Abstract: Examples provide a delivery-type predictor for automatically determining a delivery-type of an incoming load of items. The delivery-type predictor identifies a dominating vendor from a plurality of vendors supplying a plurality of items the incoming load bound for a distribution center (DC), fulfillment center (FC) or other delivery destination. The dominating vendor is a vendor providing a majority of items in the load. Historical data associated with previous delivery-types of previous loads associated with the dominating vendor are analyzed to generate a predicated delivery-type for the incoming load. If historical data is unavailable, destination data describing a department in a DC or FC is analyzed to generate the prediction. If historical data and department data are unavailable, the delivery-type predictor analyzes warehouse area data to generate the prediction. The prediction identifies whether the incoming load should be designated a live-type delivery or a drop delivery.