New Cutoff Time for Routing Requests
To better serve our vendors and improve the flow of inventory into our fulfillment centers, beginning July 16, 2012, we will extend the cutoff time from 10 am PST to 5 pm PST for routing shipments with a freight-ready date of the next day.
This change will provide you with a more time time to prepare the shipment and route without impacting the pickup date. As always, please ensure that you are stating the freight-ready date adequately to avoid unnecessary delays and cost.
New Chargebacks for Inbound Shipment Defects
Amazon's transportation policy requires you to include the purchase order (PO) number on the outside of every incoming carton. This helps reduce item loss and ensures that you are correctly getting credit for shipments. To further reduce problems, we also require that you package boxes with approved packing materials; therefore, we will begin chargebacks for 'No PO on carton' and 'Unapproved dunnage' (Styrofoam or peanuts) on shipments arriving after July 15, 2012.
The chargeback amount will be as follows: $10 charge per carton when a PO is missing on the outside of the box $25 charge per carton that includes unapproved dunnage (Styrofoam or peanuts).
Bulk Item Template Validation
To improve your experience with the Bulk Item Creation templates, we first transitioned all users to the .xls/.xlsx format. As of June 20, 2012, the latest update automatically checks your input and suggests improvements before you upload your file to Vendor Central.
This change should not impact any other aspect of the New Item Setup process in Vendor Central. You can find instructions to use this feature in the Vendor Central Resource Center under the Miscellaneous section.
Missing Images and Product Data Quality merged for ARA Basic
We are pleased to announce that you can now use the Vendor Catalog Listing report to directly access products that have missing images or data quality issues, activities that previously required separate processes in Amazon Retail Analytics (ARA) Basic.
This new feature gives you better visibility into issues in your catalog. The merged Vendor Catalog Listing report will allow you to upload images and fix defects from the single report.
We have also added two new filters to your Vendor Catalog Listing report:
New Cutoff Time for Routing Requests
To better serve our vendors and improve the flow of inventory into our fulfillment centers, beginning July 16, 2012, we will extend the cutoff time from 10 am PST to 5 pm PST for routing shipments with a freight-ready date of the next day.
This change will provide you with a more time time to prepare the shipment and route without impacting the pickup date. As always, please ensure that you are stating the freight-ready date adequately to avoid unnecessary delays and cost.
If you have questions or suggestions, please let us know via the Contact Us link on the bottom of every page in Vendor Central.
To better serve our vendors and improve the flow of inventory into our fulfillment centers, beginning July 16, 2012, we will extend the cutoff time from 10 am PST to 5 pm PST for routing shipments with a freight-ready date of the next day.
This change will provide you with a more time time to prepare the shipment and route without impacting the pickup date. As always, please ensure that you are stating the freight-ready date adequately to avoid unnecessary delays and cost.
New Chargebacks for Inbound Shipment Defects
Amazon's transportation policy requires you to include the purchase order (PO) number on the outside of every incoming carton. This helps reduce item loss and ensures that you are correctly getting credit for shipments. To further reduce problems, we also require that you package boxes with approved packing materials; therefore, we will begin chargebacks for 'No PO on carton' and 'Unapproved dunnage' (Styrofoam or peanuts) on shipments arriving after July 15, 2012.
The chargeback amount will be as follows: $10 charge per carton when a PO is missing on the outside of the box $25 charge per carton that includes unapproved dunnage (Styrofoam or peanuts).
Bulk Item Template Validation
To improve your experience with the Bulk Item Creation templates, we first transitioned all users to the .xls/.xlsx format. As of June 20, 2012, the latest update automatically checks your input and suggests improvements before you upload your file to Vendor Central.
This change should not impact any other aspect of the New Item Setup process in Vendor Central. You can find instructions to use this feature in the Vendor Central Resource Center under the Miscellaneous section.
Missing Images and Product Data Quality merged for ARA Basic
We are pleased to announce that you can now use the Vendor Catalog Listing report to directly access products that have missing images or data quality issues, activities that previously required separate processes in Amazon Retail Analytics (ARA) Basic.
This new feature gives you better visibility into issues in your catalog. The merged Vendor Catalog Listing report will allow you to upload images and fix defects from the single report.
We have also added two new filters to your Vendor Catalog Listing report:
- Items not in SITB - Use this filter to view the Book ASINs in your catalog that do not have SITB (Search Inside The Book) enabled. This filter will be visible only if your catalog has Book ASINs.
- Out of stock items - Use this filter to access the out-of-stock items in your catalog.
New Cutoff Time for Routing Requests
To better serve our vendors and improve the flow of inventory into our fulfillment centers, beginning July 16, 2012, we will extend the cutoff time from 10 am PST to 5 pm PST for routing shipments with a freight-ready date of the next day.
This change will provide you with a more time time to prepare the shipment and route without impacting the pickup date. As always, please ensure that you are stating the freight-ready date adequately to avoid unnecessary delays and cost.
If you have questions or suggestions, please let us know via the Contact Us link on the bottom of every page in Vendor Central.
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