Count against advance shipping notice
Count against advance shipping notice flows into Inbound receiving & putaway to establish the relationship beforehand.

Every inbound is counted against the advance shipping notice before putaway, because a discrepancy found at the door is a supplier conversation and a discrepancy found in month three is a write-off.
Damaged cartons are photographed and set aside rather than quietly absorbed into stock, and the receipt confirmation reaches you the same day the container is stripped.
Count against advance shipping notice flows into Inbound receiving & putaway to establish the relationship beforehand.
Damage photographed on arrival flows into Inbound receiving & putaway to establish the relationship beforehand.
Putaway location logged per pallet flows into Inbound receiving & putaway to establish the relationship beforehand.
A live inventory feed available from day one flows into Inbound receiving & putaway to establish the relationship beforehand.
Cycle counts scheduled, not improvised flows into Inbound receiving & putaway to establish the relationship beforehand.
Pack accuracy sampled and reported as a rolling rate flows into Inbound receiving & putaway to establish the relationship beforehand.
Get a written capacity assessment before committing to anything, not just a verbal yes. Choose inbound receiving & putaway as your starting point and progress from there.