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The background: I am a P93 ULV non-Pfresh and non-remodled store. No FDC deliveries, only ADSD McClane twice a week that are auto-ordered by the system. Our current routine for McClane deliveries includes pushing all the delivered product immediately from the dock to the sales floor coolers/freezers. This requires every TM and Leader in the building to help push to ensure the product gets back into a temperature controlled environment on time.
My back room cooler is a 12 x 4 foot elevated room with a 6 x 4 foot freezer closet attached behind the cooler. There is NO space for back stock in the freezers and we regularly run out of location space. I can temporarily locate a tub for Case packs but we receive too much product to fit both in our sales floor and back room coolers SAFELY. For example, I can only fit 6 tubs of CoolWhip in the SF Freezer location so I don't need to maintain an OH of 50 in my back room freezer.
I MySupported a request to reduce our OH. Reply from MySupport Employee who secretly works for Walmart is that there is no way to adjust the amount of products shipped through ADSD vendors. Minimum contract requirements have to be fulfilled between Target and McLane to make logistics more efficient.
I MySupported a request to change the triggers and caps for the system generated auto-orders. Target India replied that I needed to maintain better routines to streamline my process. I replied this was unacceptable and the request was forwarded to the ADSD gods at Target Corp who replied Target is unable to change the information sent to McLane after the system auto-orders. I tried to reply that my question was not answered but never received a response (6 months ago). I tried to keep our FBP and GBP in the loop through CC'ed emails but we have rotated through that leadership twice since last summer.
I asked the CTL and ETL-SF to try Best Practice and create an Autofill a few hours before McLane arrives and I would pull the batch and help push. Unfortunately, the CTL didn't understand that doing this will a) adjust the accumulator so my afternoon BR guy isn't re-pulling all the new product that already went to the Sales Floor from the initial push; b) since we push the new product straight from the dock to the Sales Floor, new product is by-passing older product that is still sitting in my back room and pushing a pre-delivery Autofill would pull and fill the coolers/freezers with older dated product, thus, helping his Freshness opportunities; c) if the SF is more full before the delivery, less new product will go to the floor, reducing the amount of time needed to pull EVERYONE in the store during busiest time of day. The ETL-SF squashed it because the extra half hour for the CTL to shoot and push the Autofill is not available in their routines.
I have asked the TMs pushing McLane to only break open a carton if the entire box will fit into the SF location. Otherwise, I ask them to back stock the case pack as it is easier to manage in the back room.
THE QUESTION:
I know when we acknowledge a DC truck, it updates the store's OH. I also understand that if the accumulator has + numbers that it will prompt the Flow team to PUSH instead of back stock when it comes off the truck.
My question is that does receiving our ADSD delivery in the PDA affect the accumulator? I understand it obviously adjust the store's OH but without the PUSH process to separate out what is needed and not needed by the accumulator, doesn't this create more work in the long run?
FDC and newer/remodeled stores have the cooler freezers that are big enough (and not elevated off the floor with a nearly impossible ramp to push tubs/flat up) to push their temp sensitive items straight into and back stock. That isn't an option for me unless I find a few hours of non-existant payroll to dedicate a TM to back stocking the delivery as soon as it arrives. But with a 4 hour window of delivery time, scheduling a TM would be too difficult and I don't believe they could back stock 2-3 flats of cooler and 1-2 flats of freezer product in 30 minutes or less before temp problems start.
Anyone remember a Best Practice or something on WB stating that it was a huge and unproductive NO NO to skip the PUSH scan coming off the truck and send all the flow to the floor? It seems this is what my store is forced into doing. So, if we push the ADSD delivery straight to the floor, the accumulator is not affected. Doesn't this result in most of the stuff we back stock coming right back out in the next CAF or AUTO until the accumulator is satisfied? The entire CAF or AUTO pull after back stocking the delivery would be pointless because we just filled the floor with the new product.
I know I could SUBT9999 the back stock after the delivery is pushed to the Sales Floor, but this would eat through too much time that we just don't have.
Any ideas?
My back room cooler is a 12 x 4 foot elevated room with a 6 x 4 foot freezer closet attached behind the cooler. There is NO space for back stock in the freezers and we regularly run out of location space. I can temporarily locate a tub for Case packs but we receive too much product to fit both in our sales floor and back room coolers SAFELY. For example, I can only fit 6 tubs of CoolWhip in the SF Freezer location so I don't need to maintain an OH of 50 in my back room freezer.
I MySupported a request to reduce our OH. Reply from MySupport Employee who secretly works for Walmart is that there is no way to adjust the amount of products shipped through ADSD vendors. Minimum contract requirements have to be fulfilled between Target and McLane to make logistics more efficient.
I MySupported a request to change the triggers and caps for the system generated auto-orders. Target India replied that I needed to maintain better routines to streamline my process. I replied this was unacceptable and the request was forwarded to the ADSD gods at Target Corp who replied Target is unable to change the information sent to McLane after the system auto-orders. I tried to reply that my question was not answered but never received a response (6 months ago). I tried to keep our FBP and GBP in the loop through CC'ed emails but we have rotated through that leadership twice since last summer.
I asked the CTL and ETL-SF to try Best Practice and create an Autofill a few hours before McLane arrives and I would pull the batch and help push. Unfortunately, the CTL didn't understand that doing this will a) adjust the accumulator so my afternoon BR guy isn't re-pulling all the new product that already went to the Sales Floor from the initial push; b) since we push the new product straight from the dock to the Sales Floor, new product is by-passing older product that is still sitting in my back room and pushing a pre-delivery Autofill would pull and fill the coolers/freezers with older dated product, thus, helping his Freshness opportunities; c) if the SF is more full before the delivery, less new product will go to the floor, reducing the amount of time needed to pull EVERYONE in the store during busiest time of day. The ETL-SF squashed it because the extra half hour for the CTL to shoot and push the Autofill is not available in their routines.
I have asked the TMs pushing McLane to only break open a carton if the entire box will fit into the SF location. Otherwise, I ask them to back stock the case pack as it is easier to manage in the back room.
THE QUESTION:
I know when we acknowledge a DC truck, it updates the store's OH. I also understand that if the accumulator has + numbers that it will prompt the Flow team to PUSH instead of back stock when it comes off the truck.
My question is that does receiving our ADSD delivery in the PDA affect the accumulator? I understand it obviously adjust the store's OH but without the PUSH process to separate out what is needed and not needed by the accumulator, doesn't this create more work in the long run?
FDC and newer/remodeled stores have the cooler freezers that are big enough (and not elevated off the floor with a nearly impossible ramp to push tubs/flat up) to push their temp sensitive items straight into and back stock. That isn't an option for me unless I find a few hours of non-existant payroll to dedicate a TM to back stocking the delivery as soon as it arrives. But with a 4 hour window of delivery time, scheduling a TM would be too difficult and I don't believe they could back stock 2-3 flats of cooler and 1-2 flats of freezer product in 30 minutes or less before temp problems start.
Anyone remember a Best Practice or something on WB stating that it was a huge and unproductive NO NO to skip the PUSH scan coming off the truck and send all the flow to the floor? It seems this is what my store is forced into doing. So, if we push the ADSD delivery straight to the floor, the accumulator is not affected. Doesn't this result in most of the stuff we back stock coming right back out in the next CAF or AUTO until the accumulator is satisfied? The entire CAF or AUTO pull after back stocking the delivery would be pointless because we just filled the floor with the new product.
I know I could SUBT9999 the back stock after the delivery is pushed to the Sales Floor, but this would eat through too much time that we just don't have.
Any ideas?