Well, I guess this means we're finally losing our pricing TL position. We also have 3(!) softlines TLs; we could stand to lose at least one. I'm not sure what other TLs would get cut, but I'd be fine with losing our current ETL-GE.
Pricing at lesat around here is PRICING AND POG as the PPTL... I thought that was the general consolidation company wide.
The contraction happened before I was in the loop... so the actual PAPER POSITIONS eliminated by org chart/AE and what we got rid of, other than the CTL may be different. We have a habit of shuffling ETL and TL positions around other than Logistics. Mainly to move dead weight TL(s) who couldn't handle the spot.
ETLHL is basically ETLSF/GE/C
ETLHR
We have THREE SrTLS for some reason, one is technically SrGSTL, the other is..welll..umm.. SF.. the third is split between HL/C
The biggest problem my store had when we switched to a 4 AM process was that Flow wouldn't get out of their bad habits, which led to lots of confusion for the first few weeks. For some reason, after a certain time, they'll backstock anything. Pulls being done by InStocks were being re-backstocked as InStocks was pulling it. If a tub, even with a green or yellow chip clip on it, was in a certain part of the backroom, Flow would backstock it.
Flow doesn't backstock.
BR *backstocks*
The *LOGISTICS* Team =
Flow = Unload Truck and Push freight - we do not scan backstock into LOC or Pull or anything like that.
BR = Pulls, Backstock, FF, SFS
IS = Scans instocks etc., some do their pulls some don't
TWO (2) separate TL's here, Flow, and the BR/IS/FF one...
On the sales floor, be prepared to have stuff everywhere. There have been days were I couldn't open Photo because they managed to squeeze 3 tubs and a flat behind the counter and parked every tub available in front of the kiosk and blocking a fire door.
Ummmm...
Why in the world would you stuff this stuff in there.. we don't have any photo...but good gawd... why???? Oh and fire alley oh see other posts.. that is tantamount to a capital offense here from AP to the FM.
Tubs and flats AFTER STORE OPEN should be positioned BEHIND endcaps to be out of the racetrack and aisles, same with sortation carts from repacks for bath/bed/kitchen gadgetry etc..
Also, you might have to rework your own break schedule, because they'll all go at once. And after break they'll have huddle in the break room.
What are those????? These have been ELIMINATED. Push PUSH PUSH PUSH! Go home, at least for the majority of the team. Which leaves them with 3.5 hours. The only people who are staying longer right now are FDC Team and possibly some SL Girls to handle the explosion of stuff over there.
You will have a new definition of hurry.
Regardless of full on ON, 0400 or 0600, even worse if your some these ULV's at 0730!
FLOW = HURRY! HURRY!
HURRY!!!!!!! Any one not instilling this with TM(s) from the get go is going to have issues.
Flow callouts will be an issue.
These are always an issue, and exacerbated by things when it is good TM v. average.
Also keep an eye on the breakout and bowl. You do not want more on the floor than can be worked and then wear out the team picking up.
We only bowl market 100%, as it is too be done 100% by store open. At 0400 we bowled HBA, chem and Pets too, but you do need to keep an eye on HBA/Chem/Pets when they explode, but unless you really have some thing massive at 0400 you should be done.
I forget store volume and truck size for the thread starter, I think A, but if they have the Flow TM's, and should at A level, do NOT WAIT to START PUSHING! You need to have pushers in each of the areas you are bowling... and then if you want to WAVE through fine... But DO NOT BOWL for and HOUR (the entire truck unload) all that freight and then try to WAVE IT.. Unless you have 100% Rock stars on your team you will be picking this stuff up!
Oh and bowlers need to be accurate!!!!!!! AND Speedy... They need to know the area they are bowling and where stuff is to get it bowled within +- 1ft of the section... Yes I said +- 1 ft. If you bowl out something for section 8 in section 1 you are going to hear about it! READ the PIC Labels! That is why know where it is v. the labels is a good thing!
Additionally you may need to adjust how you sort freight from the truck in re who gets pallets v. flats. Market, HBA, Pets, Chem should be on pallets as you can drag them to the floor, bowl, empty and swap.
Other areas you need to look at where you are going to be after store open and be sure those are sorted on to flats so that you are not wasting time restacking from pallet to flat. (You might, but here , after store open, NO PALLETS!) So this may be something that has to be worked on.
Additionally you may tie up more buggies than management deems acceptable. It's a balancing act but it's done regularly.
Carts are limited in number and who uses them. Maybe like 10 for SL, 6 for Elect, and at most 10 for the bed/bath/kitchen gadgetry sortation, and about 10 for HBA sort... We used to use carts for a lot more but after getting all of CA's carts (THANKS!) we are no longer permitted to use them except for the specific areas. At 0400 we used to hog just about all of them... by 0800 we returned most of them... but at 0600 there is not enough even with reserves and STL no longer allows use like that. It was severely limited to those who had an absolute need.[/QUOTE]
