Ship

A product exiting a CDS facility is just as important as a product entering. System and procedural checks are in place to make sure the right amount of the right product is shipped, and flexibility is offered in terms of carrier interaction. When an order reaches its destination, CDS can help even here by pre-labeling the order for it to be accepted into a consignee's tracking system.

Loading Flexibility

Orders can be loaded or pre-loaded onto trailers based upon the needs of the client, carrier, or consignee.

Configuration

Multiple orders can be combined into a master-billed shipment to streamline processes and lower costs.

Real-Time Product Checking

Product on the order is continuously checked for attributes such a date or marketing hold. Additionally, product leaving on an order is checked against an assigned door location for that particular order. Any check which fails will immediately prevent the order from shipping.

Documentation

Along with standard Bills of Lading (or Master Bills), CDS can provide client-formatted bills of lading or industry-standard formats such as the VICS Bill of Lading.

Product Labeling

Product can be labeled and specially bar-coded to meet a consignee need. One primary example of this is the UCC-128 label used on pallets and cases in conjunction with an 'Advance Ship Notice' EDI transaction.

Advance Ship Notification

CDS can send EDI (or other automated transactions) to its clients or directly to consignees as notification that an order has shipped; information on these transactions can correspond to information pre-printed on labels attached to the actual product to allow for automated receiving at the destination location.