GM EDI Certification Processes by System

MGO

CCA

FZE

Indirect

Supporting Documents

Materials Global Operations (MGO) EDI Certification Process

Important: GM allows a total of 5 weeks for the certification process. This provides approximately 1 week for implementation and internal testing, 3 weeks for integration testing, and 1 week for cutover to production.

• Review the information on the GM EDI Certification Main Page
• Review required messages.  You can find information regarding required EDI messages and EDI guidelines in Document Library on GM SupplyPower to prepare for your EDI implemenation interal testing. If you do not have access to GM SupplyPower please contact the Covisint EDI Certification Team.
• Perform internal testing. You have one week to verify that your EDI implementation can correctly process the required messages.
• Download and Complete the Supplier EDI Information Form.

1. [Optional] If you do not have a Comm Code, download and complete the Request a new COMM Code form.

• Request Certification Testing. Create an EDI Certification Test Request ticket on the Support Portal and attach the completed Supplier EDI Information form and the optional Comm Code request form. Include the following information in the ticket:
  • Customer:Supplier
  • Supplier Duns
  • Supplier code (any known)
  • Comm Code or Trading Partner ID
  • VAN (if known)
  • EDI Contact Name
  • EDI Contact Phone
  • EDI Contact Email
• Complete Certification Testing.  Once you submit the certification testing request, you have three weeks to complete integrated testing with Covisint.  Acertification agent will contact you to provide certification testing instructions.
  • Complete certification testing as instructed by your certification agent.
  • You will send all test data to GM's testing COMM Code, ZD1:ZZ.
• Cutover to Production. When certification testing is successfully completed, you will have one week to complete cutover to the production system. To successfully exchange data on the production system:
  •  You or your vendor must set up trading partner relationships between  your three-character COMM Code and GM COMM Codes  BFT:ZZ and MZ7:ZZ.
  • Send your data to GM's production COMM Codes, BFT:ZZ and MZ7:ZZ.

Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA, formerly known as SPO) Certification Process

Complete the following process to acquire EDI certification for:Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) Service Parts Organization (Previously referred to as Service Parts Organization, SPO).

Important: GM allows a total of 5 weeks for the certification process. This provides approximately 1 week for implementation and internal testing, 3 weeks for integration testing, and 1 week for cutover to production.

1. 1. Review the information on the GM EDI Certification main page.
2. 2. Review required messages. You can find information regarding required EDI messages and EDI guidelines in Document Library on GM SupplyPower to prepare for your EDI implemenation interal testing. If you do not have access to GM SupplyPower please contact the Covisint EDI Certification Team.
3. 3. Perform internal testing. You have one week to verify that your EDI implementation can correctly process the required messages.

4. 4. Download and Complete the Supplier EDI Information Form.

5. [Optional] If you do not have a Comm Code, download and complete the Request a new COMM Code form.
6. 5.  Request Certification Testing. Create an EDI Certification Test Request ticket and attach the completed Supplier EDI Information form and the optional Comm Code request form. Include the following information in the ticket:

•  Customer:
•   Supplier:
•   Supplier Duns
•   Supplier code (any known)
•   Comm Code or Trading Partner ID
•   VAN (if known)
•   EDI Contact Name
•   EDI Contact Phone
•   EDI Contact Email

7. 6. Complete Certification Testing.  Once you submit the certification testing request, you have three weeks to complete integrated testing with Covisint.  A certification agent will contact you to provide certification testing instructions.

• Complete certification testing as instructed by your certification agent.
• You will send all test data to GM's testing COMM Code, ZD2:ZZ.

8. 7. Cutover to Production. When certification testing is successfully completed, you will have one week to complete cutover to the production system. To successfully exchange data on the production system:

•  You or your vendor must set up a trading partner relationship between your three-character COMM Code and PAF:ZZ.
• Send your data to GM's production COMM Code, PAF:ZZ.

FZE EDI Certification Process

Complete the following process to acquire Middle East Free Zone Enterprise (FZE) EDI certification.

Important: GM allows a total of 5 weeks for the certification process. This provides approximately 1 week for implementation and internal testing, 3 weeks for integration testing, and 1 week for cutover to production.

1. 1. Review the information on the GM EDI Certification main page.
2. 2. Review required messages. You can find information regarding required EDI messages and EDI guidelines in Document Library on GM SupplyPower to prepare for your EDI implemenation interal testing. If you do not have access to GM SupplyPower please contact the Covisint EDI Certification Team.
3. 3. Perform internal testing. You have one week to verify that your EDI implementation can correctly process the required messages.
4. 4. Download and Complete the Supplier EDI Information Form.
5. [Optional] If you do not have a Comm Code, download and complete the Request a new COMM Code form.
6. 5. Request Certification Testing. Create an EDI Certification Test Request ticket and attach the completed Supplier EDI Information form and the optional Comm Code request form. Include the following information in the ticket:

• Customer:
• Supplier:
• Supplier Duns
• Supplier code (any known)
• Comm Code or Trading Partner ID
• VAN (if known)
• EDI Contact Name
• EDI Contact Phone
• EDI Contact Email

7. 6. Complete Certification Testing.  Once you submit the certification testing request, you have three weeks to complete integrated testing with Covisint.  A certification agent will contact you to provide certification testing instructions.

• Complete certification testing as instructed by your certification agent.
• You will send all test data to GM's testing COMM Code, ZD4:ZZ.

8. 7. Cutover to Production. When certification testing is successfully completed, you will have one week to complete the cutover to the production system. To successfully exchange data on the production system:
   •  You or your vendor must set up a trading partner relationship between your three-character COMM Code and B2A:ZZ.
   • Send your data to GM's production COMM Code, B2A:ZZ.

GM Indirect (Non - Production) EDI Certification Process

Complete the following process to acquire Indirect (Non-Production) EDI certification:

Important: GM allows a total of 5 weeks for the certification process. This provides approximately 1 week for implementation and internal testing, 3 weeks for integration testing, and 1 week for cutover to production.

1. 1. Review the information on the GM EDI Certification main page.

2. Sign the applicable Trading Partner Agreement documents. Contact us for a copy of the appropriate Trading Partner Agreement.

Mail the completed and signed Supplier EDI Information Form (Indirect), the Trading Partner agreement documents, and the optional comm code request form to:

GM Indirect EDI
c/o OpenText
26533 Evergreen Road
Ste 500
Southfield MI 48076
Important:  Testing cannot begin until the documents are received in the mail.

3. 3. Review required messages. You can find information regarding required EDI messages and EDI guidelines in Document Library on GM SupplyPower to prepare for your EDI implemenation interal testing. If you do not have access to GM SupplyPower please contact the Covisint EDI Certification Team.
4. 4. Perform internal testing. You have  one week to verify that your EDI implementation can correctly process the required messages.
5. 5. Download and Complete the Supplier EDI Information Form (Indirect).
6. [Optional] If you do not have a Comm Code, download and complete the Request a new COMM Code form.
7. 6. Request Certification Testing. Create an EDI Certification Test Request ticket and attach the completed Supplier EDI Information form and the optional Comm Code request form. Include the following information in the ticket:

• Customer:
• Supplier:
• Supplier Duns
• Supplier code (any known)
• Comm Code or Trading Partner ID
• VAN (if known)
• EDI Contact Name
• EDI Contact Phone
• EDI Contact Email

8. 7. Complete Certification Testing.  Once you submit the certification testing request, you have three weeks to complete integrated testing with Covisint.  A certification agent will contact you to provide certification testing instructions.
   • Complete certification testing as instructed by your certification agent.
   • You will send all test data to GM's testing COMM Code, ZD5:ZZ.
9. 8. Cutover to Production. When certification testing is successfully completed, you will have one week to complete cutover to the production system. To successfully exchange data on the production system:
   •  You or your vendor must set up a trading partner relationship between your three-character COMM Code and GM COMM Code  CNQ:ZZ.
   • Send your data to GM's production COMM Code, CNQ:ZZ.
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Supporting Documents

EDI Guidelines can be found on GM SuppyPower