Native Dollar Tree EDI inside AIMS360: 850 in, 855, 856 and 810 out with the 16 digit PO number, 812 and 864 posted, Interleaved 2 of 5 carton labels, connected through the SPS Commerce network Dollar Tree uses.
Dollar Tree EDI Integration
AIMS360 is a consumer brands ERP with Dollar Tree EDI built in. One platform runs your inventory by style, color and size and produces every document Dollar Tree asks for: 850 orders in, 855 acknowledgments, Dollar Tree carton labels, 856 ASNs and 810 invoices out with the 16 digit PO number intact, 812 adjustments and 864 notices posted against the invoice, and 997s both ways, all through the SPS Commerce network Dollar Tree uses for merchandise vendors. The connection is managed by our EDI team.
What system manages inventory and does EDI with Dollar Tree? AIMS360. It runs your inventory and your Dollar Tree EDI in one platform: native maps for the 850, 855, 856, 810, 812, 864 and 997, connected through the SPS Commerce network Dollar Tree names for its merchandise vendors, the Dollar Tree carton label printed from the same shipment record as the ASN, and the 16 digit PO number carried from the 850 to the 810 with the UPC and Dollar Tree SKU on every line. Since July 2025 Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are two separate companies, and AIMS360 treats them as two trading partners. When a retailer mandates SPS as its network, AIMS360 connects to SPS natively for that retailer and your team keeps working inside AIMS360.
Dollar Tree EDI Documents
Built from the same ERP records that run your inventory, warehouse and accounting, so the label on the carton, the ASN and the invoice describe the same shipment.
| Transaction | What it does for Dollar Tree |
|---|---|
| EDI 850 purchase order | Dollar Tree transmits the order through the SPS Commerce network and AIMS360 imports it as a sales order, validated against your catalog at the UPC level. The PO number is 16 digits, an 11 digit order number plus a 5 digit location, with no hyphen, and it has to come back exactly that way on every document. |
| EDI 855 acknowledgment | Returned from the order record so the buyer knows what will ship before the shipment is released in the Custom Vendor Portal. AIMS360 sends it with the quantities you actually allocated. |
| EDI 856 ship notice (ASN) | Carton-level notice of what is on the truck, sent at shipment close. Dollar Tree receives by appointment at every distribution center, so the ASN has to be in before the trailer is. AIMS360 builds it from the shipment your warehouse closed, with the same carton contents that went on the carton label. |
| EDI 810 invoice | One invoice per PO with the 16 digit PO number, an invoice number of no more than 12 characters, both the UPC and the Dollar Tree SKU on every line, and unit prices carried to three decimals. Dollar Tree does not accept a zero dollar invoice, and its domestic invoice specification is X12 4010. |
| EDI 812 credit and debit adjustment | How Dollar Tree tells you about a deduction or an adjustment against an invoice. AIMS360 posts it against the invoice so accounting sees the reason before the remittance arrives. |
| EDI 864 text message | The free text notice Dollar Tree uses for things the other documents do not carry, including a rejected invoice. Somebody has to read it. AIMS360 logs it against the trading partner so it does not sit in a mailbox. |
| EDI 997 acknowledgment | Both directions on every document. AIMS360 generates the outbound 997 on receipt, so the technical acknowledgment never waits on the business handling of the order. |
| Carton label | Dollar Tree is unusual here. Its carton marking guide says it creates its own carton labels using an Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode, 10 digit and 8 digit, and it does not allow a UPC barcode on the outside of the carton that matches the saleable unit inside. AIMS360 prints the carton label to the Dollar Tree spec from the shipment record rather than the retail default. |
Vendor Requirements
Dollar Tree publishes its vendor requirements across corporate.dollartree.com and dollartree.com rather than in one manual, and several of the documents were written when Family Dollar was still part of the company. The figures below come from Dollar Tree's own documents, dated where the document is dated, and the Family Dollar split is noted where it matters. Confirm against the current copy before you rely on any number here.
| Requirement | What Dollar Tree expects |
|---|---|
| EDI network | Dollar Tree names SPS Commerce as the EDI partner for merchandise vendors, and its mapping guides for the 850, 855, 856, 810, 812 and 864 are hosted on the SPS community site. Non merchandise vendors invoice through the Ariba Network instead. Whatever runs your EDI has to reach Dollar Tree through the SPS network and pass its testing. |
| PO number | 16 digits, no hyphen: an 11 digit purchase order number followed by the 5 digit location. It appears on the 810 exactly as it appeared on the 850, and a mismatch is the fastest way to a rejected invoice. |
| Invoice | One per PO. Invoice number no longer than 12 characters, UPC and Dollar Tree SKU on every line, unit price to three decimals, no zero dollar invoices. Domestic invoices are X12 4010 under the Dollar Tree Stores specification published July 2014. |
| Releasing the shipment | Collect shipments are released in the Custom Vendor Portal at least seven days before the start of the ship window, and Dollar Tree routes them from there. Prepaid vendors are exempt from the seven day rule and must ship FOB destination. Direct store delivery orders are not released for routing at all. |
| Appointments | Required for every delivery at every Dollar Tree distribution center, booked through C3 Reservations up to two days before the ETA, and never same day. The carrier has to arrive within fifteen minutes of the appointment, and a carrier more than two hours late is refused. Revised July 2023. |
| Distribution centers | Sixteen US distribution centers and two in Canada on the July 2023 list, matching the eighteen Dollar Tree reports today. Each PO carries its DC in the 5 digit location, and the ASN, the label and the appointment all have to agree on it. |
| Carton label | Dollar Tree creates its own carton labels using an Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode, 10 digit and 8 digit. A UPC barcode on the carton that matches the unit inside is not allowed, so the carton does not scan as a sellable unit at the store. This spec was published under the combined Dollar Tree and Family Dollar vendor guide, so confirm the current Dollar Tree copy. |
| Cartons | Conveyable cartons run 9 to 42 inches long, 6 to 26 wide and 4 to 29 high, from 3 to 44 pounds, with repacked cartons capped at 50 pounds. Same vendor guide, same caveat. |
| Pallets | Grade A GMA four way pallets, 48 by 40 inches, loaded to no more than 2,500 pounds, taped, strapped or shrink wrapped with no overhang. |
| UPCs | Dollar Tree publishes its own UPC basics guide and buys against your UPC at the item level. Every sellable unit needs one, and it needs to be in Dollar Tree's item file before the PO. |
| Pricing | Dollar Tree moved off the single dollar price point. The base is $1.25 and the multi price assortment runs up to $3 to $5, with about 85 percent of the opening price point assortment at $2 and below as of March 2026. Prepriced tickets follow the buyer's instruction on the PO, not a standing rule. |
Sources: Dollar Tree corporate company information and merchandise vendor pages, the Dollar Tree Stores domestic 810 specification published July 2014 on the SPS Commerce community site, the Custom Vendor Portal user guide, the Dollar Tree shipping requirements and distribution center list revised July 10, 2023, the transportation and distribution requirements sections of the vendor guide, the Dollar Tree carton marking requirements, and the Dollar Tree press releases of March 26 and July 7, 2025 on the Family Dollar sale. Dollar Tree revises these documents without a public changelog.
Dollar Tree EDI Workflow
One loop, one system, and an appointment that does not wait for a late ASN.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Order arrives | The 850 lands through the SPS network and becomes a sales order, validated against your catalog at the UPC level, with the 16 digit PO number and the destination DC read off the order. |
| 2. Acknowledge | The 997 goes back on receipt. The 855 goes back from the order record with the quantities you allocated. |
| 3. Release | Collect shipments are released in the Custom Vendor Portal at least seven days before the ship window opens, and Dollar Tree routes the freight. Prepaid shipments skip the release and ship FOB destination on your carrier. |
| 4. Appointment | The delivery is booked in C3 Reservations up to two days before the ETA. No same day appointments, fifteen minute arrival window, refused after two hours. |
| 5. Pick, pack, ship | The built-in warehouse module packs to the case pack on the PO and prints the Dollar Tree carton label from the shipment record, Interleaved 2 of 5, with no sellable UPC barcode on the outside. |
| 6. ASN | The 856 transmits at shipment close, carton by carton, before the appointment, with the DC on the ASN matching the DC on the PO. |
| 7. Invoice | The 810 goes out with the 16 digit PO number, a 12 character or shorter invoice number, UPC and Dollar Tree SKU on every line, prices to three decimals, one per PO. |
| 8. Adjustments | An 812 or an 864 comes back if Dollar Tree deducts or rejects, and AIMS360 posts it against the invoice so the dispute starts with the facts. |
Native vs Bolted On
Dollar Tree runs its program on the SPS network. That settles the network. It does not settle where your orders and inventory live.
The carton label, the ASN and the invoice come off one shipment record, and the PO number that came in on the 850 is the PO number that goes out on the 810, all 16 digits of it. When Dollar Tree mandates SPS as the network, AIMS360 connects to SPS natively for that retailer and your team keeps working inside AIMS360.
Our EDI team runs the connection, the SPS testing and the maps.
Dollar Tree's program runs on the SPS network, so the question is not whether SPS is involved. It is whether your orders, inventory, shipments and invoices live in a second system that has to be kept in sync with your ERP.
Every mismatch between the two is a rejected invoice, an 864 nobody read, or an appointment booked for cartons that do not exist.
Dollar Tree Programs
Four ways a Dollar Tree purchase order can move, and the one program Dollar Tree does not publish.
The main program. You release the PO quantities in the Custom Vendor Portal at least seven days before the ship window, Dollar Tree routes the freight, and it lands at one of eighteen distribution centers by appointment. The 5 digit location on the PO tells you which one.
You book your own carrier and pay the freight, FOB destination, and you are exempt from the seven day release rule. The appointment rule still applies: C3 Reservations, up to two days ahead, fifteen minute window.
Dollar Tree sources a large share of its assortment overseas through its own import operation. Import POs carry different terms and routing, and the international vendor payment guide and customs documentation sit on the corporate vendor resources page. Send them to us before you commit to a first ship date.
A narrow program for product that goes straight to stores rather than through a DC. Direct store delivery orders are not released for routing, and the invoice specification is separate. Confirm with your buyer whether your category qualifies.
One thing to keep straight: there is no Dollar Tree drop ship or marketplace program on the open web. Dollar Tree sells online, but its supplier documents describe DC, prepaid, import and direct store delivery, not a consumer drop ship program. If a buyer offers you one, send us the document.
One Stock Record
Dollar Tree buys deep at a low price point and receives at eighteen DCs by appointment, so the useful number is not what you have in total, it is what you can put on one released shipment for one DC without a second appointment.
| Situation | What AIMS360 does |
|---|---|
| Eighteen DCs, one PO number format | The 5 digit location on the 16 digit PO number is the DC. AIMS360 keeps the DC cross reference once, so the ASN, the carton label and the invoice all carry the same destination without anyone retyping it. |
| Releasing what you can ship | Allocation runs against the whole PO before the release in the CVP, so the quantities you release are quantities the warehouse can pack, and the appointment is booked for cartons that exist. |
| More than one warehouse | Availability rolls up across locations, and the shipment carries the location it actually leaves from, which is the origin on the release. |
| A 3PL holding stock | Integrated 3PL locations feed the same record, so the carton count and weight on the release are real. |
| Selling the other value chains | The same pool feeds Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Walmart, Burlington and the rest without a separate inventory file per retailer. Each is its own trading partner with its own rules, and since July 2025 Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are two of them. |
Managed Onboarding
Our EDI team builds the connection and tests it through SPS Commerce with Dollar Tree. You supply the vendor number, the Custom Vendor Portal login and the buyer's PO instructions.
| Stage | What we do |
|---|---|
| Before kickoff | Pull the current documents from the Dollar Tree vendor resources pages, confirm which programs you are approved for, and confirm whether you are collect or prepaid, because the release rule and the FOB depend on it. |
| Setup | Build the customer account with the DC cross reference for all eighteen locations, the 16 digit PO number handling, packing rules to the case pack, the Interleaved 2 of 5 carton label, FOB, carrier SCACs and the SPS trading partnership. |
| Catalog | Load styles, colors, sizes and UPCs, and confirm every UPC is in Dollar Tree's item file before the first PO, because the 810 needs both the UPC and the Dollar Tree SKU on every line. |
| Label proof | Get the carton label approved against the Dollar Tree spec before the first shipment. It is not the label your other retailers use. |
| Testing | Test the 850, 855, 856, 810, 812, 864 and 997 end to end through SPS, including an invoice with a 12 character invoice number and three decimal pricing. |
| Go live | Watch the first PO from release in the CVP to appointment to ASN to invoice, then read the first remittance with you for 812 adjustments. |
| After | Track document revisions. Dollar Tree revises its vendor guide section by section and, since the Family Dollar sale, some sections still carry the combined branding. |
We keep emergency EDI support running around the clock, because an appointment at a Dollar Tree DC does not move because your ASN did not go.
Dollar Tree EDI FAQ
The SPS network, the 16 digit PO number, the appointment rule, the carton label, and what changed when Family Dollar was sold.
AIMS360. It is a consumer brands ERP with Dollar Tree EDI built in: the 850 purchase order in, the 855 acknowledgment, 856 ship notice and 810 invoice out, the 812 and 864 posted against the invoice, and 997s both directions, connected through the SPS Commerce network Dollar Tree uses for merchandise vendors. Inventory, warehouse and EDI are one system, so the ASN is generated from the shipment your warehouse just closed. Our own EDI team runs the connection.
Dollar Tree's mapping guides on the SPS Commerce community site cover the 850 purchase order, 855 acknowledgment, 856 ship notice, 810 invoice, 812 credit and debit adjustment and 864 text message, with 997 acknowledgments both ways. The domestic 810 is X12 4010. Non merchandise vendors invoice through Ariba instead of EDI.
Dollar Tree names SPS Commerce as the EDI partner for its merchandise vendors and hosts its mapping guides there, so your documents reach Dollar Tree through the SPS network and pass SPS testing. That is a network requirement, not a requirement to run your orders and inventory in a second system. When a retailer mandates SPS as its network, AIMS360 connects to SPS natively for that retailer and your team keeps working inside AIMS360.
16 digits with no hyphen: an 11 digit purchase order number followed by a 5 digit location code that identifies the distribution center. The Dollar Tree 810 specification requires it on the invoice exactly as it appeared on the 850.
One invoice per PO, an invoice number no longer than 12 characters, the 16 digit PO number, both the UPC and the Dollar Tree SKU on every line, and unit prices to three decimals. Dollar Tree does not accept zero dollar invoices. AIMS360 produces the 810 off the shipment with all of that in place.
Collect vendors release PO quantities in the Custom Vendor Portal at least seven days before the start of the ship window, and Dollar Tree routes the freight. Prepaid vendors are exempt from the seven day rule and ship FOB destination on their own carrier. Direct store delivery orders are not released for routing.
Yes, at every distribution center, through C3 Reservations, booked up to two days before the ETA and never same day. The carrier has to arrive within fifteen minutes of the appointment time, and a carrier more than two hours late is refused. That is from the shipping requirements revised July 2023.
Dollar Tree creates its own carton labels using an Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode in 10 digit and 8 digit forms, and it does not allow a UPC barcode on the carton that matches the sellable unit inside. It is not the GS1-128 SSCC label most apparel retailers use. AIMS360 prints the Dollar Tree label from the same shipment record as the ASN. The spec was published under the combined vendor guide, so confirm the current Dollar Tree copy.
Dollar Tree reports more than 9,000 stores and 18 distribution centers across 48 states and five Canadian provinces under the Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada banners, after the sale of Family Dollar in July 2025. The July 2023 shipping requirements list sixteen US distribution centers and two in Canada.
No. Dollar Tree announced the sale of Family Dollar to Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management on March 26, 2025 and completed it on July 7, 2025. Family Dollar is a separate private company with its own vendor guide, portals and chargeback schedule, and AIMS360 treats it as a separate trading partner.
No. The base price point is $1.25 and Dollar Tree has rolled a multi price assortment up to $3 to $5 into most stores, with about 85 percent of the opening price point assortment at $2 and below as of March 2026. Prepriced ticket requirements follow the buyer's instruction on the PO.
Not one that appears in its published supplier documents. Dollar Tree's vendor guide describes DC shipments, prepaid, import and direct store delivery. If a buyer offers you a consumer drop ship program, send us the document and our EDI team will confirm the scope.
Dollar Tree does not publish a chargeback schedule for the Dollar Tree banner on the open web. The schedule that was published under the combined vendor guide is Family Dollar's, and it is covered on the Family Dollar page. For Dollar Tree, the rejections you can see are the ones on the invoice: a wrong PO number, a missing SKU, a zero dollar invoice, or a missed appointment.
We do. The maps belong to us, so a revision is our work rather than a project for your team. Dollar Tree revised its shipping requirements in July 2023, sold Family Dollar in July 2025 and continues to revise its vendor guide section by section, and the label, release and invoice rules move with it.
See AIMS360 release a PO, print the Dollar Tree carton label, send the ASN before the appointment and invoice on the 16 digit PO number.
