HDeXchange, through work by its Technical Committee and Task Forces, helps define standard guidelines for the heavy truck parts industry.

In the absence of standards and guidelines, companies spend excessive amounts of money in programming and mapping fees, reducing the return on investment (ROI) of electronic commerce projects. With standards, companies can instead focus more on improving processes and increasing electronic trading partners.

The HDX Community endorses standards for the following applications:

• Product Communications File Specifications (PCFS)

The PCFS file is a standardized price sheet format for the exchange of price and product information between trading partners in the heavy duty truck parts aftermarket. With the PCFS Standard, vendors will be able to create and distribute a single price sheet in a uniform manner, and distributors will be able to easily import this single format into their respective business systems. Download the new PCFS 5.2 (.xls file), which was put into production on January 1, 2008. Go to the Price File Library web site (www.pfl.com) for more information.

• XML Transaction Sets

  HDX's XML Task Force has been working on establishing a standardized set of XML documents, beginning with the documents needed for vendor-managed inventory (VMI) transactions. These documents follow the standards set forth by the Open Applications Group (OAG).

  Below are three working drafts - to allow a user to review the contents for the transactions at a relatively high level.

  • AcknowledgePurchaseOrder (EDI 855)

  • SyncProductActivity (EDI 852) download

  • AllocatePurchaseOrderId (a portion of the EDI 852) download

  This task force will begin looking at additional XML documents for use within the HDX community, including the purchase order, invoice and product availability documents.

• EDIPro Transaction Sets

Based on the ANSI X-12 4010 Standards, these guidelines are designed to better accommodate the trading relationship between truck parts distributor and their parts vendors. Once your system is programmed to receive or send these files, you will be able to communicate smoothly with all of your trading partners in the HDX Community.

• 810 - Invoice  download

• 850 - Purchase Order  download

• 856 - Advance Ship Notice  download

• 852 - Product Activity Data (for VMI)  download

• 855 - Purchase Order Acknowledgement (for VMI)  download

• Fleet Parts Purchasing Guidelines

  HDX worked extensively with the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) to develop standard guidelines for fleets, used when electronically purchasing parts from vendors. These guidelines were approved in 2003 and are available upon request. For more information, contact HDX directly at hdx@att.net.

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