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On September 1, 2020, Walmart announced changes to its On-Time In-Full (OTIF) program.
The new OTIF goals will apply for all orders with a Must Arrive By Date (MABD) of September 15, 2020, and thereafter. The new requirements affect purchase orders due in the middle of Walmart Week 33 – the next to last week in the September OTIF month.
Note: This change does not affect Order Defect Rate (ODR) for Marketplace sellers. However, Walmart is starting to integrate the OTIF and OMNI programs so that e-commerce suppliers must meet OTIF goals.
The new OTIF goals do not affect suppliers for Sam’s Club, Walmart.com, direct-to-store deliveries (DSD), Import, and Walmart International, which have separate compliance programs. However, Walmart does have plans to incorporate other types of orders into scope in the future.
Walmart’s monthly OTIF goals for US suppliers are as follows:
New 2020 OTIF Goals
To sum up, Walmart has changed the goals so that every order, regardless of merchandising alignment or shipment type, must meet the 98% goal. This means that suppliers must fill 98% of all orders entirely. Additionally, suppliers must ship 98% of all cases within the delivery window (for Prepaid suppliers). They must route and ready 98% of all cases by the PO’s appointment time (for Collect suppliers).
The changes affect Prepaid LTL suppliers the most with a 40% increase to the On-Time goal from 70%. Prepaid FTL suppliers will see a 12% jump for their On-Time goal, up from 87.5%. In-Full goals increased by 3% for General Merchandise and 0.5% for Food and Consumables. Collect Ready goals have also increased by 3%.
For Prepaid Mixed FTL and LTL, there is no longer a “blended goal.” Regardless of how suppliers ship their products, the On-Time goal is 98% across the board.
If orders fail to comply, Walmart will charge the supplier 3% of the cost of goods sold (COGS) of non-compliant cases that go to stores and shipped e-commerce units. Walmart has not specified a minimum fine threshold for OTIF non-compliance to receive an actual fee.
Related Reading: How to Explain OTIF to Your 5-Year-Old
The way Walmart calculates OTIF has not changed. Walmart measures OTIF based on the original PO order quantity and original MABD for system-generated orders. For manual orders, the calculations use the adjusted PO order quantity and adjusted MABD. Cases received in excess still go into the “Overfilled Cases” metric on the scorecard.
Prepaid shipping has different compliance “delivery windows” that suppliers must consider to meet their On-Time goals. These windows depend on the transportation method and product network. The new 2021 delivery windows (starting the week of 3/27/2021) are as follows:
OTIF Delivery Window Expectations 3-27-2021
Prepaid POs which fall under Walmart’s private fleet program are different in that they must be On Time and Collect Ready. The PO must be ready for pick up on the dock by the appointment time to fall under the On-Time goal. POs that are late due to a Supplier Ship Point failure will fall into the Supplier Accountability bucket, and therefore, will have fines associated with them.
Additionally, prepaid backhaul POs must comply with Prepaid On-Time goals in addition to Collect Ready goals. In other words, these POs must be ready for pick up on the dock by the appointment time. Otherwise, the order will fall into the failed Supplier Ship Point bucket.
Related Reading: Walmart OTIF Fundamentals
Walmart is holding its suppliers to a much higher standard for compliance than ever before. It expects suppliers to fulfill orders entirely within tight delivery windows nearly every time. The changes are also occurring mid-week in the middle of the month, whereas Walmart typically levies OTIF fines monthly.Â
Walmart’s OTIF Scorecard does not display detailed PO data older than four weeks. Suppliers may only view up to four weeks before the current week, a four-week snapshot of their scores, the current month to date, and the previous month. The only data available in the PO Summary on the OTIF Scorecard is within a four-week timeframe.
Many suppliers may consider switching from Prepaid to Collect, especially those who ship LTL. Third-party logistics companies and carriers will need to up the ante on shipping on time, and warehouses will need to ensure they are fulfilling orders completely. OTIF fines can be severe, and they add up. Suppliers should look into holding their third parties accountable for low OTIF scores.
SupplyPike is updating OTIF Radar to account for these changes to OTIF goals. We are working diligently to ensure that OTIF goals are well-defined, up-to-date, and available readily. We store our data indefinitely so that you can see your historical scores and never miss an insight.
With these new changes potentially bringing significant fines to your bottom line, it’s now more important than ever to have a detailed across your supply chain perspective on OTIF performance to isolate, identify, and resolve any lackluster performance areas.
OTIF Radar by SupplyPike provides just that by automatically combining multiple data sources to give you new and powerful insights into OTIF performance. Hold your third parties in the supply chain accountable for their specific performance and impact on your fines with clean and easy-to-access data on each party.Â
OTIF Radar Dashboard
OTIF Radar Fines Over Time
SupplyPike monitors and will notify you of any OTIF rule changes so that you can rest easy. OTIF rule changes are also applied appropriately in the OTIF Radar app, so you are always up to date on the latest compliance goals.
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