Archived Suddenly Flow?

[PullMonkey]

Because of Easter this Sunday, we're moving ad setup to early Monday morning, and instead of having me leave at 6 in the morning, I'm being put on Flow for a couple hours. Specifically, "Unload - Stocking". The most I've ever done relating to that is dealing with OneSpot push.

Anything I need to know/advice?

 

[Flowmotion]

Probably helping with the Wave. They'll just tell you to hop in an aisle already bowled out and ready to stock. Usually there is someone who snags up the back stock as they go, just leave it at the end of an aisle or if there is a vehicle provided.

With being on Ad Prep, you probably have a walkie, so don't be shy and call out to the Flow TL for direction.

 

[PullMonkey]

So many words I don't understand...

 

[Flowmotion]

Well, if you can read a pick label then you already look better than a new Flow hire. Communicate with the Flow Team Leader and see what they want you to do. Maybe they don't even need you that day and will ask if you want to go home instead.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Good chance, you will be doing ad till 10am.

 

[soL]

Sometimes they schedule you under a different department because yours doesn't have the necessary amount of hours. You'll probably still be doing ad.

 

[PullMonkey]

Mm, good point. Oh well, guess we'll see.

 

[RetailWorld]

If you can read a pick label and know how to stock multiple locations you're going to do fine

 

[PullMonkey]

Ha, so now I am suddenly flow. I ended up helping with truck after ad setup like I thought, and they liked me, so now I'm doing it more often.

Any tips I should know? I've got the basics down at this point

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

How to read this label can help you, from another thread:
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.