The Sam's Club 856 Ship Notice / ASN, explained

What Sam's Club expects in the 856

Sam's Club trades on X12 5010 over AS2. Beyond the base standard, watch these:

How EDISQ maps it

The certified Sam's Club 856 map loads when you enable the partner — fields auto-map from NetSuite, QuickBooks, Dynamics, and 33 other systems, validation runs against Sam's Club's spec before transmission, and the sandbox replays Sam's Club test scenarios until everything passes.

Common rejection reasons

Nearly all 856 rejections trace to reference data, not syntax: identifiers that don't match Sam's Club's cross-references, echoed fields dropped from the original PO, or timing that misses the program window. EDISQ flags each before Sam's Club ever sees the document.

Sample Sam's Club 856

A representative 856 interchange addressed to Sam's Club — envelope, shipment→order→pack→item hierarchy, and control totals:

1ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*ACMESUPPLY     *ZZ*SAMSCLUB       *260101*1200*U*00401*000000001*0*P*>~
2GS*SH*ACMESUPPLY*SAMSCLUB*20260101*1200*1*X*004010~
3ST*856*0001~
4BSN*00*SHIP0001*20260101*1200*0001~
5HL*1**S~
6TD1*CTN25*3****G*180*LB~
7TD5*B*2*UPSN*M~
8REF*BM*BOL000123~
9DTM*011*20260105~
10N1*ST*SAM'S CLUB DC 5093*92*5093~
11HL*2*1*O~
12PRF*PO12345~
13HL*3*2*P~
14MAN*GM*00000123450000000017~
15HL*4*3*I~
16LIN**UP*012345678905~
17SN1**24*EA~
18CTT*4~
19SE*17*0001~
20GE*1*1~
21IEA*1*000000001~

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