EDI Webinar Part 4 – Vendor EDI855 Inbound Purchase Order Acknowledgement

When: January 15, 2026 2:00 pm

Join Us January 15, 2026 2:00 pm

Agenda

Most businesses treat EDI855 PO acknowledgements like a black box—complex to set up, difficult to troubleshoot, and a constant source of order delays when errors occur. Teams struggle with cryptic error messages, manual exception handling, and endless back-and-forth trying to figure out why purchase orders aren’t updating.

But processing EDI855 transactions doesn’t have to be complicated or frustrating.

In this guide, we’ll show you how Cloudsuite Distribution and ION make receiving and managing EDI855 Inbound PO Acknowledgements streamlined, transparent, and easy to control.

Presenter: Dave Rumsch

Sr. Business Consultant
david.Rumsch@nsacom.com

Dave has worked with NSA since 2013 as a Senior Business Consultant.  Dave has 37 years experience in Wholesale Distribution, including 33 years working with Infor’s SX.enterpise and Cloudsuite Distribution software.  Dave worked for Infor Global Solutions and predecessors for 16 years, in the roles of Senior Business Consultant, Systems Integration Account Manager and Special Projects Manager, working with customers in the US, Canada and Australia.  Dave is a retired CPA in the states of Florida and Georgia.  Dave has worked with Infor’s SX.enterprise Distribution software in all versions:

  • Character (Trend)
  • Graphical (SX.e GUI)
  • WebUI on premises
  • CloudSuite Distribution (CSD)

HOST: Glenn Bell

Senior Technical Consultant, NSA
Email: glenn.bell@nsacom.com

Glenn Bell is a Senior Technical Consultant at NSA with more than twenty years of experience in support of technology solutions in the distribution space. He joined NSA through an acquisition five years ago and continues to work alongside the same core team he has collaborated with for more than two decades. Glenn now leads NSA’s vendor management and NSA Plus partner program and serves as the host of NSA’s client-facing webinars. His focus is on helping distributors understand the complementary technologies that enhance the Infor CSD ecosystem and supporting clients with clear, practical guidance.

Key Takeaways

  • Learn how to set up Cloudsuite Distribution to receive EDI855 Inbound PO Acknowledgements
  • Overview of ION Connection Points and Dataflows used to facilitate processing EDI855 PO ACK
  • Learn how to manage EDI855 Inbound PO Ack using the Electronic Transactions Control Center
    • Header and Line Item Error and Exceptions
    • Approving transactions and updating Purchase Orders
  • Troubleshooting EDI855 Inbound PO ACK errors
    • Using the ION Inbox/Outbox Admin
    • Using ION Oneview

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