docs: resolve remaining operational skill comments

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- **Positive reviews:** Be specific. "Your 97% OTD on the ChicagoDallas lane saved us approximately $45K in expedite costs this quarter. We're increasing your allocation from 60% to 75% on that lane." Carriers invest in relationships that reward performance.
- **Corrective reviews:** Lead with data, not accusations. Present the scorecard. Identify the specific metrics below threshold. Ask for a corrective action plan with a 30/60/90-day timeline. Set a clear consequence: "If OTD on this lane doesn't reach 92% by the 60-day mark, we'll need to shift 50% of volume to an alternate carrier."
Use the templates below as a base and adapt the language to your carrier contracts, escalation paths, and customer commitments.
Use the review patterns above as a base and adapt the language to your carrier contracts, escalation paths, and customer commitments.
## Escalation Protocols

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| Intermittent / lumpy (>30% zero-demand periods) | Croston's method or SBA (Syntetos-Boylan Approximation) | Bootstrap simulation on demand intervals | Mean inter-demand interval shifts by >30% |
| Promotion-driven | Causal regression (baseline + promo lift layer) | Analogous item lift + baseline | Post-promo actuals deviate >40% from forecast |
| New product (012 weeks history) | Analogous item profile with lifecycle curve | Category average with decay toward actual | Own-data WMAPE stabilizes below analogous-based WMAPE |
| Event-driven (weather, local events) | Regression with external regressors | Manual override with documented rationale | |
| Event-driven (weather, local events) | Regression with external regressors | Manual override with documented rationale | Re-evaluate when regressor-to-demand correlation falls below 0.6 or event-period forecast error rises >30% for 2 comparable events |
### Safety Stock Service Level Selection

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1. Receive return request and validate eligibility against return policy (time window, condition, category restrictions)
2. Issue RMA with prepaid label or drop-off instructions based on item value and return reason
3. Receive and inspect item at returns center; assign condition grade (A through F)
3. Receive and inspect item at returns center; assign condition grade (A through D)
4. Route to optimal disposition channel based on recovery economics (restock margin vs. liquidation vs. scrap cost)
5. Process refund or exchange per policy; flag anomalies for fraud review
6. Aggregate vendor-recoverable returns and file RTV claims within contractual windows