Carey Felten This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Line56.com: State of the ASN

   www.line56.com/articles/defaul - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/3/2007   Last Visited: 1/3/2007

   Corey Felten, EDI Coordinator with Dot Foods, Inc, headquartered in Mt. Sterling, Illinois says, "It makes a lot of sense that the ASN helps our processes, and we are going at implementing them hard. We require both the 855 and the 856 from our trading partners."
   
   Dot Foods has been using the 856 for many years, but has moved its importance up the processing ladder. As Felten says, "We used to update our ordering system by hand, but the process is now automated. We start by using the 855 / purchase order acknowledgement to confirm prices, location, and quantity." The automated updates help Dot's buyers get ahead of the curve by letting them know if they need to take proactive measures to supplement a short shipment.
   
   The 856 provides the detailed shipping information Dot needs prior to receiving. "We want our suppliers to send the ASN as soon as the truck leaves the dock," says Felten. "It updates our system and gives our buyers a final alert if there are any problems."
   
   In the food industry, one complexity is the issue of variable weight. "The combined weight of each shipment is collected so that we can update the final invoice and stay ahead of the game."
   
   Felten sees the use of the ASN as an advantage in staying competitive and improving the company's performance, particularly with respect to preventing out of stock conditions. As Felten puts it, "We still struggle to get suppliers to send their ASNs in on time." She explains, "Our buyers are very happy to be able to react quickly to shortages and initiate alternate buys, but they need to know about the shipment right away in order to react in time for their actions to make a difference."

2. 2. Dot Foods Inc - The Nations Leading Food Redistributor - EDI

   www.dotfoods.com/EDI/index.asp - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/9/2005   Last Visited: 9/9/2005

   Carey Felten EDI Coordinator

3. 3. What exactly is included in your EDI order?

   www.b2bnews.org/b2b-news-011/0 - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/3/2007   Last Visited: 7/7/2007

   Corey Felten, EDI Coordinator with Dot Foods Inc. headquartered in Mt.Sterling, Illinois says, "it makes a whole lot of sense that the ASN helps our overall processes and we are going at implementing them across the board. We require both the 855 and the 856 document from all our B2B trading partners."
   
   Overall, Dot Foods has been using the 856 document for many years, but has increased its importance lately. As Felten says, "we used to update our ordering system manually, but the process is now fully automated. We begin by using the 855 PO acknowledgement to confirm prices, location and quantity."
   
   The automated updates help Dot's buyers get ahead of the curve by letting them know if they need to take proactive measures to supplement a short shipment.
   
   The 856 provides the detailed shipping information Dot needs prior to receiving. "We want our suppliers to send the ASN as soon as the truck leaves the dock," says Felten.
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   "The combined weight of each shipment is collected so that we can update the final invoice and stay ahead of the game" said Felten.
   
   She sees the use of the ASN as an advantage in staying competitive and improving the company's performance, particularly with respect to preventing out-of-stock conditions.
   
   As Felten puts it, "even today, we still struggle to get suppliers to send their ASNs on time." She explains, "our buyers are happy to be able to react quickly to shortages or similar problems, and then initiate alternate buys, but they need to know about the shipment right away in order to react in time for their actions to make a overall difference."
   
   While there is always a certain cost involved in any new system implementation, for trading hubs like Dot Foods, the initial expense of setting up the 856 has been made long ago. "We don't experience any cost to implement an ASN with a new vendor," says Felten.