M-S Cash Drawer Logistics Services

• Our logistics services are designed to help our channel and vendor partners alike.
• Partners can use M-S Cash Drawer logistics services on a pay as you go model.
• We can coordinate end to end logistics beginning with procurement, warehousing, storage, pick and pack, staging, configuration, and reverse logistics etc.
• We work with domestic as well as international suppliers allowing you to concentrate on your core business.
• You benefit from our economies of scale and scope.
• Channel partners can also use our configuration area, at no charge, to program / configure products.
• No minimum volume or revenue commitments required.

Here are some of the respective logistics and standard costs. Costs vary based on volume and commitment level:

Procurement:  

What it includes: Issuing purchase order (at $0.01 per SKU) for receiving purposes,  offloading incoming shipments from carrier vehicle. Coordination of incoming shipments with your supplier is extra (same rate as staging / configuration services).

Price: $30 per pallet when received palletized or $2 per SKU when received by UPS, FedEx etc. (not palletized).

Warehousing:

What it includes: Breaking pallet down, counting, scanning (wherever applicable), labeling, physically moving inventory to correct location. Quantity mismatch and/or transit damage resolution services are extra (same rate as staging / configuration services).

Price: $3 per SKU.

Storage:

What it includes: Warehousing real estate, insurance, shrinkage.

Price: 2% of the value of SKU /mo.

Order entry, pick & pack services:

What it includes: Entering sales order, shipping address & method per your order at $ 0.01 per SKU, picking items from the warehouse, applying shipping label etc. We offer shipping discounts when shipping your owned inventory.

Price: $2 per SKU.

Staging / Configuration services:

What it includes: Services such as loading software, inserting or removing product literature, repackaging, installing drivers etc.  

Price:  $60 per hour.

Reverse Logistics (Receiving back/Restocking after shipped):

What it includes: Issuing RMA to receive unit being returned (due to reasons such as recipient not available, recipient canceled order after shipping, recipient refused delivery, wrong address not originating from M-S error etc.) for future use. It also includes counting, scanning, labeling, physically moving inventory to correct location. Hardware inspection is available at same rate as staging / configuration services. Any return freight, charges we incur from carriers will be passed on to you.

Price:  $7 per complete order; $1/ SKU whichever is lower.

Things to remember:

• M-S decision on what we physically received vis-à-vis what was shipped would be final.
• Request for boxing in a separate carton, or master carton, before shipping can be accommodated for $4-$10 per box.
• Setting IP addresses, setting black mark sensor, loading firmware or fonts is performed at $10 per SKU (printer).
• Lock changes are performed at $5 per SKU (cash drawer).