AIMS360 ERP Software Burlington EDI integration helps apparel brands and wholesalers send and receive electronic purchase orders (EDI 850), advance ship notices (EDI 856) and invoices (EDI 810) without middleware. Synchronize styles, inventory, orders and shipments in real time to eliminate manual data entry and reduce costly errors. Perfect for Burlington’s bulk and dropship programs, this built‑in EDI keeps you compliant and ready to scale.
Bulk, dropship, and case pack compliance with native EDI built into your apparel ERP. No middleware, no third parties, no second subscription.
Burlington Stores requires vendors to trade purchase orders, ship notices, and invoices over EDI. AIMS360 apparel ERP connects your brand directly to Burlington through its own native, built-in EDI engine, with no third-party EDI provider between you and the retailer. When a Burlington EDI 850 arrives, it becomes a sales order automatically. When cartons ship, the EDI 856 ASN, GS1-128 labels, and EDI 810 invoice go out from the same live data. One system runs the whole flow, from PO to payment.
Book a Free Demo See PricingBurlington Stores, the off-price retailer many vendors still know as Burlington Coat Factory, sources from manufacturers, wholesalers, and closeout suppliers across thousands of vendors. Processing that volume by email or PDF is not realistic, so Burlington mandates ANSI X12 version 4010 EDI for its core trading documents. A purchase order arrives as an EDI 850, your shipment is announced with an EDI 856 advance ship notice, every carton carries a GS1-128 barcode label, and billing happens through the EDI 810 invoice.
Getting any of those wrong costs real money. A late ASN, a label that does not scan, or an invoice that disagrees with the PO triggers compliance chargebacks that come straight out of your payment. The fix is not working harder inside a web portal. It is connecting Burlington's documents directly to the system that already knows your inventory, your cartons, and your invoices. That is what the AIMS360 EDI retailer integration does.
Off-price is also a channel decision, not just a compliance exercise. For retailer risk scores and where Burlington, Ross, and TJX fit in a wholesale channel mix, see the State of the Apparel Industry 2026 report.
Every document below is processed inside AIMS360 apparel software. Nothing is exported to a separate translator, and nothing needs to be rekeyed.
| Document | Name | What AIMS360 does with it |
|---|---|---|
| EDI 850 | Purchase Order | Receives Burlington POs and creates sales orders automatically, matched to your styles, colors, sizes, and UPCs. |
| EDI 860 | PO Change | Applies Burlington's changes to quantities, dates, or pricing against the original order so nothing ships against stale terms. |
| EDI 856 | Advance Ship Notice | Builds the carton-level ASN from actual pick and pack data and transmits it on time, matched to your GS1-128 labels. |
| GS1-128 | Carton Labels (UCC-128) | Prints compliant carton labels during packing, including the style, color, size, and quantity detail Burlington requires on every carton, pulled from the same data as the ASN. |
| EDI 810 | Invoice | Generates the invoice from shipped quantities the moment a shipment is confirmed, so PO, ASN, and invoice always agree. |
| EDI 824 | Application Advice | Surfaces Burlington's accept or reject responses so document errors get fixed before they become chargebacks. |
| EDI 852 | Product Activity Data | Captures sell-through and stock activity to guide replenishment and production planning. |
| EDI 997 | Functional Acknowledgment | Sends and tracks acknowledgments automatically for every document exchanged, in both directions. |
New to these transaction codes? Start with the apparel EDI transaction guide for plain-language definitions of every document.
Burlington runs two vendor programs, and each has its own document flow. AIMS360 supports both without extra software.
Burlington issues EDI 850 POs for carton or pallet shipments to its DCs, often written in case packs and assortments. AIMS360 manages case pack and prepack configurations natively: pack contents, EDI case codes, allocation across the size run, and pack-level picking all flow from the same order data, through to the carton-level ASN and GS1-128 labels the DC scans on arrival.
Burlington forwards online customer orders for you to fulfill one at a time. AIMS360 routes each dropship order through your warehouse or 3PL, generates the packing slip, tracking, ASN, and invoice per order, and keeps inventory synced so you never accept an order you cannot fill.
The PO lands directly in AIMS360, validates against your styles, colors, sizes, and UPCs, and becomes a sales order. No portal, no rekeying.
AIMS360 reserves units by color and size, flags shortages against the PO, and confirms back to Burlington so both sides agree on what ships.
As cartons are packed at your warehouse or 3PL, AIMS360 builds the carton-level ASN and prints GS1-128 labels from the same data, so they always match.
Invoices generate from actual shipped quantities the moment shipping is confirmed. PO, ASN, and invoice agree, so payments are not held up in reconciliation.
997s and 824s process automatically in both directions, so you know every document was accepted and can fix a rejection before it turns into a chargeback.
Most ERPs connect to Burlington through a third-party EDI provider: a separate platform with its own subscription, its own portal, and its own support queue sitting between your ERP and the retailer. Every document makes a round trip, and when something breaks, two vendors point at each other.
AIMS360 took a different path. The EDI engine is native: built in-house, inside the ERP, with no third party anywhere in the document path. Burlington documents read and write directly against your live orders, inventory, and invoices. There is no middleware layer to license, and one team owns the whole flow. When Burlington updates a routing guide requirement, AIMS360's EDI staff updates the mapping. You keep shipping.
To be clear about what built-in EDI does and does not remove: Burlington still requires trading partner onboarding, document testing, and compliance with its implementation guide. That work exists with every system. The difference is who does it. With AIMS360, the in-house EDI team that has onboarded brands with Burlington, Nordstrom, Ross, TJX, and hundreds of other major retailers handles it for you.
Burlington's compliance program deducts for late ASNs, mismatched cartons, unreadable labels, and invoice discrepancies. For off-price shipments, where margins are already tight, chargebacks can quietly erase the profit on an entire PO.
AIMS360 also includes a dedicated EDI chargeback management system for tracking and disputing retailer deductions. For a breakdown of the most common EDI chargebacks across major retailers and how to fight them, read the apparel EDI chargeback prevention guide.
Brands that ship Burlington usually ship its peers too. Each connection below runs on the same built-in EDI engine, with no additional software.
Burlington EDI is the electronic exchange of business documents between your brand and Burlington Stores using the ANSI X12 standard. Instead of emailing PDFs or retyping orders, purchase orders, ship notices, and invoices flow system to system. Burlington requires EDI as part of vendor onboarding, so brands need either an EDI-capable ERP like AIMS360 or a separate EDI service. See how AIMS360's built-in EDI works.
Yes. Burlington Stores is the retailer many vendors still call Burlington Coat Factory, and the EDI program is the same under either name: the same documents, the same vendor requirements, and the same testing process. AIMS360's Burlington integration covers it regardless of which name your team uses.
Core Burlington documents include the EDI 850 purchase order, EDI 856 advance ship notice, EDI 810 invoice, and GS1-128 (UCC-128) carton labels. Depending on your vendor relationship, Burlington may also use the EDI 860 PO change, EDI 824 application advice, EDI 852 product activity data, and EDI 997 functional acknowledgment. The apparel EDI transaction guide explains each one.
Yes. AIMS360 handles Burlington bulk purchase orders shipped to distribution centers and Burlington dropship orders shipped directly to the end customer. Both flows run through the same built-in EDI engine, with order routing, ASNs, labels, and invoices matched to each program's requirements. Explore omnichannel order management in AIMS360.
Not with AIMS360. The EDI engine is native, built into the apparel ERP, so there is no separate middleware platform, no third-party EDI provider, no second subscription, and no data hopping between systems. Orders, inventory, shipping, and invoicing live in one place, and the AIMS360 EDI team manages Burlington mapping and testing for you. Compare this to gateway setups on the EDI retailers page.
Yes. Case packs and prepacks are managed natively in AIMS360: pack configurations, EDI case codes tied to the style, color, and size contents, allocation, and pack-level picking. When a Burlington PO is written in case packs, the pack detail flows through to the carton-level 856 ASN and GS1-128 labels automatically. See the case pack vs prepack guide for how each configuration works.
Most chargebacks come from late or mismatched documents: an ASN that does not match the cartons, a label that does not scan, or an invoice that disagrees with the PO. Because AIMS360 generates the 856 ASN, GS1-128 labels, and 810 invoice from the same live shipment data, the documents always agree. Built-in validation checks retailer-specific fields before anything is sent. See warehouse management in AIMS360.
Burlington's Vendor Management Suite is a web-based portal where low-volume vendors can manually view POs, create ASNs and labels, and submit invoices. Burlington publishes its EDI guidelines and vendor requirements on its vendor EDI page. The portal works for a handful of orders, but every document is manual, nothing syncs with your inventory, and volume quickly makes it unmanageable. Growing brands move to an integrated system so documents flow automatically. Read why an integrated ERP and EDI setup beats standalone tools.
Once Burlington's buying team approves you as a vendor, you review Burlington's vendor and routing guide requirements, connect through an EDI-capable system, complete document testing with Burlington, and go live. With AIMS360, the in-house EDI team handles the mapping, testing, and certification steps for you, coordinated by your implementation manager, so your side of compliance is mostly review and approval.
Timelines depend on Burlington's testing schedule and your catalog readiness, but AIMS360's in-house EDI team handles the mapping, document testing, and compliance certification with Burlington on your behalf. Your implementation manager coordinates the process from kickoff through your first live order. Learn how AIMS360 implementation works.
Yes. AIMS360 prints GS1-128 (UCC-128) labels as part of the pick and pack process through its UCC-128 label printing feature, with carton contents pulled from the same data that builds the EDI 856 ASN. Labels and ASNs always match, which is one of the most common Burlington compliance checkpoints. Labels print at your warehouse or your 3PL partner.
Yes. AIMS360 integrates with third-party logistics warehouses, so Burlington orders can route to your 3PL for fulfillment while AIMS360 still generates the ASN, labels, and invoice. Inventory stays in sync between the ERP and the warehouse in real time.
Yes. When a Burlington 850 arrives, AIMS360 allocates against live inventory by style, color, and size. As orders ship, quantities update across every channel, wholesale, ecommerce, and dropship, so you never oversell units that Burlington has already claimed. See inventory management in AIMS360.
Burlington EDI runs on AIMS360's built-in EDI engine, so there is no separate middleware subscription to budget for. Pricing depends on your plan and the retailer connections you activate. The AIMS360 pricing page outlines current plans, and the team can quote your exact configuration.
AIMS360 maintains EDI connections to 350+ major retailers, including Nordstrom, Ross, TJX, Costco, Macy's, Saks, Kohl's, Target, and Walmart. Off-price brands selling to Burlington typically add Ross and TJX on the same engine with no additional software. Browse the full list on the EDI retailers page.
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