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If you believe you received=20 this message in error or have an update to your contact information,=20 please contact the VMM Partner Administrator at your company. March 2018 Business Partner Action Needed: VMM - Update Locations Efforts are underway in Vendor Management and Maintenance (VMM) to=20 delete all factory/warehouse locations that are no longer being used.=20 Each location is being carefully reviewed to determine if it's eligible=20 to be deleted based on criteria determined by a cross-functional team at=20 Target. Action Required : Ensure any factory/warehouse location your company is=20 currently shipping product from or will be in the future, is in=20 Available Status. If not in Available Status, the location may be=20 eligible to be deleted. You can find the Location Status on the=20 Locations page in VMM. Completion Date : April 1, 2018 Resources Export List of Locations including Address https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/POL/sc/Content/applications/Pages/VMM/264= 6.aspx Steps to Update a Location to Available Status https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/POL/sc/Content/applications/Pages/VMM/264= 5.aspx Location is not assigned to the correct PSFO. What do I do? https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/POL/sc/Content/applications/Pages/VMM/211= 9.aspx Action Needed: All Essentials & Beauty Categories now using PCN All Essentials & Beauty (E&B) teams are now using a new application,=20 Assortment Planning Experience (APEX). All E&B vendors with current and future business will be expected to use=20 Product Costing and Negotiations (PCN) https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/POL/sc/Content/applications/Pages/PCN/PCN= -Overview.aspx=E2=80=8B to negotiate and set up all new items. Item Setup Communication=20 Templates (ICTs) will no longer be accepted, do not send those to your=20 buyer/associate buyer. Please go through the self-paced training https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/pol/sc/content/applications/Pages/PCN/PCN= -Training.aspx as soon as possible so you are prepared for upcoming line reviews and=20 direct all questions to POL Help https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/pol/sc/content/help/Pages/HelpHome.aspx . Thank you for your partnership! Inform: New Security Measures Coming to Target HQ Buildings New security turnstiles and an updated visitor management system are=20 being implemented across the main Target Headquarters buildings over the=20 next several months. You may experience some slowdowns in our lobbies=20 due to the construction that will be taking place. When the new visitor management system is fully operational, you will=20 start receiving confirmation emails noting your upcoming visit(s). The=20 confirmation emails will direct you to check-in for your visit at one of=20 our new self check-in kiosks using the QR code or reference number found=20 in the email, or using your email address. It will also remind you to=20 bring your government issued ID and let you know which lobby to check-in=20 at, no more than 15 minutes before your scheduled meeting. Upon check-in, a visitor badge will be printed at the kiosk and your=20 Target host will receive a notification email letting them know of your=20 arrival. Your Target host will sign you in at the kiosk, which will=20 activate your visitor badge for entry. They will remain with you during=20 the duration of your visit and sign you out upon completion. =E2=80=8B Inform: Resetting your POL Password There are several options available to reset your Partners Online (POL)=20 password. Contact your POL Admin to request your password be reset. If you do not know your POL password, reset your own password using the=20 Forgot Password https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/POL/sc/Content/applications/Pages/VMM/883= .aspx option. You must have previously answered security questions to use this=20 option. If password is known, reset your own password. Note : Do not copy/paste your password when prompted as this may cause=20 the error "Operation failed while validating old password". Instructions for each option are available on POL: Options to Reset your=20 POL Password https://www.partnersonline.com/sc/POL/sc/Content/applications/Pages/VMM/883= .aspx . Supply Chain Transformation Inform: Clarification of UPC Labeling of Transit Packaging Requiremen t As communicated in the January Business Partner Newsletter, to better=20 meet the current and future needs of our guests, Target will require a=20 UPC label be applied to each inner box moving through our supply chain=20 for quantities less than full case pack (store ship pack [SSP] or=20 "each"). To help clarify this requirement, SSPs greater than 1 are not impacted=20 by the May 1, 2018, shipping deadline requiring a UPC barcode label be=20 applied to the top of the inner packaging. This requirement only applies=20 to shipments with inner boxes of SSPs equal to 1. 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Efforts are underway in Vendor= Management and Maintenance (VMM) to delete all factory/warehouse locations= that are no longer being used. Each location is being carefully reviewed t= o determine if it's eligible to be deleted based on criteria determine= d by a cross-functional team at Target.

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Action Required: Ensur= e any factory/warehouse location your company is currently shipping product= from or will be in the future, is in Available Status. If not in Available= Status, the location may be eligible to be deleted. You can find the Locat= ion Status on the Locations page in VMM.

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