Target code A037: Overshipped Merchandise
Target code A037 is an overship chargeback: more units arrived than the purchase order authorized, and Target declined to pay for the excess.
Shipping above the ordered quantity. Rounding up to a full case or pallet, a pack-size mismatch producing an apparent overage, and picking against a superseded PO revision all produce this code.
Weaker than the shortage codes. A genuine overship is a valid deduction. The recoverable cases are pack-size artifacts and shipments against a PO revision Target sent late.
Evidence that settles a A037 dispute
Most decisive first. A dispute filed without the first item on this list rarely survives review.
- 1 Purchase order (EDI 850) and any PO change (EDI 860) with quantities as authorized
- 2 ASN (EDI 856) showing quantities as shipped
- 3 Item record confirming the case pack, where the overage is a pack artifact
- 4 Buyer approval for an overship, where one was given
How to stop code A037 recurring
Ship to the authorized quantity, and treat a PO change as a change to the pick rather than a note on the order. Where rounding to a full case is unavoidable, get it agreed rather than discovered.
Target’s A-codes are matching failures: the invoice, the ASN, and the purchase order describing three slightly different shipments. Endless keeps all three on one order record, so they cannot drift, and EndlessEDI builds carton-level 856s from the actual pack. Brands on Endless report a 90% drop in retailer EDI chargebacks.
- Where to dispute
- Chargebacks surface in Target’s vendor systems and are disputed through Partners Online and Synergy, with supporting documentation attached to the claim.
- Dispute window
- Most Target chargebacks are reported to be disputable for 12 to 18 months from the issue date. Compliance and performance charges, including OTIF and ASN violations, are reported to carry shorter windows, sometimes as little as 90 days.
Related Target codes
Deduction programs and dispute windows change and vary by vendor agreement. Figures marked “reported” come from third-party supplier resources, not a retailer’s published fee schedule — confirm against your current routing guide and supplier agreement before you file. See every Target deduction code .
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