I've been stocking and unloading for the last 4 weeks and I'm doing the best I can. My manager says I've been slow and will not last my 90 days if I keep going at the pace I'm going. Any tips on how to stock faster and more efficient so I don't lose my job?
Archived Could possibly be getting fired. Help?!
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Mods, please move this to I am lost forum.
Are you on sales floor, flow or back room team?
Are you on sales floor, flow or back room team?
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It takes some time to get fast on flow.
I can tell mostly now just by looking at the box where to stage it.
Some boxes have the name of there product written clearly. Look for those boxes.
How do you put the boxes in your basket to stage? I usually put 2 rows in my basket and work at the back of those two rows to stage boxes.
I can tell mostly now just by looking at the box where to stage it.
Some boxes have the name of there product written clearly. Look for those boxes.
How do you put the boxes in your basket to stage? I usually put 2 rows in my basket and work at the back of those two rows to stage boxes.
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Sorry, hard to tell sometimes on the net between snark and compliments.
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Sounds like your TL isn't being helpful. "Go Faster" isn't behavior correction. Ask him what his expectation is, how many cases per minute, and at what point during your stocking process are you slowing down.
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You have a shitry team lead. Go to your logistics etl, say "my team lead told me I was too slow and that I wouldn't last, but he didn't offer any suggestions on how to improve. Can you show me the proper way to work at the correct pace so I can do my job more effectively?"
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This sounds like my former store. The Flow TL and Logistics ETL were basically told in so many words to heavily crack the whip and yell at the flow team to go faster. Guess what! The TL refused to be a complete tyrant and got fired right before I quit. A lot of stores care more about time out that accuracy. They expect the flow team to run around like they are on cocaine and stock til they drop. Target is hardcore on this.
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If someone is too slow at throwing the truck, the TL should recognize that within a few minutes and try someone else in there. Or the TL should just do it himself (my former TL did that frequently if the unload was going too slowly).
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Thanks @RetailWorld :
On the pick label, there can be a few "indicators" that dictate what to do with the product. On the label, it will be near the "Ad 08/21" in the example. If there is a "P", it means it needs to be pushed out. If there is an "S", it means stage. "B" means it's backstock...and part of the backrooms metrics is making sure that all product that has a "B" indicator gets backstocked. Otherwise your team is being inefficient and taking stuff out to the floor when they don't have to. If your store is a "Push All" store, this is how you tell the difference between what you need to take to the floor and what stays in the back without scanning everything on the line.
With the change to myPerformance though, it could be that this isn't a key metric anymore. I haven't dived into the backroom metrics with myPerformance.
Typically your NOP product will have some kind of info on the pick label that will give you a bit of insight on what's going on with it. If it's on AD, it could be there will be staged off area on the floor...or it could be that the planogram isn't in the system yet, so there will be a T indicator(Transition) with the date letting you know when it will be set. But if it's NOP or D-Code at this point, been in your store for awhile, and it looks like there will be no space or planogram for it in the foreseeable future...mySupport it, and request a CLR markdown on it.
On the pick label, there can be a few "indicators" that dictate what to do with the product. On the label, it will be near the "Ad 08/21" in the example. If there is a "P", it means it needs to be pushed out. If there is an "S", it means stage. "B" means it's backstock...and part of the backrooms metrics is making sure that all product that has a "B" indicator gets backstocked. Otherwise your team is being inefficient and taking stuff out to the floor when they don't have to. If your store is a "Push All" store, this is how you tell the difference between what you need to take to the floor and what stays in the back without scanning everything on the line.
With the change to myPerformance though, it could be that this isn't a key metric anymore. I haven't dived into the backroom metrics with myPerformance.
Typically your NOP product will have some kind of info on the pick label that will give you a bit of insight on what's going on with it. If it's on AD, it could be there will be staged off area on the floor...or it could be that the planogram isn't in the system yet, so there will be a T indicator(Transition) with the date letting you know when it will be set. But if it's NOP or D-Code at this point, been in your store for awhile, and it looks like there will be no space or planogram for it in the foreseeable future...mySupport it, and request a CLR markdown on it.
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I think I need this tattooed on my arm for reference...wonder how much temp tattoos cost to print?Thanks @RetailWorld :
On the pick label, there can be a few "indicators" that dictate what to do with the product. On the label, it will be near the "Ad 08/21" in the example. If there is a "P", it means it needs to be pushed out. If there is an "S", it means stage. "B" means it's backstock...and part of the backrooms metrics is making sure that all product that has a "B" indicator gets backstocked. Otherwise your team is being inefficient and taking stuff out to the floor when they don't have to. If your store is a "Push All" store, this is how you tell the difference between what you need to take to the floor and what stays in the back without scanning everything on the line.
With the change to myPerformance though, it could be that this isn't a key metric anymore. I haven't dived into the backroom metrics with myPerformance.
Typically your NOP product will have some kind of info on the pick label that will give you a bit of insight on what's going on with it. If it's on AD, it could be there will be staged off area on the floor...or it could be that the planogram isn't in the system yet, so there will be a T indicator(Transition) with the date letting you know when it will be set. But if it's NOP or D-Code at this point, been in your store for awhile, and it looks like there will be no space or planogram for it in the foreseeable future...mySupport it, and request a CLR markdown on it.
Don't get too excited about the asterisk. It is a nudge in the right direction, but it may have a 2nd location now, or it did a week ago or it might in the coming week.
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Or the HR TL had to tie a fake end cap to stay green.
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This. It just means that the item had multiple locations when the label drop occurred at the DC.
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