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EDI Costco Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD)

Channel

CostcoCostco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD)

Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD) is one of Costco's 12 EDI trading channels. It supports 4 document types including X12 824, X12 820, X12 810, X12 850.

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Documents
4 transactions
Standards
X12 + EDIFACT
Transport
AS2 · SFTP · API

Document catalog

EDI documents we support for Costco Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD)

4 EDI transactions ready to integrate.

Document flow on this channel

How documents flow on Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD)

This channel carries 4 of Costco's 12 document types; the rest run on other Costco channels (listed below).

Order-to-cash

Partial on this channel
  1. 850 Purchase Order
  2. 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment not on Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD)
  3. 856 Ship Notice / Manifest (ASN) not on Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD)
  4. 810 Invoice

Only available on other Costco channels

Network onboarding

Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD) is routed through Ibm Van Old

Stacksync maintains a certified Ibm Van Old connection covering 1 trading partner across 1 channel. Onboarding with Costco on this channel reuses that connection — no separate VAN contract or certification cycle.

The IBM value-added network, sold today as IBM Sterling B2B Integration VAN within IBM's Sterling Data Exchange portfolio, routes, stores and delivers EDI interchanges between trading partners; IBM states more than 3.1 million businesses are reachable through the network. The 'old' suffix marks a legacy channel: in Stacksync's trading-partner graph this route carried Costco US direct merchandise documents (850 purchase orders, 810 invoices, 820 remittance advice, 824 application advice).

Connecting via Ibm Van Old
  1. Open an IBM Sterling VAN account and mailbox (IBM lists subscriptions starting at 200 USD per month for 2,000 kilocharacters) or reach the network through an interconnect from your existing VAN.
  2. Exchange ISA/GS interchange IDs and qualifiers with the trading partner and register the routing relationship on the network.
  3. Connect your EDI software; IBM positions the VAN as a conduit for IBM B2B Integration software or third-party middleware, with AS2 partner connections supported on its SaaS platform.
  4. Map documents to the hub's specifications and complete the hub's own testing before production; the VAN transports data and does not certify document content.

Testing: The VAN itself imposes no document certification; it verifies connectivity and routing. Practical testing covers mailbox send and receive, test interchanges with the trading partner, and 997 functional acknowledgment handling, followed by whatever content testing the hub on the other side of the mailbox requires before go-live.

Timeline: IBM publishes no standard setup timeline for VAN onboarding. Account and mailbox provisioning is the short part; total time to production is governed by the trading partner's mapping and testing requirements.

Most-traded documents on Ibm Van Old
  • 810 1 ch
  • 820 1 ch
  • 824 1 ch
  • 850 1 ch

Costco Merchandise US - Direct via IBM VAN (OLD) questions

What network does this Costco channel use?
It routes through the legacy IBM VAN and carries 850 purchase orders, 810 invoices, 820 payment advice, and 824 application advice.
Does this channel include 856 ship notices or 860 changes?
No. Unlike Costco's newer direct channels, this VAN route is limited to 850, 810, 820, and 824.

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