1. What is the actual start up Timeline?
2. When do buildings need to be operational?
a. Are the facilities to be started up simultaneously or staged start up consecutively?
3. What is the start up process?
a. What date will product need to be received at each facility?
b. What date will product start outbound shipping at each facility?
4. Can you provide the site visit date & time for us?
5. Will the racking and automation in Charleston be available to the 3PL for the new operation, if deemed appropriate as part of the solution?
6. Please clarify - Our understanding is that the transportation management requirement is primarily a scheduling and tracking function. Carrier selection will be driven by AINA internal and AINA customer routing guides. Is this correct?
3 comments:
2. Percentage of inbound volume that is palletized versus floor loaded.
3. It is mentioned that FG coming from ARC Production Plants will be checked at a high level for damage and quality as they undergo thorough checking at the plants. Is this applicable for FG sourced from vendors or will those need detailed quality checks during receipt?
4. It is mentioned in the RFP that Customer Directed Fleet will require driver load and count: Specify percentage of outbound shipments that are driver load and count versus shipper load and count.
5. Percentage of outbound shipment that is parcel, TL, LTL, export containers.
6. Percentage of outbound shipments that goes out as cases versus palletized. This will help in calculation of labor for outbound loading.
7. Average number of cases that come as part of a single return? Or provide the total cases in returns for a year.
Site and Storage
8. Does AINA see any advantage in having FTZ or Bonded zones for the two distribution centers? This is a possibility for cost savings since there is a huge import volume.
9. Is CTPAT compliance certification a must?
10. What percentage of the inventory is Haz-Mat?
Start-Up and Implementation
11. The RFP mentions that Phase 1 implementation will be Charleston and Canadian volumes. Will both of these volumes be shipped out of one of the new DCs or will it be from both the new DCs? In other words, will both the distribution centers go-live simultaneously or separately?
Yard
12. How many trailers/containers will be in the yard at one given time on an average? This to evaluate if an YMS is justifiable.
Answers for May 7th 6:41 am post.
1.Start up envisioned to be early 2008 – can commence physical transition in early January. However, if capacity is available ahead of this, AINA and the successful bidder will work together to co-develop the preferred start up and execution plan – for example, the potential exists to transition our Canadian Warehouse supported business to our chosen 3PL Partner ahead of this timeline.
2. See answer to Q1 above
a. Simultaneously
3. Sequencing and scheduling of each of the following:
- re-directing of our import product to the 3PL Partner sites
- Transition of the Canadian Warehouse Product/Inventory
- Transition of the Charleston Warehouse Product/Inventory
- Transition of the Cardinal/Food Service Warehouse Product/Inventory
However, as is noted in the RFP document, we would expect the chosen 3PL Partner to have significant input to this process to ensure the mutually suitable execution plan is co-developed.
a. See above – Once again, we expect exact timings to be co-developed with chosen Partner, however January 2008 proposed commencement timing for execution including receipt of inventory at each facility and physical relocation of inventory from AINA facilities.
b. See above – Once again, we expect exact timings to be co-developed with chosen Partner, however January 2008 proposed commencement timing for execution including receipt of inventory at each facility and physical relocation of inventory from AINA facilities.
4. Assuming this is a request for you to visit Charleston, we will confirm as soon as possible – but for your planning purpose, it will not be prior to June 1st.
5. No.
6. Yes.
2. 54% of the inbound volume is loaded on corrugated liner slipsheets whilst the remaining 46% will be floor loaded
3. Receipt of sourced product from other factories will still need to verify sku information (UPC, description, MSRP, etc.) and master pack configuration of ordered vs. received
4. Driver load and count represents 60% versus 40% for shipper load and count
5. Parcel - 3%, TL - 55%, LTL - 41.5% and Export .5%
6. Outbound shipments will be 40% cases vs 60% palletized
7. 3 to 6 cartons per return
8. FTZ is not a must
9.Either be CTPAT compliant or in process with intent to become compliant with said standard.
10. None
11. Yes, simultaneously
12. 10 to 25 in yard per day on average
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