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So looks like instocks will be going through a big revamp in May. Some select stores are now starting to test, ours starts 4-13. No more instant substitutions will be done, set up rain check and that's it. This should help cut down time with RIGS since you wont have to print signs, scan them in and hang them.
We've been testing this at my store. Way it works is we will shoot RIGs daily (no more than 25 RIG tasks each day). The new process is more focused on 4x4 zone walks of all the aisles (ensuring good zone, label maintenance, brand, etc). You would do 4x4 walks on non-scan days (there is a schedule for which department gets walked each day). Research in full is split up into two all-store scan days. Tuesday is Grocery/Softlines and Wednesday is the rest of Hardlines. The rest of the week (including Saturday/Sunday) you will do just 4x4 walks and PTM tasks. The overnight flow team will shoot and push OUTS batches on non-scan days. Rain checks are definitely affected because thanks to the4 reduction in RIG tasks, we are not setting up rain checks to the extent we were before (Suggestion: Take your Store-Specific Ad Guide on Sundays and walk the ad and create rain checks). I have not heard anything about Instant Subs... although if those go bye bye I wouldn't be upset...
It will depend on how your store leadership wants to work the 4x4 walks in deciding who does them. In our store, my Instocks team is super-detailed and our STL decided to use them for the 4x4. Other stores it depends. The test has been mildly successful over the past few weeks... definitely been some bumps in the road but hopefully it will come together in the end.
Instocks team no longer does 4X4's, at least in my area (this is group direction from what i got). The sales floor now has the responsibility of doing the 4x4's since POG is doing all pog's and sales planners. There is supposed to now be 1 3-tier cart for lod and 1 for 4x4 team. Everyone on the sales floor is doing it but there is actually like 2-3 people assigned to do the 4x4's.
On scanning we were doing whole store with 1 scan day, then certain departments a day, and now were back to whole store scan every day for new outs and 1 total rescan day of everything. They have said they want stand alone but still have to wipe out the task list, so its unproductive to wipe the list when you can just scan as you go in the task list. I dont know maybe that makes to much sense for Target.