Return of Merchandise to Vendor In EDI Cycle Return of Merchandise from a retailer to a vendor can occur for two reasons: Faulty Merchandise or Overstock positions on merchandise. Faulty Merchandise Returns If merchandise is found to be faulty and must be returned to the vendor for credit, the process is simply to contact the vendor to … Read More →
EDI Cross-Dock Delivery Description EDI Cross-Dock Delivery is an initiative to push the processing of goods from the retailer back to the vendor. The EDI Cross-Dock Delivery approach is to have vendor’s pre-package goods so the merchandise does not require further processing by the retailer’s warehouse. If done properly, the vendor will pre-package the merchandise in a … Read More →
Direct to Store Deliveries (EDI Merchandise) Direct to Store Deliveries occur when an order will be placed for delivery to a specific store. The order may be placed at the store manually or electronically. Another option is to have a central buying office order the merchandise for each store. The DSD model is very common for retail … Read More →
Central Stock Distribution (EDI Merchandise) Central Stock distribution has merchandise shipped to a central warehouse and the stores will pull stock from the central warehouse. Refrigerators are a very common example of Central Stock Merchandise. A shipment of 1000 refrigerators is received at a central warehouse. Each individual store will only receive one in-stock refrigerator. The rest of … Read More →