ShipOpsTCS “Unable To Locate Delivery Address”: what it means
UL Needs your decision
TCS UL Unable To Locate Delivery Address means the rider went looking for the address and could not find it. An address can be complete and correct on paper and still be hard to find on the ground. TCS waits for your instruction.
So the fix is a landmark and a phone call, not a new address. Send a retry to the same address with the landmark in the remarks, and make sure the customer will answer when the rider calls for directions.
If the area really is hard to reach, ask TCS to hold the parcel at its counter and send the customer there. Counter pickup is one of the retry options in ShipOps. UL sits in your inbox with the other address problems: Bad Address, Incomplete Address and Address Closed.
What to do now
| Your move | Get a landmark and a reachable number from the customer, then retry. Counter pickup if the area is hard to find. |
|---|---|
| Retry or return | TCS takes a retry or return instruction only while the parcel is in its review window. ShipOps raises the parcel when that window opens and files the instruction from the order. |
| Attempts | TCS tries 3 times before it starts a return. |
The reasons TCS gives on a failed visit
| Status Has Been Incorrectly Updated | 99Courier-side |
|---|---|
| Consignee not home | HNCustomer not available |
| Receiver Not Available | CNCustomer not available |
| No Response on mobile | NMPhone problem |
| No Response on phone | NRPhone problem |
| Receivers premises closed | RCCustomer not available |
| Delivery Rescheduled | DR |
| SCHEDULED FOR NEXT DELIVERY CYCLE | NDCourier-side |
| Refused to accept | RDCustomer refused |
| On Hold | OHCourier-side |
| Temporary On Hold at TCS Facility | THCourier-side |
| Bad Address | BAAddress problem |
| BAD ADDRESS | BDAddress problem |
| Wronge Address | WAAddress problem |
| INCOMPLETE ADDRESS | IAAddress problem |
| Unable To Locate Delivery Address | ULAddress problem |
| Address Closed | CAAddress problem |
| Need Further Consignee Information | NCAddress problem |
| Receiver Shifted From Delivery Address | NPAddress problem |
| Consignee Shifted | CSAddress problem |
| Mobile Switched Off | MOPhone problem |
| Wrong Mobile Number | WMPhone problem |
| No Telephone Number | NTPhone problem |
| Wrong Land Phone Number | WPPhone problem |
| Awaiting Correct Number | ANPhone problem |
| HOLD FOR COLLECTION | HFHeld |
| Held for Self Collection | SCHeld |
| Held for Payment | HPHeld |
| STOP DELIVERY | STCourier-side |
| Shipment Stop | SSCourier-side |
| Please Contact TCS | PCCourier-side |
| Contact TCS Local Customer Services | CSCCourier-side |
| Contact TCS Local Customer Services | CSRCourier-side |
| Out of delivery Area | NSAddress problem |
| OUT OF SERVICE AREA | OSAddress problem |
| Short Received | SRCourier-side |
| Shipment Partially Received | PRCourier-side |
| Partial Piece Delivered | POK |
| Partial delivery | PD |
| Shipment Damaged | DMLost or damaged |
| Prohibited Item | PILost or damaged |
| Lost shipment | LSLost or damaged |
| Abandon Shipments | ABLost or damaged |
How ShipOps reads it
Needs your decision The courier is waiting for your decision. This is the window where an instruction still changes the outcome. ShipOps raises the parcel to the top of the Action Inbox, and where the courier lets ShipOps send a retry or return, the buttons on the row file it with the courier directly.
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