Henry Schein Incorporated Becomes an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Supplier

Monday, September 14, 2009

Purchasing Services is pleased to announce a change to the purchase order and purchase order invoice transmission processes for Henry Schein Incorporated, a University preferred contract and Penn Marketplace participating supplier. Effective Tuesday, September 8, 2009, all Henry Schein Incorporated purchase orders and purchase order invoices will be transmitted electronically via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

If you order from Henry Schein, and require special shipping/handling institutions, please use the special "EDI Notes to Supplier" instructions to create an additional requisition line using the Non-Catalog Item in the Penn Marketplace. For the supplier to act upon the special instructions you will need to start the description with the letters "ZZZ"(for example - "Please ship in dry ice"), the UOM (unit of measure) is defaulted to "Each". It is also a "best practice" to contact the supplier's customer service rep and advise them of such special instructions and reference the approved purchase order number.

Please do not use this process to request a "rush order" as the extra line of notes to the supplier will cause a slight delay in the supplier processing the order. Do not use the "Notes to Supplier" field for EDI suppliers in BEN Buys.

Please direct all questions regarding this new electronic trading partner relationship to Vira Homick in Purchasing Services.