Direct Store Delivery

Requirements

It is The Save Mart Companies goal to provide Direct Store Delivery (DSD) suppliers with an efficient receiving process that provides accuracy in terms of item detail and costs.

Our DSD suppliers are required to process invoicing through our DSD receiving system via NEX or Vendor Scan methods to ensure proper charges, acceptance of authorized items only, electronic incrementing or decrementing of store inventory, and timely payment. All product delivered, even free product, must be processed through our DSD system.

For the DSD NEX Setup form please click here. For the DSD NEX 894 specifications, please click here.

For the DSD DEX Setup form please click here. For the DSD NEX 894 specifications, please click here.

Authorization

Priorities
When making direct store deliveries, please note that deliveries are prioritized according to the following principles:

• Loads being delivered from The Save Mart Companies warehouses are given first priority for unloading at our stores.
• Direct Exchange (NEX) suppliers are given priority over other suppliers using other receiving methods.
• Suppliers using an alternative receiving method (e.g., receiver scan detail) will be checked in on a first come, first served basis.
  The exception would be a supplier delivering a product with at-risk integrity (e.g., ice cream or other perishables).

Check-ins

• All Direct Store Delivery suppliers must be checked in via NEX or receiver-scan at the back door of the store.
• All containers will be opened and quantities verified to the information in the system by the The Save Mart Companies receiver using a hand-held device.
  Exceptions to this rule would include:
  • Full cases that are sold as full cases, such as suitcases of beer.
  • Cases where product is fully visible without opening the cases.
• Drivers that stock product must first open every case and have their delivery checked.
• All deliveries must be processed through The Save Mart Companies delivery docks, located at the rear of our stores.
  The exception is during off receiving hours, parcels from FedEx, UPS, U.S. Postal Service, and other carriers may come through the front door of the store.

Supplier Rules

• There are to be no more than three suppliers with deliveries ready for verification allowed in our stores’ back rooms or receiving areas at any given time.
• Each driver is to check the return area when entering the back room. Returns and credits are to be processed before deliveries will be accepted.
• Suppliers must finish writing invoices and assembling deliveries prior to meeting with the Receiver.
• Suppliers who need to stop the delivery process for any reason must return to the end of the group waiting to be received.
• Suppliers must assemble deliveries or returns in a manner that expedites check-in/check-out.
• Suppliers must bring their complete delivery to the back room before product counts begin.
• Suppliers may not correct shortages by returning to their vehicle for additional product.
• All pre-priced items must be marked before receiving.
• Suppliers may not mark any prices on product that will conflict with The Save Mart Companies store pricing.
  Stickers marked as “SPECIAL”, “SALE”, “REDUCED”, etc. are deemed acceptable.
• Suppliers may not leave the premises with any The Save Mart Companies paperwork, including any invoice.