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Colruyt Direct connection · Belgian Grocery Retail Last reviewed: August 2026
🇧🇪 Belgium Direct

Colruyt EDI,
working in the background.

Supply Lens automates the Colruyt supplier document cycle. Purchase orders in, despatch advices and invoices out, mapped to your ERP or IMS with the right depot codes, supplier IDs and Colruyt tolerance rules built in.

Orders in
Purchase orders handled automatically
Every Colruyt purchase order lands in your ERP without manual intervention
Direct connection
Nothing to set up on your side
Direct link to Colruyt's gateway, set up and maintained by us
Belgium ready
Local entity and tax handled
Euro pricing, Belgian VAT treatment and local delivery rules applied throughout
99.9%
Uptime SLA
Monitored around the clock, helping keep documents within transmission windows
Supply Lens · Colruyt Live Flow Live
Colruyt PO COL-2026-27140 received via direct connection · 48× line A · 36× line B · depot routing resolved PO IN
EANs mapped · location resolved Depot code matched · supplier code confirmed · pricing applied PROCESSING
Sales order SO-31776 created ERP / IMS · 84 units · EUR · ref COL-2026-27140 CREATED
Despatch advice sent Pallet detail confirmed · depot booking reference attached ASN OUT
Invoice transmitted to Colruyt €7,864.30 · validated against PO · confirmed received SENT
Colruyt-Specific Requirements

Orders in, despatch advices and invoices out.
The detail is in the rules.

Colruyt's flow looks straightforward on paper. The work is in the supplier and depot codes, the Belgian entity and tax treatment, the tolerance rules on every invoice and the despatch advice timing. Get any of it wrong and you eat a deduction. Supply Lens is configured for those rules out of the box.

Direct connection

Colruyt receives supplier documents through a direct connection. Supply Lens manages the certificates, the partner profile and the gateway on your behalf, so you have no gateway of your own to build, run or maintain.

Belgian market handled

Colruyt trade in Belgium, so orders arrive with euro pricing, Belgian VAT treatment and local delivery expectations. Supply Lens routes them to the right entity in your ERP with the correct currency and tax handling, so exporting into Belgium does not mean a separate process running alongside your domestic business.

EAN to item code mapping

Colruyt identifies products by GS1 EAN and an internal product reference. Supply Lens maintains a cross-reference table mapping both to your own item codes, so the order lands correctly in your ERP regardless of which identifier Colruyt sends.

Invoice tolerance rules

Colruyt applies strict invoice matching on price and quantity. Supply Lens validates the invoice against the originating purchase order and your agreed cost list before transmission, flagging any discrepancy for review rather than sending it and risking a deduction later.

Depot routing

Each Colruyt purchase order names a destination depot by code. Supply Lens maps every active Colruyt location to the correct routing in your warehouse system, so the order lands against the right depot in your ERP without manual intervention.

Cost list and pricing rules

Your agreed Colruyt cost list is registered in Supply Lens. Promotional pricing, cost changes and tier breaks are applied automatically when an invoice is generated, so the price Colruyt see always matches what was agreed and the invoice clears their matching process first time.

Document Flow

Every document.
Every direction.
Automatically.

Supply Lens handles the full Colruyt document set inbound and outbound, so documents are produced and transmitted automatically, without manual rekeying.

  • Purchase orders received and validated against your supplier profile
  • Invoices pre-validated against the purchase order and your agreed Colruyt cost list before transmission
  • Despatch advices sent as goods leave, with pallet detail and depot booking reference attached
  • Tolerance, depot and pricing rules applied per message automatically
  • All Colruyt-specific document structures generated and read correctly without your team seeing the format
Colruyt document cycle
Purchase Order INBOUND
Colruyt
Despatch advice OUTBOUND
Colruyt
Invoice (pre-validated) OUTBOUND
Colruyt
What's mapped automatically
Colruyt reference Resolved automatically
Depot location codes
Pre-loaded
Product EANs and Colruyt product references
Resolved per order
Cost list and promotional pricing
Applied per line
Tax and currency
Belgian VAT, EUR
Configuration

Configured for Colruyt.
Connected to your
system.

Supply Lens holds Colruyt's rules and the connection itself so you don't have to. Your team provides credentials, product mappings and the agreed cost list. Everything else lives in the Supply Lens layer.

1

Colruyt supplier onboarding

Your Colruyt supplier code, GLN and trading partner profile registered with Colruyt's gateway. Supply Lens manages the connection identifiers and certificates, so there is no setup needed your side.

2

EAN and product cross-reference

Colruyt EANs and product references mapped to your item codes. Pack-size variants, promotional lines and multi-pack SKUs are handled automatically once their cross-reference is established.

3

Depot routing and entity mapping

Each Colruyt depot code mapped to your correct warehouse, customer account or entity in your ERP, so orders route cleanly to the right despatch point on receipt.

4

Tolerance and pricing rules

Your agreed Colruyt cost list registered for invoice validation. Tolerance rules applied per supplier agreement, so price discrepancies surface your side first.

EAN → item code cross-reference
Colruyt reference Your item code
50142880031001 AMB-BEAN-400G
50142880031002 AMB-SOUP-400G
50142880031003 CHL-CHED-200G
prd:6620418-A SUPP-CO-6620418
Order ingest
Direct connection
ON
SO creation
On PO ingest
ON
Despatch advice
On goods out
ON
Invoice out
On despatch
ON
Cost list
Per-line pricing
ON
Exception queue
Email + dashboard
CONFIG
Colruyt Edge Cases

The situations that
catch suppliers out.

Supply Lens handles the scenarios that typically cause invoice rejections, deductions or document mismatches in the Colruyt flow.

"Colruyt send documents in a format our system cannot read. We've been doing it manually for months."

The format never reaches your system. Supply Lens turns Colruyt's purchase order into a clean payload your ERP already understands and renders every outbound document in the structure Colruyt requires on the way back out. Your team works in their normal interface, the format conversion happens in the Supply Lens layer.

"Colruyt deducted against an invoice because the unit price was a few pence off the agreed cost list."

Invoice values are validated against the originating purchase order and your agreed Colruyt cost list before submission. Discrepancies are flagged before the invoice is sent, giving your team a chance to correct or query rather than receive a Colruyt deduction weeks later.

"Our Belgian business runs on a separate process because the VAT and currency never map cleanly."

The entity is resolved before the order reaches your ERP. Euro pricing and Belgian VAT treatment are applied on the way in, so Colruyt business sits alongside your domestic orders in the same system rather than in a spreadsheet somebody maintains separately.

"A new Colruyt EAN started arriving and our system rejected the order because the product wasn't mapped."

Unrecognised EANs go to an exception queue immediately. The order is held, your team is notified with the full Colruyt context, the mapping is added and the order is re-triggered. No silent drop, no late invoice, no missed delivery window.

Getting Set Up

What you need to
go live with Colruyt.

Colruyt onboarding involves their supplier team, the connection setup and your internal product and pricing data. Supply Lens manages the configuration, the gateway and the format conversion. You provide the inputs.

  • Colruyt supplier code and any associated GLNs
  • Product EAN list with your internal item codes
  • Colruyt product reference cross-reference where used
  • Active depot routing confirmation
  • Agreed Colruyt cost list for invoice validation
  • Belgian entity, VAT registration and currency handling
  • ERP or IMS credentials (Unleashed, Enterpryze or other)
  • Sample Colruyt purchase orders where available
  • Tolerance rules confirmation per supplier agreement
Typical delivery timeline
Day 1

Supplier data & credentials

Colruyt supplier code, GLNs, ERP credentials and cost list received

Day 2–3

Mappings built

EAN cross-reference, depot routing and pricing configuration completed in staging

Day 4–5

End-to-end test

Test purchase order processed, despatch advice and invoice generated, validated against Colruyt's specification

Live ✓

Go live

Production enabled, first live Colruyt purchase order processed end-to-end

ERP & IMS Connections

Connect Colruyt to your back-office system.

Supply Lens routes Colruyt purchase orders directly into Unleashed, Enterpryze or other connected ERPs with the right item codes, document series and depot routing.

Ready to automate
your Colruyt EDI?

Most suppliers are live within five days. No long contracts, nothing to set up on your side. We handle the Colruyt-specific configuration, you confirm the mappings.