These examples use sample supplier and retailer data. They show how to review a deduction before treating it as settled.
Sample data
Names, claim IDs, dates, and amounts below are illustrative only.
Illustrative scope
Illustrative, not a recovery guarantee.
Legal
Not legal advice.
How to read this
What the teardown is actually doing
Each line starts with the retailer assertion, then checks the proof trail, timing basis, and any Code condition that could change the answer. The point is to surface the missing document, mismatch, or precondition before the supplier replies.
Example 1
worth challenging
DIFOT penalty with a timing mismatch
A retailer claims late arrival against a booked 10:00 to 12:00 window. The supplier packet has a dock timestamp at 10:41. The scorecard note uses gate-in time instead. That mismatch is enough to ask which timing rule drove the debit.
Evidence packet: PO, ASN, booked slot confirmation, POD, dock log.
Gap: the retailer basis and the supplier basis do not match.
What to ask: which timestamp and booked-window rule drove the debit?
The remittance shows a rebate amount and a campaign code. The scan extract is missing by SKU, store group, and promo dates. That line stays in missing proof until the volume basis appears.
Line-level note
supportable
Once the scan report shows the exact SKU set, store scope, rate, and dates against the signed mechanic, one line can still look supportable even if the current evidence pack is incomplete.
The claim note describes store-level shrink after signed delivery. That creates Code risk only if three preconditions hold: the retailer is Code-covered, possession had already passed, and the loss is post-possession shrinkage rather than a delivery variance.
Supplier-side check: where did possession pass?
Agreement check: is there a clause the retailer says it relies on?
Factual check: is the claimed loss really post-possession shrinkage?
Source note: this example follows ACCC Food and Grocery Code guidance and the current Code text. Illustrative only. Not legal advice.