Discover Trader Joe's order data exchange initiative. Enhance efficiency, explore supplier benefits, understand challenges and future goals, and learn how to partner with SPS Commerce.

Welcome to the Trader Joe’s Supplier Site

- Purchase Order Number: Ensures accurate tracking and reconciliation.
- Item Details: Includes SKU, quantity, and price for precise inventory management.
- Ship To Location: Directs products to the correct distribution center.

Trader Joe's 850 Purchase Order

- Invoice Number: Ensures accurate payment and record-keeping.
- Itemized Charges: Details unit price, quantity, and total cost for each item.
- Payment Terms: Specifies due dates and payment instructions, ensuring timely payment processing.

Trader Joe's 810 Debit Invoice

Trader Joe's 810 Credit Invoice

- Acknowledgement Status: Confirms acceptance or rejection of the order.
- Item Status: Provides updates on item availability and expected shipment.
- Expected Ship Date: Helps Trader Joe's manage inventory and plan for deliveries.

Trader Joe's 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment

- Shipment Identification: Unique ID for tracking shipments. Traceability of product, including lot codes for FSMA requirements
- Item Details: Includes SKU, quantity, and packaging information, lot codes.
- Expected Delivery Date: Helps Trader Joe's prepare for receiving and managing warehouse staffing.

Trader Joe's 856 Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN)

- Original Purchase Order Number: Links changes to the correct order.
- Change Details: Specifies what new ship date is needed
- Reason Code: Provides a reason for the change, aiding in audit trails and decision-making.

Trader Joe's 860 Purchase Order Change Request

Highlighting specification changes for Trader Joe's EDI documents.

Trader Joe's Gap Analysis

Detailed guidelines on the GS1 shipping label format for Trader Joe's.

Trader Joe's GS1-128 Pallet Shipping Label

Optional - Supplier to request use if desired - Intended for JIT Suppliers.

Trader Joe's 830 Planning Schedule with Release Capability

Real-time visibility into your order data, including fulfillment and order change information

Manual, error-prone processes require more time and resources


Faster invoice payments than email invoicing


Longer lag time in order communications and invoice payments


Proactive collaboration on inventory and shelf planning to maximize sales


Impeding Trader Joe's visibility into product status may impact future ordering


Shared confidence in providing safe products and being a gold standard partner with Trader Joe's


Lack of proper traceability creates disorganization for reporting and missed information for FSMA regulations


Inconsistent communication of order changes and cancellations creates audit trail discrepancies, making it difficult to manage orders accurately and efficiently.

Automated inventory management will reduce errors, speed up receiving, improve product availability, and improve partner collaboration.

Limited order visibility impacts inventory management, causing warehouse bottlenecks, out-of-stock orders, and missed sales opportunities.

Automating order management through electronic data exchange streamlines fulfillment, leading to quicker and more accurate order processing.

Across the industry, food products have low traceability, which makes it difficult to quickly identify and remove potentially contaminated items.

Implement the United States FDA “FSMA 204” regulations to ensure food safety standards.

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Testing & Certification is a **one-time** service provided by SPS Commerce. Suppliers who have invested in an existing system or third-party solution for order data exchange can validate their solutions against the specific requirements of their buying organizations. This service includes comprehensive testing and certification process that ensures suppliers’ systems meet both technical specifications and business process expectations, using a platform that accurately replicates the buying organizations’ production environments.


SPS Commerce takes a solution-agnostic approach, providing a range of technology options to meet the Supplier's needs while aligning with Trader Joe’s business objectives.

Fulfillment is a cloud-based, ready-to-use EDI service that grows with your business. This SPS Commerce **full-service solution** provides the expertise, methods, and technology ensuring full compliance, and keep achieving success with your buyers.

**Additional services for Order:**
SPS Commerce can connect with any business system such as an accounting platform or ERP using a suite of pre-built technologies and expertise to automate workflows and drive productivity.

SPS Commerce leads supplier onboarding efforts crucial for scaling our operations. As an industry leader, SPS Commerce leverages its expertise in supply chain management and data automation to aid in scaling our processes.

- **Week 1:** Introduction and Kickoff Announcement - January 14
- **Week 2–5:** Supplier solution consultation with SPS Commerce
- **Week 6:** Commitment and Contract Deadline by or before February 21

*Note: Some vendors have already been notified of an early commit date of 2/14. All other vendors will adhere to the 2/21 commit date.


Phase 1: Supplier Commitment

- **Week 7–9:** Introduction & Implementation Kickoff Announcement
- **Week 10–14:** Supplier onboarding & implementation with SPS Commerce
- **Week 15:** Production Ready Deadline by April 4


Phase 2: Supplier Implementing

**Week 16+:**
- Schedule Go Live dates (Notified by SPS and Trader Joe's)
- Enable connection in production
- Order cycle review
- Complete

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