Welcome to our Routing Guide!

Dear Vendor,                                                                                      

Welcome to the United States Surgical / Tyco Healthcare Puerto Rico Vendor Routing Guide. Inside this routing guide are your standard routing and packaging instructions for shipping your merchandise to United States Surgical / Tyco Healthcare receiving location in Ponce, Puerto Rico.   

The instructions in this guide supersede all previous routing instructions, written or oral. Please pay special attention to our routing matrix instructions, bar code SOP and our routing guide “rules” page.  

All transportation costs, detention charges, storage fees or other expenses incurred by United States Surgical / Tyco Healthcare Puerto Rico because of the Supplier's non-compliance with the terms and conditions of this routing guide shall be charged to the Supplier.

Compliance with this policy is monitored through the vendor evaluation agreement.  Failure to comply could result in loss of business with United States Surgical / Tyco Healthcare Puerto Rico. Guidelines for using Core Carriers for all transportation modes and destinations can be found centrally at www.RoutingGuides.com Please use these guidelines to determine the appropriate carrier for each shipment.  As changes to the Core Carrier pool occur, the guidelines on this site will be updated.

Important Notice:  Your delivery rate is a key part on your Vendor Evaluation.  The delivery date in our purchase orders is our dock date.   Your rate in the Vendor Evaluation is calculated when a Goods Receipt is performed in our computer system.  The system will then check the statistics delivery date in the purchase order and calculate a variance, in calendar days, between the actual date of receipt and the statistical delivery date. The statistic delivery date is on your purchase order and on your open purchase order report. Reference SOP DP-008D-C, section 4e, for more details. If you need to obtain a copy of this SOP please contact you respective US Surgical Puerto Rico Buyer/Planner.