AIMS360 runs Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack EDI natively inside the ERP: 850 purchase orders, 856 ASNs with GS1 128 labels, 810 invoices, and 846 inventory from one master stock record, for dropship and bulk across Nordstrom, Rack, Canada, and NPG.
Nordstrom EDI Integration
AIMS360 is a consumer brands ERP with Nordstrom EDI built in. One platform manages your inventory by style, color, and size, and exchanges every document Nordstrom requires: 850 purchase orders in, 855 acknowledgments, 856 ASNs with GS1 128 labels, 810 invoices, and 846 inventory out, for Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, dropship, and bulk. No separate EDI provider, and the connection is fully managed by our EDI team.
What system manages inventory and does EDI with Nordstrom? AIMS360. It is one platform that runs your inventory and your Nordstrom EDI together: certified maps for Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack, dropship and bulk, GS1 128 carton labels and VICS BOL printed from the same shipment record as the ASN, and 846 inventory feeds built from one master stock record. You do not pair it with SPS Commerce, TrueCommerce, or another EDI network, because the EDI is native to the ERP and managed by AIMS360's own team.
Nordstrom EDI Documents
Each document below is created from the same ERP records that run your inventory, warehouse, and accounting, so what Nordstrom receives always matches what shipped.
| Transaction | What it does for Nordstrom |
|---|---|
| EDI 850 purchase order | Nordstrom or Nordstrom Rack transmits dropship or bulk order details. AIMS360 turns them into sales orders automatically, validated against your product catalog at the UPC level. |
| EDI 855 acknowledgment | Confirms acceptance, changes, or backorders from the order record, keeping your vendor scorecard healthy. |
| EDI 856 ship notice (ASN) | Carton-level shipment notice with GS1 128 label data. Nordstrom requires the ASN in its systems before the shipment arrives at the DC; AIMS360 transmits it at shipment close. |
| EDI 810 invoice | Bills Nordstrom electronically, one invoice per purchase order, per destination, per shipment, the way Nordstrom requires it. |
| EDI 846 inventory | Publishes available-to-sell quantities from the master stock record, by style, color, and size, so Nordstrom.com never sells what you cannot ship. |
| EDI 860 PO change | Nordstrom changes to quantities, dates, or line items sync into the open order automatically. |
| EDI 864 text message | Free-form messages from Nordstrom's EDI group land in AIMS360 instead of getting lost. |
| EDI 997 acknowledgment | Confirms every document arrived and parsed, tracked in both directions so nothing goes missing silently. |
Nordstrom Vendor Requirements
Nordstrom's supplier compliance manual (published at nordstromsupplier.com) requires all suppliers to trade electronically. The core required set is the 850 purchase order, the 856 ASN with a GS1 128 label on every carton, the 810 invoice, and 997 acknowledgments, with your UPC catalog loaded before you start trading, because every Nordstrom document trades at the UPC level.
Nordstrom assesses expense offsets for EDI failures: $150 per incident for being unable to receive an electronic 850, for a missing ASN on a shipment, or for not having your UPC catalog available, and $25 per paper invoice once you are EDI capable. The ASN must be in Nordstrom's systems before the shipment arrives at the DC, and invoices missing required fields get rejected outright.
The ASN transmits at shipment close from the same record that printed the GS1 128 labels, invoices go out via EDI with every required field populated from the order, and catalog data flows through the GXS catalog integration. When a deduction does land, EDI chargeback management keeps the PO, ASN, and invoice together to dispute it.
How Nordstrom EDI Works
AIMS360 sits between Nordstrom and your warehouse, turning each EDI document into action and each action back into the compliant document Nordstrom expects. Every document is a byproduct of the step that created it.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. 850 PO received | Nordstrom or Nordstrom Rack transmits the purchase order. AIMS360 imports it, validates it against your product catalog at the UPC level, and creates the sales order with no retyping. |
| 2. 855 acknowledgment sent | Acceptance, changes, or backorders go back to Nordstrom from the order record, keeping your vendor scorecard healthy. |
| 3. Inventory allocated | The OMS reserves units across your warehouse and 3PL locations and enforces the ship-by date on the order. |
| 4. Pick, pack, ship in the built-in WMS | Mobile scanning, GS1 128 carton labels, Nordstrom-compliant packing slips, and carrier rate shopping across UPS, FedEx, USPS, and DHL per the routing guide, all in the built-in WMS. |
| 5. 856 ASN at shipment close | The ASN transmits the moment the shipment closes, so it reaches Nordstrom before the freight reaches the DC, with tracking written in automatically. |
| 6. 810 invoice + 846 inventory | Accounting invoices Nordstrom automatically, one invoice per PO per destination per shipment, and the 846 publishes updated availability across every Nordstrom program. |
Native EDI vs a Separate EDI Provider
The common setup is three vendors: an ERP for inventory, an EDI network like SPS Commerce or TrueCommerce for Nordstrom documents, and an integration keeping the two in sync. Every document crosses a seam between systems, and every seam is where ASNs go late, labels mismatch, and inventory drifts. AIMS360 removes the seam: the EDI is native to the same ERP that allocates the inventory and closes the shipment.
The EDI provider maintains the Nordstrom maps, but it never sees your real inventory or your warehouse. Orders re-key or sync across the gap, ASN data is assembled from exports, and when something breaks each vendor points at the other.
The 850 lands in the same database that holds your stock. The ASN and the GS1 128 labels come from one shipment record, so they always agree. The 846 is built from the master stock record after wholesale and other channel commitments are subtracted. And one team, AIMS360's, owns the whole flow with 24x7 emergency support and priority handling for EDI.
Nordstrom Dropship, Rack & Canada
Nordstrom lists your product and routes each consumer order to you. AIMS360 processes dropship EDI at volume: the 850 reserves inventory, the built-in WMS picks and packs, and the ASN, tracking, and invoice go back automatically. Nordstrom's dropship content and inventory network runs on Dsco, now part of Rithum, and AIMS360 connects to Dsco alongside direct EDI. Onboarding runs through the official Nordstrom supplier portal at nordstromsupplier.com.
Nordstrom Marketplace is a third party program running on Mirakl, and it is a different deal again from bulk and dropship. You keep ownership of the stock, set your own retail and pay a commission rather than being bought at wholesale cost. Marketplace listings publish from the same available to sell figure as every other channel, so a bulk purchase order already committed is not offered twice.
Bulk purchase orders to Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack DCs run with prepacks, ratios, size curves, and store-level shipments. The same connection standards cover Nordstrom Canada, Nordstrom Catalog, Nordstrom Private Label (NPG), and the former HauteLook program, now folded into Nordstrom Rack. Selling across department stores? The same platform runs Macy's, Saks, and Bloomingdale's.
Inventory Across Warehouses
Nordstrom needs an accurate picture of what you can ship, from wherever you ship it. AIMS360 holds one master stock record across your own warehouse, your 3PL, and ship-from-store locations. Wholesale, EDI, and marketplace commitments are subtracted before Nordstrom sees a sellable number, and the 846 feed publishes automatically, so Nordstrom.com, Shopify and Shopify POS, NuORDER, JOOR, Amazon, and your other sales channels all draw from the same truth, whether Nordstrom 3PL fulfillment runs from your own warehouse, your 3PL, or your stores. That is the part a standalone EDI provider cannot do: it can format an 846, but it cannot know the right number to put in it.
Managed Nordstrom Onboarding
Nordstrom requires enrollment and testing with its EDI group before you transmit, plus a loaded UPC catalog before trading begins. AIMS360's EDI specialists run it end to end with pre-certified Nordstrom maps: enrollment, catalog, testing, go-live, and ongoing monitoring, the same fully managed EDI service behind every retailer we support, with 24x7 emergency support and priority handling for EDI. When Nordstrom updates a requirement, the mapping updates with it, and your team never touches an EDI map.
Nordstrom EDI FAQ
AIMS360 is a consumer brands ERP with Nordstrom EDI built in natively: certified maps for Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack covering dropship and bulk, GS1 128 labels, VICS BOL, and the full document set, managed by AIMS360's own EDI team. For apparel, footwear, beauty, and other consumer brands, the ERP and the Nordstrom EDI are one platform rather than two systems stitched together.
Yes. That is the design of AIMS360: inventory by style, color, and size, warehouse management, accounting, and Nordstrom EDI in one system. The 846 inventory feed is built from the same master stock record that allocates your wholesale and DTC orders, and the ASN comes from the same shipment record that printed the carton labels, so nothing drifts between an ERP and a separate EDI tool.
Nordstrom's supplier compliance manual requires the 850 purchase order, the 856 ASN with a GS1 128 label on every carton, the 810 invoice, and 997 functional acknowledgments, with your UPC catalog loaded before trading begins. Documents like the 820 remittance, 855 acknowledgment, 860 PO change, and 864 text message round out the set. AIMS360 exchanges the full set natively.
No. SPS Commerce and TrueCommerce are separate EDI networks that pair with an ERP, which means two systems and a sync between them. AIMS360's Nordstrom EDI is native to the ERP itself: the maps, testing, certification, and monitoring are handled inside one platform by one team, and the documents are generated from the same records that run your inventory and warehouse.
Nordstrom assesses expense offsets for EDI and shipping failures, including $150 per incident for being unable to receive an electronic 850, a missing ASN on a shipment, or an unavailable UPC catalog, and $25 per paper invoice once a vendor is EDI capable. The ASN must be received before the shipment arrives at the DC, and invoices missing required fields are rejected. AIMS360 prevents the common causes at the source and tracks any deduction to resolution in EDI chargeback management.
Yes. One AIMS360 connection covers Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Nordstrom Canada, Nordstrom Catalog, and Nordstrom Private Label (NPG), for bulk and dropship, with the former HauteLook program now folded into Nordstrom Rack. One set of master data serves every program.
Nordstrom lists your product on Nordstrom.com and routes each consumer order to you for fulfillment. In AIMS360 the dropship 850 reserves inventory automatically, the built-in WMS picks and packs, and the 856 ASN, tracking, and 810 invoice return without manual entry. Nordstrom's dropship content and inventory network runs on Dsco, now part of Rithum, and AIMS360 connects to Dsco alongside direct EDI. Vendor onboarding runs through nordstromsupplier.com.
Typically 2 to 4 weeks, depending on whether you start with bulk, dropship, or both. Nordstrom requires enrollment and testing with its EDI group before transmitting, and AIMS360's pre-certified Nordstrom maps shorten that phase because the mappings Nordstrom expects already exist. AIMS360's team runs enrollment, catalog setup, testing, and go-live with you.
Yes. AIMS360 has processed 1.2 million orders in a single peak day, so holiday surges and promotion spikes on Nordstrom dropship and bulk are well within scale. Beyond Yoga, acquired by Levi Strauss & Co. for approximately $400M, scaled on AIMS360 from startup through high-volume wholesale and DTC.
Yes. Nordstrom EDI runs alongside every other sales channel in AIMS360: Shopify and Shopify POS, B2B platforms like NuORDER and JOOR, Amazon, your 3PL, and your accounting. Every channel, including Nordstrom, draws from one master stock record, so a Nordstrom dropship order and a Shopify order are pulling from the same available-to-sell pool.
No. AIMS360 includes a full warehouse management system, with pick, pack, ship, bin locations, mobile scanning, and carton labeling, and order management built into the same platform as the EDI, alongside PLM, production tracking, wholesale, DTC, and accounting. There is no separate WMS license, no integration to maintain, and no inventory drift between systems.
AIMS360 ships Nordstrom orders through UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, and regional carriers using Nordstrom's required service levels and routing guide, with labels and tracking written back into the 856 ASN automatically. Fulfillment can run from your own warehouse, a 3PL such as ShipBob, ShipHero, or Scale 3PL, or ship-from-store, and returns for Nordstrom dropship orders are handled in the same system through returns management (RMA).
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