If you are a returns agent, this is what you should do if you receive find stock in the Red Tag area
How to resolve a Red Tag query:
- Step 1: Is it unlabeled goods?
- Step 2: Is it a damage?
- Step 3: Is it a misroute?
- Step 4: Is it incorrect or over supplied stock?
Step 1: Is it unlabeled goods?
- Open the box, in the presence of your supervisor, and in view of a camera
- Identify the stock inside
- Advise the client of the situation and get written instructions from them on what to do with the stock
- If you can't identify the freight, take pictures and forward to the branches to assist in identifying it
- Advise the client of the situation and get written instructions from them on what to do with the stock
- If nobody is able to identify the stock, escalate to the Operations and Branch Managers
Step 2: Is it a damage?
- Investigate what, when, and where the damage occurred
- Update the messages on Winfreight
- Advise the clients, including images of the damaged stock
- Get written instructions from the client on what to do with the stock
Step 3: Is it a misroute?
- Notify the sending branch
- Update the messages on Winfreight
- Create a misroute (MIS) waybill
- Arrange with the relevant floor staff to send back to the sending branch
Step 4: Is it an incorrect or over supplied stock?
- Advise the client, with images of the stock
- Update the messages on Winfreight
- Get written instructions from the client on what to do with the stock
Foot Note:
- The Red Tag area needs to be checked daily.
- Follow-ups on the above scenarios need to be done daily.
- Follow-ups need to be evident on the Winfreight messages and Freshdesk.
- If the required follow-ups have been done for 3 consecutive days, but no written instructions has been received, create a return to the sender and action accordingly.