846 DTC Inventory Inquiry/Advice

Burlington Stores uses the Inventory Inquiry/Advice (846) business message to enable vendors participating in the Direct to Consumer Program for web orders provide Burlington Stores with ‘near real time’ product inventory information. The transaction set has been structured so that inventory positions can be reported as of a specific date and time to notify a buyer of total quantity available as reflected in the supplier’s entire supply chain system. Inventory levels should be reported at the total product level inclusive of all available shipping locations for the Direct to Consumer thus allowing all the parties to synchronize product inventory in the Direct to Consumer Program. Burlington Stores requires an 846 near real time whenever the available Item quantity goes to 0; at minimum suppliers are required to send this transaction once per day and only for trade items currently being transacted between Burlington Stores and the Trading Partner. Burlington Stores requires the 'UP' qualifier in the LIN02 to identify Vendor Catalog items, matching them to the Burlington Stores Catalog items in order to provide Inventory Information to Burlington Stores' downstream systems when applicable. In case of an incorrect vendor UPC Code in the LIN03, Burlington Stores is also able to identify Vendor Catalog items using other identifiers found in the LIN04, LIN06, and LIN08 segments. Inclusion of the LIN04, LIN06, and LIN08 and their counterparts will go a long way to ensure accurate Inventory Information is provided to Burlington Stores' downstream system including the web store ensuring consumer orders are fulfilled timely and accurately.