What MSC Industrial Supply requires
Purchase Order
The order a trading partner sends you. Process same day, never re-key.
Purchase Order Acknowledgment
Confirms what you can ship against the PO — quantities, dates, substitutions.
Ship Notice / ASN
The carton-level shipment mirror that must arrive before the freight does.
Invoice
Your bill for the shipment. Must reconcile with the PO and the ASN.
Functional Acknowledgment
The receipt for every document. Automatic, both directions, within minutes.
How EDISQ connects to MSC Industrial Supply
MSC Industrial Supply trades AS2 direct. EDISQ maintains the AS2 connection and certificates, registers your IDs, and loads the certified maps the moment you enable the partner:
Typical MSC Industrial Supply setup with EDISQ: 1–3 days on the EDI side.
Pricing for MSC Industrial Supply suppliers
No MSC Industrial Supply-specific fees. First 25 documents/month free, then $0.50 per document, cheaper as volume grows — no VAN, mapping, or partner fees. Full pricing →
MSC Industrial Supply EDI FAQ
What matters most in MSC EDI?
Part-number discipline. Metalworking catalogs cross-reference deeply, and the MPN mapping drives everything downstream. EDISQ keeps the cross-reference table with the map.
What does EDI with MSC Industrial Supply cost?
Per document only: first 25/month free, then from $0.50, decreasing with volume.