What is Retail Compliance?
From a logistics perspective retail compliance refers to the adherence of retailers to predefined standards, policies, and guidelines set by manufacturers, brands, or regulatory authorities. It involves ensuring that the supply chain follows established protocols to maintain consistency and meet specified criteria.
Retail compliance is a critical aspect of the supply chain with reference to consumer goods and retail distribution. Brands establish compliance standards to maintain brand integrity, control the customer experience, and drive sales.
Retail compliance is essential for manufacturers and brands to maintain control over how their products are presented and sold at the retail level. It ensures consistency in branding, pricing, and promotional activities, contributing to a positive and uniform customer experience.
Common challenges in achieving retail compliance include variations in regional or international retail practices, and communication gaps between manufacturers and retailers. Overcoming these challenges requires effective communication, technology solutions for real-time tracking, and collaborative efforts to align goals and standards across the supply chain.
Retail compliance — or vendor compliance — encompasses the requirements a retailer sets for its distribution infrastructure. Different retailers have different sets of requirements depending on their specific needs and inventory cycle. For example, a home goods retailer might need a larger shipment in December to prepare for the upcoming holiday rush, while an office supplies retailer would want their biggest shipment in August before the school year starts.
Creating a reliable distribution infrastructure is complex, which is why retail compliance can encompass requirements for:
Shipping and packaging guidelines and best practices
Requirements to manage the supply chain in other retail environments like ecommerce and dropshipping
Rules for warehouses handling fulfilment
Customer support procedures
Retail Compliance Functionality in SEKO360
Order Pick Pack
Order picking and packing WMS - Order Pick Pack with GS1 prefix
Retail Compliance Fields
“Load Sales Orders” and “Load Web Sales Orders” - Retail Compliance fields (iHub)
Clients can use the “Load Sales Orders” and “Load Web Sales Orders” services on iHub to load “Retail Compliance” data for a Sales Order.
Notes |
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GS1 Company Prefix Value |
DC Code of individual ship to store |
Company Name of the individual ship to store store (to be used for cross dock sales orders) |
Dept Number of individual ship to store |
Line1 of the individual ship to store address |
PO Date |
Ship By Date |
Ship After Date |
Arrive By Date |
Cancel By Date |
Clients Site ID |
MarkFor SiteID |
Store ID’s Name |
MarkFor DC Code – Destination Store |
MarkFor Department Number – Destination Store |
Dispatch Update - Ability to add / update Retail Compliance data
SPS Export to include additional Retail Compliance data
Sales Order and Dispatch Detail Views
Order Pick Pack → Dispatch List
Note that the new Push Dispatch Carton Confirmation is not yet available and is due in the next release
Dispatch Confirmation Cartons
Push data relating to “Retail Compliance” and the Dispatch Cartons used in the Order Pick Pack module including the Serial Shipping Container Code (SsccNumber). This is intended for Clients that use the “Order Pick Pack” module as this makes use of “Dispatch Cartons” and “Serial Shipping Container Codes”.
Confirmation message contains
Carton
Carton Lines