Just to reiterate Lawrence’s email below, that under no circumstances should containers ever be loaded and shipped if they are still on the NEXT merchandiser’s worklist. You must always ensure that packing lists are entered and load plans created in ILS before containers are allowed to be loaded and shipped. This is absolutely mandatory and extremely important.
After speaking with Paul Crane (NEXT Imports Manager) today, he is extremely unhappy with recent issues where this has happened recently with 2 KN offices.
If KN load and ship unapproved contracts that are still on the NEXT merchandiser’s worklists, then the vendor will expect payment from NEXT for the goods as they are shipped. However if the contracts are still on the NEXT merchandiser’s worklist then it is not guaranteed that NEXT will want those goods and therefore will not pay for them if they do not want them. In this scenario KN will be expected to pay the vendor for the goods as it will be our error and this could be a significant high amount in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of USD. Should this happen then it will be your office that will have to absorb the costs, KN UK will not accept costs for this non-compliance.
Therefore you must ensure that this situation of loading and shipping unapproved NEXT contracts stops immediately.
Trust this clarifies and I have your understanding on this. Should you have any questions or need anything further on this please let me know at soonest opportunity.