Over the past two years I have worked with hundreds of carriers to help they setup and test ANSI EDI Integration for road. I've seen it all. And as you might imagine the work has become a bit tedious. To the point I thought to myself, I really just need to video each step and create a blog that connects all the videos so people could easily follow. Flash forward to today and here it is. You can now just follow each video below to see how to setup the integration and test each EDI document. You can also ask your questions in the comment section below. I will be more than happy to answer! With that said, let's get started.
Step 1: Setting Up ANSI EDI Integration for Road
Step 2: Requesting a SFTP Polling Schedule to be Setup
Step 3 (Optional - but interesting): How the Shipper Sends a Freight Order / 204
Step 4: Confirming the Freight Order with a 990
Example 990 file EDI 990 file used in demo.
Step 5: Sending Order Statuses with a 214
Example 214 file used in demo.
Status Codes Supported:
EDI Status Code | EDI Status Code Description |
X3 | Arrived at pick-up location |
AF | Carrier departed pickup location with shipment |
AG | Estimated delivery |
X6 | En-Route to delivery location |
D1 | Completed unloading at delivery location |
CP | Completed Loading at Pick-up Location |
X1 | Arrived at delivery location |
SD | Shipment Delayed |
Step 6: Sending Invoices with the 210
Example 210 file used in demo.
The key to a successful invoice integration is working closely with the shipper - they define the charge codes for both planned charges and assessorial charges. You need to get a list of each of those. On top of that you need to understand what kind of charge each is - we support flat rate, percentage based and rate based charges. Each one of these has a different EDI L1 segment (and L0 in case of rate based charges). Below is an example of each type of charge.
Flat Rate Charge - simple flat charge of $100:
L1*1*100.00*FR*10000********LTL_MIN_CHG~
Percentage Based Charge - $16.63 charge based off 17.5%:
L1*1**PW*1663********FUEL_PERCENT*******17.5~
Rate Based Charge - $44.94 charge for 80.56 miles driven at .56 per mile.
L0***DM**********80.256~
L1**0.56*RC*4494********FUEL_PER_MILE*****1*DM**USD~
I hope you find these videos helpful in your ANSI EDI Integration journey. Again, feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below. I will also continue to update this blog with useful information and updated videos when needed. In addition to this blog, I recommend my EDI vs API blog and ANSI EDI Tips and Tricks blog.
Happy integrating!!!
