Home Depot EDI requirements (U.S.)
EDI is The Home Depot’s preferred way to exchange business documents with suppliers, and a new supplier’s EDI testing should take 15 business days or less. At its distribution centres, the ASN must arrive before the shipment: a missing ASN costs $1,000 and a late one $250, and missing the 98% fill rate or 90% on-time target costs 10% of the items short or late.
The documents
| Document | Direction | What it is for | Specification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 850 Purchase Order | From Home Depot | The purchase order. The published specification is the homedepot.com dropship version. | Read and validate |
| 856 Ship Notice/Manifest | To Home Depot | The ship notice. At the distribution centres it must carry the correct TMS shipment ID and arrive before the shipment. | Read and validate |
| 810 Invoice | To Home Depot | Your invoice. Canadian invoices carry the GST number (REF*GT). | Read and validate |
| 864 Text Message | From Home Depot | Free-form messages from Home Depot. | Read and validate |
| 820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice | From Home Depot | Home Depot’s payment and remittance, where compliance offsets appear (transportation offsets as TRAN codes). | Read and validate |
| 846 Inventory Inquiry/Advice | To Home Depot | Your inventory position, sent through CommerceHub. | Read and validate |
| 997 Functional Acknowledgment | Both ways | The functional acknowledgment that each document was received and could be read. | Read and validate |
Testing and compliance targets
- Testing: Home Depot decides with each new supplier whether it certifies through EDI or a third-party web solution. EDI suppliers test every document they will use, in the Commerce Desk system, within 15 business days.
- ASN: 100% on time, with the correct TMS shipment ID. An ASN not received before the receipt is keyed counts as missing; one received after the drop counts as late.
- Fill rate: 98% of the ordered quantity received at the distribution centre.
- On time: 90%. Prepaid orders must arrive by the expected delivery date; collect orders must be marked ready to ship in TMS by 11:00 a.m. local time, 2 days before pickup.
- Labels: GS1-compliant carton labels, with fewer than 1% of cartons rejected by the distribution centre scanners.
Compliance offsets
| Violation | Offset |
|---|---|
| Missing ASN | $1,000 per ASN |
| Late ASN | $250 |
| Wrong or missing TMS shipment ID (with a late ASN: $350) | $100 per ASN |
| Fill rate under 98% | 10% of the items not received |
| On time under 90% | 10% of the items not shipped on time |
| Rejected cartons over 1% (over 2%: $10 per carton) | $5 per carton |
| Routing guide violation | $250 |
| Several POs to one distribution centre on one day without a master bill of lading | $75 |
| Missing or inaccurate item data (dimensions, images, hazmat) | $1,000 per item |
For shipments to Home Depot’s U.S. distribution centres and stores, as summarized by SPS Commerce (updated March 12, 2024); your supplier agreement is what applies. Offsets are disputed in the Supplier Performance Management (SPM) app; distribution centre offsets disputed elsewhere are denied, and transportation offsets, issued the first week of the month, can be disputed for one month.
Meeting these requirements with Weredi
Read Home Depot’s specifications
7 of the documents above are published segment by segment, free, with a validator that checks your own file against them.
Build the 856 and 810 from each order
Each 850 becomes your ship notice and invoice without rekeying, with pallet and carton structures and SSCC labels for the 856.
See what Home Depot deducted
On Weredi Plus, the deduction ledger matches each offset on the 820 to its invoice and builds a bilingual dispute pack for the ones you contest.
One flat price
From $199 CAD a month for Home Depot and every other trading partner, with unlimited transactions.
How you connect
Home Depot follows the ANSI X12 standards and sets up each supplier’s EDI during testing. Weredi exchanges X12 documents directly over AS2, SFTP or FTP: confirm with Home Depot’s B2B testing team which connection it will set up for your account. This page covers The Home Depot U.S.; Home Depot Canada onboards its suppliers separately.
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Questions buyers ask
Does Home Depot require EDI?
EDI is The Home Depot’s preferred method for exchanging business documents with suppliers, following the ANSI X12 standards. It decides with each new supplier whether to certify through EDI or a third-party web solution.
What does Home Depot charge for a missing or late ASN?
For shipments to its U.S. distribution centres, $1,000 per missing ASN and $250 per late ASN, plus $100 for a wrong or missing TMS shipment ID, according to SPS Commerce’s summary updated March 12, 2024.
How long does Home Depot EDI testing take?
15 business days or less. Your EDI contact receives an invitation to test in Home Depot’s Commerce Desk system, and you test every document your business will use.
Does this page cover Home Depot Canada?
No. It covers The Home Depot U.S. Home Depot Canada publishes no EDI requirements and onboards its suppliers separately, so confirm them with Home Depot Canada.
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