The Saks Fifth Avenue 850 Purchase Order, explained

What Saks Fifth Avenue expects in the 850

Saks Fifth Avenue trades on X12 4010 over AS2. Beyond the base standard, watch these:

How EDISQ maps it

The certified Saks Fifth Avenue 850 map loads when you enable the partner — fields auto-map from NetSuite, QuickBooks, Dynamics, and 33 other systems, validation runs against Saks Fifth Avenue's spec before transmission, and the sandbox replays Saks Fifth Avenue test scenarios until everything passes.

Common rejection reasons

Nearly all 850 rejections trace to reference data, not syntax: identifiers that don't match Saks Fifth Avenue's cross-references, echoed fields dropped from the original PO, or timing that misses the program window. EDISQ flags each before Saks Fifth Avenue ever sees the document.

Sample Saks Fifth Avenue 850

A representative 850 interchange addressed to Saks Fifth Avenue — envelope, body segments, and control totals:

1ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*ACMESUPPLY     *ZZ*SAKS           *260101*1200*U*00401*000000001*0*P*>~
2GS*PO*ACMESUPPLY*SAKS*20260101*1200*1*X*004010~
3ST*850*0001~
4BEG*00*SA*PO12345**20260101~
5REF*DP*056~
6DTM*002*20260110~
7N1*ST*SAKS FIFTH AVENUE DC 5093*92*5093~
8PO1*1*24*EA*9.75**UP*012345678905~
9PID*F****ACME WIDGET 24CT~
10PO1*2*12*EA*14.50**UP*012345678912~
11PID*F****ACME GADGET 12CT~
12CTT*2~
13SE*11*0001~
14GE*1*1~
15IEA*1*000000001~

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