New regulations for Amazon FBA delivery? Many popular warehouses are already full

These are the rules that logistics providers who are responsible for booking FBA warehouse deliveries must follow. There are three specific changes.

First, within 24 hours before the originally scheduled warehousing time, the PO information that has been filled in cannot be changed. Here, the seller/freight forwarder must ensure that the information such as the number and size of the shipment boxes filled in is correct.

Second, within 72 hours before the originally scheduled warehousing time, it is not possible to change or cancel the appointment, and the logistics company is required to arrange all FBA shipments that need to be warehoused before making an appointment to enter the warehouse, otherwise it will affect the timeliness of the warehousing or even prevent the shipment from entering the warehouse.

Third, the Appointment Defect Rate caused by the above two violations must be below 5% and must not exceed 10%.

Fourth, the logistics company responsible for warehouse delivery must have a PO accuracy rate of more than 95% and must not be less than 85%. As in the first point, the PO information must be filled in correctly.

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In summary, it actually standardizes the process of logistics companies' warehouse delivery appointments, and uses performance as a means to constrain logistics companies from using various loopholes to make warehouse delivery appointments. This is actually a good thing for sellers, as standardization will help increase the speed of goods entering warehouses and being put on shelves.

However, some tricks used by logistics companies, such as hoarding a large number of orders, posting POs after the vehicle is dispatched, etc., are no longer applicable to a certain extent . In the short term, the impact on sellers will definitely be some unexpected delays, and in the long term, it may also bring additional costs. However, the prices in the logistics and freight forwarding industry are relatively competitive, so these rising costs are relatively not that painful.

The freight forwarders and logistics companies are probably the ones who suffer the most from the new regulations. In addition, as replenishment before the May Day holiday is gradually arriving at the warehouses, many popular FBA warehouses in the United States have been overwhelmed!

According to the information from the logistics department, most of the FBA warehouses that were affected by the explosion are concentrated in the western United States, such as LAX9, SBD1, GYR2, GYR3, LAS1, SCK4, SCK3, SMF3, SMF6, SMF7, OAK3, etc. In addition, some of them have deleted the existing warehouse reservation plans, and new reservations are not accepted for various pending items. On the contrary, the popular warehouse ONT8 can still be booked for entry.

There are also individual warehouses in Central and Eastern U.S. that have experienced warehouse overflows, including FTW1, IND9, MDW2, and CLT2. However, the warehouse overflows in these two regions are not as serious as those in the Western U.S. The worst case scenario is a waiting time of more than ten hours for entry into the warehouse. Some FBA warehouses that have experienced minor warehouse overflows have begun to resume normal appointments.