Distribution gUIDELINES
Distribution Logistics
All EDI major retailer stores set forth a shipping distribution routing standard for all shipments of EDI and non-EDI. The store’s routing guides give instructions on how their shipment must be shipped or incur chargebacks for failing to follow the set guidelines. Working closely with the distribution center, we provide them with the needed instructions to ship the PO correctly.
The Transportation Office is responsible for handling the movement of all shipments originating within the United States, including by providing this Routing Guide (generally referred to as the “Guide”). The information in the guide notes that you must pay all or any portion of any freight expense, expressly conditioned on your compliance with the instructions in this guide. Your failure to follow these instructions constitutes your agreement to pay all freight expenses, plus any additional processing and/or administrative fees and, where indicated, additional expenses incurred, all of which may be offset.
Requirements
All shipments are prepaid, FOB to the container destination. The vendor is responsible for all transportation
cost including local dray, per diem, and demurrage charges.
The vendor must provide sufficient free time on each container for the required unloading time. For drop-off delivery, 48 hours from the arrival date.
Able to allocate store-specific products at origin before shipping.
Ability to package and label product (GS1 128) in “store-ready” packaging at origin or have product
packaged and labeled at a domestic 3PL before pick-up.
The order must not require merge-in-transit shipments from a product that is already in the U.S. with the inbound product from overseas.
Provide ASNs with a unique BOL for each DC shipment or truck.
Load containers that are pure retailer’s goods.
You can click on the calculator to automatically sum cubic ft.
Cube Calculation Is As Follows
For all cartons of the same size, multiply carton length by carton width by carton height (all dimensions must be in inches), divide the total by 1728, and multiply by the total number of cartons of this size.
The resulting number is the shipment cube.
See the example shipment below with three different carton sizes (length x width x height) –
Carton size A = 150 ctns @ 25” x 21” x 25” = 13125 / 1728 = 7.60 cube per carton = 1,140 cube
Carton size B = 250 ctns @ 18” x 16” x 15” = 4320 / 1728 = 2.50 cube per carton = 625 cube
Carton size C = 125 ctns @ 15” x 12” x 9” = 1620 / 1728 = 0.94 cube per carton = 118 cube
Total cube = 1,883 cube
Shipment weight calculation is as follows
For all cartons of the same size, multiply the individual carton weight by the total number of cartons of this size (all weight amounts must be in pounds). The resulting number is the shipment weight.
See the example shipment below with three different carton weights:
Carton size A = 150 ctn @ 28 pounds each = 4,200 pounds
Carton size B = 250 ctn @ 20 pounds each = 5,000 pounds
Carton size C = 125 ctn @ 16 pounds each = 2,000 pounds
Total weight entry = 11,200 pounds
Total shipment size entry = 525 cartons @ 11,200 pounds @ 1,883 cubes
