Trading partner · Industrial

EDI with MSC Industrial Supply, without the monthly fee

Everything MSC Industrial Supply requires — orders in, acknowledgments, ship notices and invoices out — with pre-built certified maps. Setup in days, completely self-serve.

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What MSC Industrial Supply requires

850

Purchase Order

The order a trading partner sends you. Process same day, never re-key.

855

Purchase Order Acknowledgment

Confirms what you can ship against the PO — quantities, dates, substitutions.

856

Ship Notice / ASN

The carton-level shipment mirror that must arrive before the freight does.

810

Invoice

Your bill for the shipment. Must reconcile with the PO and the ASN.

997

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:

1Enable MSC Industrial Supply from the partner catalog — document maps load automatically.
2Cross-reference your data — vendor number, ship-to locations, item identifiers. The wizard flags anything missing.
3Run test scenarios in the sandbox — validated end-to-end before anything goes live.

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.