales promotion without the data. It’s a no-win for both sides and a huge lost opportunity.

Case Study A vendor customer of Accelerated Analytics® who supplies to a large retailer,  was faced with the difficulty of analyzing EDI 852 on their items from over 1,800 stores. The data would arrive on Sunday night, which they would translate into a spreadsheet, and then begin to identify slow selling stores and stores in a stock-out situation. The analysis was complex and took about 20 hours of administrative time each week. Worst of all, they have a dozen retail customers that were also offering to send EDI 852 data, but they didn't have the time to analyze that much data. They knew they were missing valuable sales, but they did not have any way to identify the problem stores and communicate with their buyers. They then engaged the Accelerated Analytics® service. Our team set up a custom database in our hosted data center and began translating the EDI 852 data and loading it into our reporting tools. Within two weeks, the vendor had customized reports by item and store showing units sales and on-hand position. From these reports, they were able to quickly determine which stores were causing the lost sales. Using our simple reports, they scheduled a meeting with their buyer. It was a totally new experience for both the buyer and the vendor because they had quantitative reports isolating the problems stores. Together, they determined that a 1,200 store blanket order was the solution. It was the vendors largest order to date, and without Accelerated Analytics®, they would have never been able to show the buyer where the problems were. The vendor estimates our reports increased their sales by over $5 million dollars in less than one month.

Accelerated Analytics® is a comprehensive,  outsourced service. No matter how large or small your IT department is, our service will eliminate the headache of EDI 852 data analysis and provide the reports you need to increase sell-thru and in-stock. Our on boarding process is simple and we already cover over 50 retailers. 

BJ's EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to BJ's Wholesale Clubs, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your BJ's EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all BJ's store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand 

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market. 

Sephora EDI 852 Reporting

If you are a vendor supplying to Sephora, you are eligible to receive product sales activity and inventory data via EDI 852. Preparing to setup and receive the EDI 852 files can be confusing, and creating usable reports for your team can be very time consuming. Fortunately, Accelerated Analytics® provides a simple, outsourced service for all your Sephora EDI 852 reporting needs.

Using Accelerated Analytics® makes all your reporting headaches go away. With Accelerated Analytics®, we handle all the data conversion, database hosting and reporting. We even provide training and the end user reporting tools. 

Accelerated Analytics® benefits:

• Eliminate manual data entry and manipulation
• Consolidate all Sephora store data on all your SKU's into one reporting database
• Pre-built exception reports with color coded dashboards
• No software or hardware to purchase
• Sophisticated charts and graphs

Available reports:

• This weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Last weeks sales and inventory by store and SKU
• This months sales and inventory by store and SKU
• 6 week rolling sales and inventory by store and SKU
• Sell-thru
• Inventory turns
• Days supply on hand

Accelerated Analytics® will give you the ability to anticipate changes in sales and inventory, so you can make adjustments before a costly mistake occurs. Our EDI 852 reporting is the best on the market.