UnitechEDI Support - ISBN13
ISBN13 and Baker & Taylor
You
may have been contacted by Baker & Taylor to test ISBN13 processing in
the EDI documents that you trade with them.
What
this means for UnitechEDI clients
UnitechEDI has worked with Baker & Taylor's EDI group to test ISBN10 and
ISBN13 in all EDI documents. Baker & Taylor has approved the test and
will not require UnitechEDI clients to test with them separately. They will
contact your when they are ready to switch you over to ISBN13 processing.
When the switch has been made, they will send you a PO in the new format and
will monitor the return POA and subsequent invoice(s) and ASN(s).
If you have release 3.134 or higher of the EDIxl software installed on your
system, your software will comply with B&T's ISBN13 initiative at this
time. To check your software release number, open the UnitechEDI dashboard
and double click Release Notes under the Other Options menu on the right hand
side of the dashboard. If your release number is lower than 3.134, you can
download and install the current release by clicking the Update Software button
on the dashboard.
How
the software works
When B&T sends you the first PO in the new format, the incoming PO file
will set a flag in the software identifying them as an ISBN13 trading partner.
Your subsequent outbound documents will be converted to ISBN13 formatted items
even if you are still using ISBN10 internally. It is important to note that
once B&T has made the switch on their system, you MUST process a new format
PO from them on your system before you send them POAs or invoices.
Documents
going to Baker & Taylor
If you need to send POAs, invoices or ASNs to B&T after they have
made the switch on their end, and you have not yet received a PO file from
them, the software will not know to convert these documents to ISBN13. Please
contact UnitechEDI support and we will manually flag your EDI system to identify
B&T as an ISBN13 trading partner.