How to Request Routing Summary
Summary
In order to request a routing summary for a new vendor you have connected with you’ll need to provide the routing guide from the Retailer. The following steps will help with the requesting process.
Instructions
Step 1:
Please review the routing guide and your retail contact to collect answers to the following questions.
Who is the preferred shipper?
Is this to ship internationally?
Is DCL going to do the routing?
Collect or Prepaid?
Are the shipments going to be LTL or parcel shipments?
Is double stacking of pallets going to be required?
Do we need to ship display packs?
EDI Direct or non-EDI connection?
If non-EDI connection, will it be a third-party supplier or modified API files?
Step 2:
Send an email request, with the above information plus the routing guide, to your account manager.
Step 3:
Your account manager and the DCL team will create a routing guide summary checklist to review with you. You’ll need to approve and sign a copy. If corrections are needed your account manager will reach out with modifications to be approved by you.
Step 4:
Internal training with the DCL fulfillment team to ensure they can execute to the summary routing guide checklist.