We zone to plano, then fill the holes with D-coded items using a price cut shelf label holder with the dcoded label in it. Makes Dcoded easy to spot.
Its funny that this was mentioned... I usually suggest this all the time in tons of departments! I'm surprised I didn't think to mention it! For some reason its a fit all fix to keep something full without breaking the planogram! Now that I think about it I would do this...
1) Zone the shoes back to planogram (probably focus on an aisle at a time)...
2) Research all the shoes accurately and dot them like normal on Thursdays
3) For the first week no flexing (give it time to react), then begin the flip label process HOWEVER go off the LRD while researching... you don't want to overflex (this is a waste of payroll to fill a hole that will be filled in a few days)... If the LRD is from the Thursday before (hence a week old... this is a safe amount of time to wait for replenishment) then I would put a flip label over it and flex dcoded shoes into its spot (or even just same style different size)...
4) As item replaces come up, handle them like your ETL and TL have set up for you! If its marking the display in a special way do that, if its something else work with what you got!
5) As soon as aisle goes MPG (or you know its going MPG a week or so in advance) begin pulling label strips and following PTM best practice in shoes!