A2 inbound. We work ART, which is the automated receival, and the manual dock, which is breaking apart pallets by hand, at a 80%-20% split (repetitive motion issues).
On the manual dock, you use the RC (forklift) to pull out pallets, break them apart, if they are mixed freight, sort out flow, which is headed to OB immediately or reserve which goes into the warehouse, rebuild the reserve into pallets, receive and stage the freight. Sometimes you may also have full pallets of reserve our flow, which you receive and stage accordingly. Our expectations are to being receiving 330 reserve/300 flow per hour (depending on freight and flow/reserve volume can be a cakewalk or a stroll in hell). Also different departments/types of freight have lower expectations.
In ART there are 4 dock doors in a "set". 2 extendo lines and 2 manual doors. you can be either be in the truck sorting the fright onto the extendo, out on the line building all the reserve that comes around and receiving it, or on the RC moving the stuff being built to the staging area for warehouse to pick up. Being "on the line" can be extremely nerve wracking, bc same as OB, you can't let the freight back up on the extendo. More stoppages means less cartons being inducted, which is money being lost. On the RC, not only are you expected to move the freight being built, but you should also find time to work one of the manual doors as well (depending on flow/reserve volumes for your ART line). All while working in about 1000sq/ft with 5-9 other people and another RC. ART is extremely fast pace, but very easy to adapt too. Expectations are higher, you are expected to induct that same as the manual dock, but for each person on your line. So 4 man line is a rate of 1300/1200 flow/ reserve per hour, however when the art line is functioning flawlessly and there are few stoppages on the mezzanine due to jams and backups, it's quite easy. We've been pushing 10k cartons in roughly a 10hr time frame.
Specialty rolls include:
Sweeps---trucks that return from our stores are filled with trash, recyclables, returned freight, and other misc stuff. You offload it, log it, and send the empty trailers to OB to load again for the stores.
PIPO---receiving full pallets for reserve our flow. Offload it, receive it, stage it. No fuss no muss, easiest and most highly coveted inbound function.
Small package---receiving lower quantity, high dollar, items (iPhones, game consoles, etc.) Few ate trained here because it's such a meticulous process. Also highly coveted.
Non-con: receiving stuff to heavy, long, or fragile for the mezzanine. (Most funuture, bagged pet food, glass bottles/jars). Most hate it, some don't mind.
M&M: Music and Movies. These are received differently and each piece is received individually (instead of casepacks). Very few are trained in this function because it is such a meticulous process.