How does Target determine "push times"?

[Guy101]

I know this is somewhat related to my other thread, and this is more of a curiosity than anything else.

For background, I work in the supply chain and distribution industry as my "9-5" and work at Target a few nights a week just to cover expenses while my wife completes her doctorate. We use time standards for almost every position, and I have a strong understanding of how those are determined, as I have had to work with our industrial engineers on a number of projects. We use an engineered Labor Standard that takes every case product, measures walking distance, travel distance, product weight, and gives a time for each action; those actions are totaled up based on what items are being selected, and that is how the time is determined.

I was told that you get "1 minute per case", but that doesn't seem correct, or at least doesn't make sense from establishing a standard. All boxes are not created equal, all departments are not equal.

Does anyone have any knowledge as to how Target determines the "push time"?

 

[Ashfromoldsite]

They just pick a number out of a hat! Lol

 

[Captain Orca]

An unsubstantiated arbitrary metric pulled out of someone's ass. Push as best you can, ask an occasional question and under your educated and experienced breath tell (x) to screw themselves. It's just not that critical.

 

[MrT]

Thats not true the true times that target gives you on the truck paperwork is much better and substantiated through whatever data they have. Then the middle management and the store management try and use averages to make things simpler and just say each box is one minute and repacks are 5 minutes or whatever. So yeah target does use that engineered data and the information is there. Tbh the numbers may actually be overvalued if everything is done correctly. When I did inbound I would show them the hard data given and the payroll being understaffed, but it wouldn't matter it was always a just make it work attitude.