Native Buckle EDI inside AIMS360: 850 orders in by UPC, GS1-128 carton labels, and the 856 ASN with your invoice number, the PRO number and item weights and dimensions. Buckle takes no 810.
Buckle EDI Integration
AIMS360 is a consumer brands ERP with Buckle EDI built in. One platform runs your inventory by style, color and size and produces what Buckle asks for: 850 orders in, GS1-128 carton labels, and an 856 ASN that carries your invoice number, the PRO number and the weight and dimensions of each item. Buckle takes no 810, so the ASN does the invoice's job. The connection is managed by our EDI team.
What system manages inventory and does EDI with Buckle? AIMS360. It runs your inventory and your Buckle EDI in one platform: the 850 imported as a sales order against your UPCs, GS1-128 labels printed from the packed shipment, and the 856 built from that same shipment with the invoice number, the PRO number, the carrier's SCAC code and each item's packaged weight, dimensions and packaging type. Buckle does not take an EDI 810, so AIMS360 creates the invoice first and puts its number on the ASN. Our own EDI team builds the maps and runs the connection, so there is no separate EDI provider in the middle.
Buckle EDI Documents
Most retailers want an order, a ship notice and an invoice. Buckle wants the order and a ship notice that already knows the invoice number.
| Transaction | What it does for Buckle |
|---|---|
| EDI 850 purchase order | Buckle sends its purchase orders on the VICS 4010 standard. AIMS360 imports each one as a sales order and matches every line to your catalog by UPC, so Buckle's SKU codes go on file against your UPCs before the first order arrives. Buckle puts ship and cancel dates on each line of the 850, and AIMS360 sets the order's ship window from the first line. |
| EDI 997 acknowledgment | A 997 goes back for each 850, and Buckle returns one for each ASN. Our EDI team sets the 997 up and proves it in testing. On AIMS360's own EDI we also check every hour for outbound documents with no 997 back, and contact you and the trading partner when one is missing. |
| EDI 856 ship notice (ASN) | The document that matters most at Buckle. It carries your invoice number, the PRO number, the carrier's SCAC and transport code, and for each item the packaged weight, the height, length and width, the units of measure and the packaging type. AIMS360 builds it from the packed shipment and pulls the weight, dimensions and packaging type from the style record. |
| EDI 810 invoice | Buckle does not accept one. The ASN acts as the invoice, so the Buckle account in AIMS360 is set to require an invoice before the ASN is generated, and the invoice number goes out on the 856. Your receivables still hold a normal invoice against the order. |
| GS1-128 carton label | The VICS 856 identifies each carton by its serial shipping container code, so every carton carries a GS1-128 label with that number. AIMS360 prints it from the label template on the Buckle account, from the same shipment the ASN is built from. The label layout comes from Buckle's vendor manual. |
Vendor Requirements
Buckle does not post its vendor manual publicly. It comes to you from your buyer and Buckle's EDI department. So the rules below come from two places: the setup documentation our EDI team uses for Buckle accounts, and a public EDI trading partner directory. Where the manual your buyer sent says something different, the manual wins.
| Requirement | What Buckle expects |
|---|---|
| Vendor manual | Sent to vendors by Buckle, not published. Your vendor number comes from your buyer or Buckle's EDI department and goes on the customer account in AIMS360. |
| EDI standard | X12 on the VICS 4010 guideline. Buckle sends the 850 and receives the 856, with 997 acknowledgments both ways. |
| Invoice | No 810. The invoice number travels on the 856, so the invoice has to exist before the ASN is generated. |
| ASN item detail | For each item: packaged weight, weight unit, height, length, width, dimension unit and packaging type. Measure the selling unit as it ships. A knit top folded in a polybag is measured in the bag, and a boxed watch is measured as the box. |
| PRO number | Required on the ASN. It goes in the PRO field on the shipment and can be updated across a batch of shipments at once. |
| Carriers | Each carrier you use for Buckle needs a SCAC code and a valid transport code, set up before go-live. |
| Ship-to | One primary distribution center, in Kearney, Nebraska, where Buckle is headquartered. Use the ship-to on the PO. |
| Order dates | Ship and cancel dates arrive on each line of the 850. |
| FOB and packaging type | Both come from the vendor manual. Buckle's vendor compliance department confirms the packaging type for your product. |
| Chargebacks | Buckle publishes no fee schedule. Whatever applies to you is in the vendor manual, so we read it with you before the first shipment. |
Sources: the AIMS360 EDI documentation for Buckle customer setup, the Buckle 856 style setup and Buckle ship dates; a public EDI trading partner directory listing Buckle's 850, 856 and 997 on VICS 4010; The Buckle, Inc. press releases of March 13, May 29 and August 21, 2026 and its first quarter 2026 conference call. Requirements change without notice, so confirm each one against the vendor manual Buckle issued to you.
Buckle EDI Workflow
One loop, one system, and one step in a different order than most retailers.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. SKUs and style data | Buckle's SKU codes are added against your UPCs, and each style gets its packaged weight, dimensions and packaging type. |
| 2. Order arrives | The 850 becomes a sales order matched by UPC, with the ship window set from the first line. |
| 3. Acknowledge | The 997 goes back. Our EDI team sets it up and proves it in testing. |
| 4. Allocate | Stock is allocated to the order by style, color and size before it is released to the warehouse. |
| 5. Pick and pack | Your team packs to the Buckle packing rule and AIMS360 prints a GS1-128 label for every carton. |
| 6. Invoice | The invoice is created from the packed pick ticket. At Buckle this comes before the ASN, not after. |
| 7. ASN | The 856 is built from the shipment with the invoice number, the PRO number, the carrier's SCAC and each item's weight and dimensions. |
| 8. Payment | Buckle pays against the invoice number on the ASN, and the payment is applied to the open invoice in AIMS360. |
Native vs Bolted On
Nothing public says Buckle requires a particular EDI network. What it requires is an ASN that already knows the invoice number, the PRO and the size of every item.
The order, the cartons, the invoice and the ASN are linked in one system. The invoice number on the 856 is the invoice in your receivables, and the item weights and dimensions come from the style record instead of a spreadsheet.
Our EDI team builds the Buckle maps and tests them with Buckle's EDI department. On AIMS360's own EDI it also checks every hour for documents that were not acknowledged.
With web-form EDI in front of an ERP that has no native EDI, someone types each shipment into a portal: the cartons, the PRO, the weights and dimensions, and an invoice number that lives in another system.
At Buckle there is no 810 behind it. The ASN is the only place the invoice number travels, so a typing mistake there is a billing mistake.
Buckle Programs
One trading partner and one ship-to. Here is what sits behind it.
Buckle operated 447 stores in 42 states as of August 21, 2026, up from 440 at the end of fiscal 2025. Store orders ship to the distribution center in Kearney, Nebraska, on the ship-to that comes with the PO.
Online sales were $44.6 million in the quarter ended August 1, 2026, about 14 percent of net sales. Buckle publishes no drop ship program for vendors. If your buyer raises one, send us the document and we will build to it.
Buckle sells brand name denim, tops, footwear and accessories next to its own labels. Private label was about 48 percent of sales in the quarter ended May 2, 2026, per Buckle's conference call, so branded vendors share the floor with Buckle's own product.
We found no public sign of sister banners or separate trading partner IDs. You get one vendor number from your buyer or Buckle's EDI department, and it goes on one customer account in AIMS360.
One thing to keep straight: the company is The Buckle, Inc., traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BKE and headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska. It reported net sales of $1.298 billion for fiscal 2025. EDI directories list the trading partner as Buckle Inc.
One Stock Record
Buckle is a denim store first, and denim means long size runs. The useful number is what you can ship to this PO in each size, not what you own in total.
| Situation | What AIMS360 does |
|---|---|
| Long size runs | Inventory is kept by style, color and size, with the size matrix defined once on the style, so a Buckle 850 line lands on the exact size it ordered. See how AIMS360 works for denim brands. |
| Item weight and dimensions | Entered once on the style and reused on every Buckle ASN, so nobody looks them up at ship time. |
| Allocation | With Intelligent Allocation, stock can be allocated to open Buckle orders down to the size level before release. |
| A 3PL holding stock | Integrated 3PL locations feed the same record, so the ASN describes cartons that were packed. |
| Selling the rest of the mall | The same pool feeds Buckle, PacSun, Tillys, Urban Outfitters and Boot Barn without a separate inventory file per retailer. Each is its own trading partner with its own rules. |
Managed Onboarding
Our EDI team builds the connection and tests it with Buckle. You supply your Buckle vendor number, the vendor manual and the buyer's EDI request.
| Stage | What we do |
|---|---|
| Kickoff | Read the vendor manual with you: FOB terms, packaging types, labels and any chargebacks. |
| Setup | Build the Buckle trading partner and customer account, set it to require an invoice before the ASN, add the distribution center, and set up each carrier with its SCAC and transport code. |
| Style data | Load Buckle's SKU codes against your UPCs and enter weight, dimensions and packaging type on the styles you ship. |
| Testing | Test the 850, the 997 and the 856 end to end with Buckle's EDI department. |
| Go live | Watch the first PO through packing, the invoice and the ASN, then check the first payment against the invoice with you. |
| After | Maintain the maps. When Buckle adds a field, the change is ours to make. |
We keep emergency EDI support running around the clock, because a rejected ASN at Buckle holds up both the receipt and the payment.
Buckle EDI FAQ
The missing 810, what goes on the ASN, the PRO number, the vendor manual and drop ship.
AIMS360. It is a consumer brands ERP with Buckle EDI built in: the 850 imported as a sales order by UPC, GS1-128 carton labels printed from the packed shipment, and the 856 built from that shipment with your invoice number, the PRO number and each item's weight and dimensions. Our own EDI team builds the maps and runs the connection.
Buckle sends the 850 purchase order and receives the 856 ship notice, with 997 acknowledgments both ways, on the VICS 4010 standard. It does not take an 810 invoice. Some EDI provider pages list more documents for Buckle, so follow the vendor manual your buyer sent you.
No. Buckle uses the 856 ship notice as the invoice, so the ASN has to carry your invoice number. In AIMS360 the Buckle account is set to require an invoice before the ASN, and the invoice number goes out on the 856. Your receivables still hold a normal invoice against the order. For retailers that do take one, see the EDI 810.
The invoice number, the PRO number, the carrier's SCAC and transport code, and for each item the packaged weight, the height, length and width, the units of measure and the packaging type. AIMS360 stores the weight, dimensions and packaging type on the style, so they are entered once and reused on every ASN.
Yes. The carrier's PRO number goes in the PRO field on the shipment and travels on the ASN. In AIMS360 it can be updated across a batch of shipments at once, and every carrier used for Buckle needs a SCAC code and a transport code set up before go-live.
Nothing public says Buckle requires a particular EDI network. AIMS360 has EDI built into the ERP and our own EDI team runs the Buckle connection, so the invoice, the cartons and the ASN come from one system and nothing is retyped into a portal.
Buckle does not post it publicly. It comes from your buyer or Buckle's EDI department along with your vendor number, and it sets your FOB terms, packaging types and any chargebacks. We read it with you at kickoff and build to it.
Buckle publishes no drop ship program for vendors. Its online sales were $44.6 million in the quarter ended August 1, 2026. If your buyer raises drop ship, send us the document and we will build to it.
447 stores in 42 states as of August 21, 2026, per the company's second quarter release. The Buckle, Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange as BKE, is headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska, and reported net sales of $1.298 billion for fiscal 2025.
We do. The maps belong to us, so a new field on the ASN is our work rather than a project for your team. Buckle has added ASN fields before, including item weight, dimensions and packaging type.
See AIMS360 take in a Buckle 850, pack the order, create the invoice and build the ASN that carries its number, all from one record.
