What to Check When the Liner Delivery Arrives: A Five-Minute Dock Inspection for Tri-State Facilities

Most complaints that the bags got worse are receiving problems, not manufacturing problems. A practical dock-side verification routine for facility managers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut: what to confirm against the packing slip, how to read case markings against your purchase order, how to catch a quiet substitution or a short shipment, and what to write on the delivery receipt before you sign it.

A facility manager calls the supplier in week three of a new program and says the bags are worse than the ones they used to get. The porters are double-bagging. Two liners split in the chute room on Tuesday. Nobody changed anything, so it must be the product. Sometimes it is the product. More often, nobody confirmed that what came off the truck was what was ordered. The purchase order said one thing, the case markings said another, and the gap went unnoticed because the pallet was wrapped, the d...

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