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FOB Origin Freight Charges Instead of sending FOB Origin freight "prepaid & add," the vendors should be following the new shipping instructions: On LTL & TL shipments: Bills of lading should be marked : Collect, Third-Party Billing:
If marked correctly, the vendors will not see a freight bill. Bills from the freight carrier will come to Logistics for payment. Some of the vendors haven't gotten the word yet and are still prepaying freight. On small parcel shipments: The vendors should be using FedEx Ground Collect. (Not Third Party). They must have a FedEx Ground account set up to ship collect. If it is not set up, they can contact FedEx Customer Service @ 1-800-231-9219. They should tell the customer service agent they are shipping to AAFES store or DC locations and need to set up a Ground account number. The vendors may tell you they need our account number to make the shipments. If this happens, it's because they are trying to send the packages Third Party, not Collect. Most of the facilities are set up, but occasionally a PO is created for one that isn't and the billing is reversing back to the vendor. If this occurs, ask your vendor to call LG/FBA . If vendors have any questions on the program, please have them call AAFES Logistics at (214) 312-3479. Anytime you get a chance to let the vendors know about the new requirements, it would be appreciated if you'd pass along these instructions. Mike Piercefield,SVP Logistics |