FTP/EDI Services

This service manages the transfer of data between EDI trading partners. It is available 24/7, pushes data between partners every 30 seconds. We supply EDI to toll processors, warehouses, steel producers, service centers, brokers, ultimate customers, and many others.

We have trading partner relationships with many major companies:

  • AK Steel (Ashland, Middletown, Coshocton, Dearborn)
  • Arcelor Mittal Steel (Cleveland, Burns Harbor, Indiana Harbor & IN Kote, ThyssenKrupp Steel USA)
  • US Steel (All Processed Products & any other USS plants)
  • SeverStal (Columbus, Decatur)
  • Pacesetter Group
  • Steel Technologies
  • Toyota Tsusho America
  • Gallatin
  • Steel Warehouse
  • Worthington Steel Corp.
  • Nucor - (Berkeley-Hickman-Decatur-Crawfordsville)
  • PTC Alliance
  • Metal One America
  • and anyone else that wants to do Steel EDI via Aktabase FTP/EDI Internet Server

Supported X12 transactions include:

  • Advanced Ship Notice / Shipment / Cancel Shipment (856)
  • Receipt (861)
  • Hold/Release (870)
  • Reapplication (867)
  • Reapplication Acknowledgment (867)
  • Normal & build-up Production (870)
  • Chemistry (863)
  • Metallurgical Test sample (863) / Results (863)
  • Inventory Hand-off (846)
  • Functional Ack (997)
  • Text Message (864)

Aktabase Systems support the ANSI X12 file format along with other proprietary formats.

EDI Connectivity options:

  • FTP (Default)
  • Encrypted IPSEC-VPN Tunnel