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b"Welcome again to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I\\u2019m Marty and we\\u2019re grateful you stopped in for a visit! I\\u2019ve gotten way behind on a couple of questions and I thought we\\u2019d try and catch up this week. First off I\\u2019d like to talk about the Receiving Position today. In the distribution world our freight comes in on trailers or containers, usually, if merchandising has their days on hand figured correctly, by appointment and arrives on time to be unloaded. As we\\u2019ve discussed in earlier episodes, a driver will check in and either unload his or her freight themselves or hire an unloading service to break the load down and stage it for the Receiver. I mention all of this because all this actually can fall under our responsibility as receivers. In most facilities, especially the larger distribution centers, the receiver is tasked with not only receiving the product but will oversee the entire front dock or front of house responsibilities. I visit several DC\\u2019s each week and the receiving process is pretty consistent thru-out the industry. I thought we could just walk through the day in the life of, the receiver.
\\nOf course we\\u2019ll be arriving on time for our shift, and our first task will be to punch in on the time clock right. A quick story, I think I\\u2019ve mentioned something like this before, but a young gentleman forgot to punch in one morning last week so his time was skewed by almost half a day. His supervisor and payroll missed the correction and he hadn\\u2019t mentioned it to anyone. Well on Friday, at like 5pm he noticed his check was a little light. Of course he was upset, and although it was explained it\\u2019d be taken care of next week and that, after all, it is his responsibility to punch correctly, and/or at least notify his Supervisor of any corrections needed, his solution was to just not show up for his shift Saturday. The NCNS was recorded and now he\\u2019s seeking employment. He however feels he got his point across I guess. Anyway so we\\u2019ve punched in and we\\u2019re wearing all our required PPE\\u2019s. We\\u2019ll probably start out stopping by the Inbound Check-in desk and review or pick up our copy of the Load Schedule for the day. We\\u2019ll verify all the first wave trucks are in their doors and go pull their PO or Purchase Order sheets. The Purchase Order is what we\\u2019ll be verifying the items purchased, the correct quantities, colors, pack sizes etc, that what was shipped is what our merchandising department ordered. When each truck checks in they\\u2019ll present us a BOL or Bill of Lading. https://www.freightquote.com/how-to-ship-freight/bill-of-lading They explain that The bill of lading is a required document to move a freight shipment. The bill of lading (BOL) works as a receipt of freight services, a contract between a freight carrier and shipper and a document of title. The bill of lading is a legally binding document providing the driver and the carrier all the details needed to process the freight shipment and invoice it correctly. It\\u2019ll include information like:
\\nWhat's in a freight bill of lading?
\\n\\u2022\\tNames and addresses: The full names and addresses of both the shipper and receiver (consignee) should be legible and easy to locate on the document.
\\n\\u2022\\tPurchase orders or special reference numbers: These numbers may be important to your business or a necessary reference in order for freight to be released for pickup or accepted at delivery.
\\n\\u2022\\tSpecial instructions: Here is where you will note instructions for the carrier that are not extra service requests like liftgate or delivery notification.
\\n\\u2022\\tDate: This is the pickup day, and it may be needed as a reference to track your freight or when you reconcile shipping invoices.
\\n\\u2022\\tDescription of items: Shippers should note the number of shipping units, the dimensions and weight, as well as information about the material and its makeup.
\\n\\u2022\\tPackaging type: Note whether you are using cartons, crates,"