Costco Direct Import

Customer Number: 02COST

  • Vendor documents will be send via email (vendor invoice, packing list, container inspection and FCR).
  • Invoices are sent via EDI but a claim must be submitted in Costco’s portal to ensure the invoice is processed.

Freight Forwarder (FF) Documents

Update Sales Order

  • On the Direct Import Tracking, Open saved search, select Edit on the far left
  • Enter a line for the rebate
    • Item = A/R – Rebate – YYYY
    • Unit Price = 3% of sales order today (entered as a negative)
    • Ext. Price = 3% of sales order today (entered as a negative)
  • Select ISD in the Division drop down
  • Select OK
  • Select Save

Creating the FF Documents

Emailing the FF Documents

  • Email documents to FF
    • TO: trantrunghieu@ups.com
    • CC: Jennifer Crotteau (in the Advantus North office)
    • Documents:
      • CI
      • PL
      • Container Inspection
      • FCR
  • On the Direct Import Tracking, Open saved search in NetSuite, update the FF Docs column with the date the docs were being emailed to the FF.

Complete Item Fulfillment

Bank/Customer Documents

Enter Claim

  • Log into the Costco portal
  • Select the Vendor Accounting Portal application
  • Select Claims
  • Select the “New Claim” icon (far right)
  • Enter ar@advantus.com for the Email
  • Select Unpaid Invoice as the Claim Type
  • Enter the following
    • Claim Amount = Invoice amount
    • Invoice or Tax Number = Invoice number
    • Invoice Date
    • PO Number
  • Select Browse next to Invoice Copy
    • Select the CI from the DI folder
  • Select Browse next to Signed POD
    • Select the FCR from the DI folder
  • Select Create
  • On the Direct Import Tracking, Billed saved search in NetSuite, update the Bank Date column with the date the claim was submitted.
Updated on November 18, 2022
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