Thanksgiving Week: Your Last-Minute Deduction Checklist
- The HRG Team
- Nov 24, 2025
- 1 min read
Short week. Fewer people. Same (or more) shipments. This is when small misses become expensive.
Fictional example (for illustration): A candy supplier shipped on Thursday with no “owner backup.” A Friday receiving window moved; no one was watching. The truck missed, and
On-Time In-Full (OTIF) penalties landed. A two-minute handoff would have prevented it.
Your preflight before you log off
Shipment holds & gates: Reconfirm receiving hours and blackout dates for all active purchase orders (POs). If a window shifts, your plan shifts.
Owner backups: Every open shipment, dispute, and price file has a named backup in finance, operations, and sales—with contact info and portal access.
Document storage: Bills of lading (BOLs), proofs of delivery (PODs), photos, and portal screenshots live in a shared folder by PO.
Portal watch: Assign a “holiday watch” to scan retailer portals for cancellations, DC reassignments, or negative acknowledgments (NAKs) twice daily.
Escalation list: Who do we call if a truck is stuck? Put the names and numbers in one place.
Price & promo checks: Confirm price files and promotions are synced before Black Friday goes live.
One-page “Ready to Relax” deduction checklist
Receiving hours confirmed for all open POs
Backups named for each owner; access verified
BOL/POD/photo folder current by PO
Portal watch assigned (AM/PM)
Escalation list printed + saved
Price files/promo terms re-validated
Wiser Decisions. Fewer Deductions. Need help? Contact us.
