In 2009, Mead Johnson Nutrition launched a transformation initiative to continue our growth as a global leader in pediatric nutrition. Mead Johnson's approach to effective supply chain procurement practices builds on our past efforts and investments and targets three focus areas:

• Business transformation, to help us change existing procurement practices using best-practice business processes and leading SAP technology
• Core business application solutions, to help us improve business efficiency
• Enterprise integration, to help us reduce costs and increase productivity

As a globally integrated enterprise, Mead Johnson is committed to strengthening the processes, systems and technologies that support its success. This means transforming such areas as Information Technology, Finance, and Procurement.

A major part of the transformation effort involves our partnership with IBM for Procurement and Accounts Payable services. As a procurement services provider to Mead Johnson, IBM will be responsible for the following areas:

• Strategic sourcing (supplier selection and negotiation)
• Tactical buying (including administering requests for quotes and bidding)
• Purchase order processing
• Catalog content management
• Supplier management for procurement of certain indirect goods and services categories

IBM will also support Mead Johnson’s Accounts Payable invoice processing for both Direct and Indirect goods and services.

Another significant aspect of the transformation is the creation of a dedicated Customer Assistance Center available to all Mead Johnson suppliers to address procurement and accounts payable questions or concerns. This will enable Mead Johnson to work with suppliers worldwide to deliver quality and value to the mothers and infants we serve.

MJN welcomes your ideas to help support and innovate our product line. We are interested in ideas that support our 5 benefit platforms: Brain Development, Allergy Management, Natural Defense, Healthy Growth, and Taste and Form.

For New Users:
Request access to our innovation site, iMJNation by completing the form below and clicking submit. Your request will be reviewed and you will receive a communication within 3-5 business days.

For Current Users:
To submit your idea, please navigate to (Insert External Site URL). If you have any issues with logging in or idea submission please send an email to innovation@mjn.com.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is typically implemented by medium to large suppliers. Through EDI, electronic documents and business data is transferred from Mead Johnson to your company without human intervention (our SAP system talks directly to your SAP system).

The primary application of Mead Johnson's EDI will be the distribution of purchase orders, purchase order acceptance, purchase order changes, invoicing and invoice rejections. By utilizing EDI, suppliers:

• Improve data accuracy
• Reduce technical complexity by using standardized data formats
• Reduce the need for paper transactions
• Accelerate information exchange within order processing

For suppliers with existing EDI capability, Mead Johnson will use EDI ANSI X12 version 4030.

Related Technical Information

Standards Supported

UCS and X12 - All versions up to 5010

Communications Qualifier: 01

Communications ID (ISA & GS): 006370092

Duns Number: 006370092

Test ID: 006370092T

Contacts

mjnsourcing@mjn.com

Transport

Protocol: HTTP

Assigned Port Number: 8080

Production AS2 Name (routing ID): meadjohnson

Production Address (URL): http://b2b.mjn.com:8080/bcgreceiver/receive

Proxy IP: TDB

Test AS2 Name (routing ID): meadjohnsontest

Test Address (URL): http://b2btest.mjn.com:8080/bcgreceiver/receive

Proxy IP: 74.119.122.129

Security

Sign documents: YES

Request acknowledgement of documents: YES

Request signed acknowledgement: YES

Synchronous acknowledgement: YES

Message Digest: SHA1

Encrypt documents: YES

Document encryptions: Triple DES

Encryption key length: 256

AS2 Client Software

Web Sphere Partner Gateway 6.2

The Supplier Portal is the new electronic portal where suppliers conduct business with Mead Johnson electronically. This web-based application integrates suppliers with Mead Johnson procurement to provide full processing capabilities for goods and service orders.

Suppliers using the Supplier Portal do not need their own SAP-based sales systems to offer products and services – all they need is the internet (Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher) in order to access Mead Johnson's order and content management functionality. The Supplier Portal will allow suppliers to:

• Sign in using their registered profile
• Add additional users to your company profile
• Receive new and modified purchase orders
• Create purchase order acknowledgements
• Create ASN (for goods) or enter service confirmations (for service POs)
• Submit invoice/credit documents
• Review payment status

Please download the PDFs to learn about the following:

• Supplier Portal Link

Companies that either have a lower volume of transactions or are not using EDI or the Suppliers Portal can take advantage of the new Email Option. Using the Email Option, suppliers can receive new and modified purchase orders via email. The Email Option will allow suppliers to:

• Receive purchase order document in PDF format via email
• Email paper invoice to Mead Johnson
• Use email as a temporary solution when other systems such as EDI or the Supplier Portal they typically use are not available

Mead Johnson procurement will use eSourcing to facilitate electronic Bidding and electronic Contract Negotiations. Open to all suppliers, eSourcing requires access to email and the Internet. Through eSourcing, suppliers can:

• Receive and respond to electronic RFI, RFP, RFQ
• Participate in online auctions
• Access and collaborate on MJN contracts (including version control through a checkout/check-in process)

There are two main categories for submitting invoices. One is via Electronic Invoicing and another is via Manual submission of invoices.

A. Electronic Invoicing Electronic invoices may be submitted via the Supplier Portal Option (SUS) or the Electronic Data Interchange Option (EDI). Refer to the link above for more details.

B. Manual submission of invoices Suppliers that are not enabled to submit invoices electronically can send their invoices and credit memo to Mead Johnson using only one of the following procedures subject to specific country regulations. Note that if you use multiple methods below, there will be delay in processing and payment of your invoice.

Via Email to RAPID Tool • Invoices sent to rapid host must be in one of the following non-editable formats to be accepted: PDF, JPEG, TIFF, BITMAP, GIF. Editable formats such as DOC, XLS, and PPT will be rejected and may delay invoice processing.
• Each invoice needs to be in a separate PDF image. Attach the PDF image containing 1 invoice per image and send to the RAPID email. Do not scan multiple invoices in one image; this will not be processed and will be returned causing delay in the processing and payment of your invoice.

Via Postal Service to Scanning/Archiving Center • Hard Copy of Invoices received in the Scanning /Archiving Center will be scanned into the imaging system and sent electronically to RAPID repository for processing by Accounts Payable.

Via Postal Service to RB Health / Mead Johnson Office • Vendor must have prior approval from authorized RB Health / Mead Johnson contact to send invoices to RB Health / Mead Johnson office. This is the least preferred method because it can delay the processing of your invoice.
• The RB Health / Mead Johnson contact will send the image to RAPID repository for processing by Accounts Payable.

Please note that all invoices must comply with the Invoice document requirements (refer to link below).

The following general information must be labelled clearly and should be easy to locate on your invoice:

• Invoice Number. This number must appear on each page of a multi-page invoice and should not be a number previously assigned to an invoice within the last two years. NOTE: Your invoice number must not include special characters as they cannot be recognized by our ERP system.
• Invoice Date in MM/DD/YY format.
• Vendor Name.
• Vendor Address.
• Vendor Email (optional).
• Vendor contact name and phone.
• Current Vendor Remit to Address.
• Ship to Address or address where services were rendered.
• Company Purchase Order number printed on the invoice.
• Company Purchase Order Line number printed on the invoice.
• Currency marked.
• List Tax amount(s) separately; a Tax total is required if there are multiple tax amounts.
• List Miscellaneous charge(s) separately; a miscellaneous charge total is required if there are multiple miscellaneous charges.
• List Freight amount(s) separately; a freight total is required if there are multiple freight charges.
• Invoice total including all line items, taxes, freight and miscellaneous charges (required).
• If requested by your company, include a Release number or Delivery Note number
• If applicable, you must indicate in the face of the invoice or credit memo Tax Identification Number, VAT Registration, or any other information in compliance with local/legal requirements.

NOTE:

• The original invoice document must not have any handwriting, check marks, highlighting, or changes.
• The invoice must refer to only one purchase order number; do not combine multiple purchase orders on an invoice.
• Send an invoice or a credit memo. A statement is not acceptable and will not be processed.

Contacting Accounts Payable For invoice or payment questions, please contact the Customer Assistance Center. Refer to published contact information in the Customer Assistance Center Country Contact Information section or send an email to: