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The ‘Franchise Delivery Manifest’ or ‘Franchise Distribution Manifest’ is an important part of ensuring seamless logistics operation in today’s world. Courier service providers have enabled this status on their tracking pages to provide customers with information about the last warehouse location of their products. FDM today is the guiding document that allows seamless delivery of couriers at various locations.
FDM Prepared status indicates that the courier has reached your nearest DTDC distribution center or franchise and is ready to be delivered soon. Understanding the FDM Prepared status and the preparation process of DTDC can help you know when the courier will reach your doorstep. You can explore more about FDM in detail, like its importance, the approaches used to prepare FDM status, etc. in this blog. FDM-prepared status ensures efficient distribution of couriers, making sure that the customers are satisfied with the DTDC delivery services.
The full form of FDM is ‘Franchise Delivery Manifest’ or ‘Franchise Distribution Manifest’, Whereas the word ‘ FDM Prepared’ is used to show that the order is ready for distribution or delivery.
FDM-prepared in DTDC is designed and made to streamline and organise the process of delivery at various locations. It is generally shown when you are tracking the status of your order. This status is used to indicate that your parcel has reached the nearest distribution center or franchise of the courier company in your city or near your location, and the delivery agent will deliver your parcel soon.
The delivery timeframe of DTDC after preparing FDM is usually between 5 hours to 3 days. However, the delivery time may vary depending on multiple factors, which include the following:
The delivery time frames following FDM preparation depend on multiple factors, which are mentioned above; however, DTDC always provides real-time tracking services to its customers to track orders in real-time and avoid any convenience. Such real-time tracking services help customers have a satisfactory delivery experience.
If your parcel is not delivered by DTDC within a few days following the FDM prepared status, you can follow the below-mentioned steps to know the exact status of it. Make sure to keep courier details like sender’s details, receiver’s details, date of ordering, tracking number, etc., handy.
The ‘Franchise Delivery Manifest’ (FDM) acts as a differentiating factor for the DTDC courier service provider and has an important role in the delivery process. In the world of courier services, it is important to understand the journey of a parcel from its sender to the recipient. FDM prepared status by DTDC is an important checkpoint to indicate that the parcel is ready to be delivered. Customers should know FDM prepared status and its features to understand the parcel’s status given in real-time. As the courier or logistics industry grows in the future, we can expect that FDMs will become more important and will be able to provide transparency, efficiency, and a customer-centric delivery experience.
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