Upcoming Operational changes

[gracefulfillment]

This is crazy. Are you a high volume store?

Yea. Store did over 80 mil last year. Flex was over 14 mil. Right now we average a little over 3000 OPU and 1000 SFS units per day.

 

[slowhands]

Have also heard stores testing afternoon unloads. Team unloads in the afternoon & another team comes in the morning to push.

This would be great for fulfillment metrics.
/s

 

[happygoth]

My store currently closes at 10 and the closers are NEVER out before 11, usually 1130-12. And when fulfillment finishes, we have to stay to support the floor.

We close at ten and all but the front end bolt. Floor TMs gone by 10:10.

 

[Rarejem]

But that was never a thing at my store. We close at 10 and everyone is clocked out within 5-10 minutes later...minus the GSTL and Closing TL. If the additional hour becomes a legit thing, there will be a lot of unhappy closers.

It was a thing at every store at one time. I'm guessing you have been with Target for a shorter time than those of us remembering going home at 2-3 am and having to come in late for a clopen shift.

 

[Greenandred]

What is this "huddle" you speak of? 😂

What is this "huddle" you speak of?

We’re having them again. My SD says that we got the go ahead. Huddle projects are back too. Hard when you have lots to do in your area.

 

[rd123]

We’re having them again. My SD says that we got the go ahead. Huddle projects are back too. Hard when you have lots to do in your area.

We always had huddle even when it stopped existing . Mainly for seasonal!

 

[Anelmi]

It was a thing at every store at one time. I'm guessing you have been with Target for a shorter time than those of us remembering going home at 2-3 am and having to come in late for a clopen shift.

Must’ve been more than 5 years ago then…,

 

[Rarejem]

Must’ve been more than 5 years ago then…,

Yes. I've worked for Target since before some of our tm's were born.

 

[DatBoi9497]

At my store all of gm and style stay an hour past close at minimum and even then they don't finish returns and zone. Our store gets trashed daily and we have like the highest returns in our group

 

[helloworld2k20]

Because we know where everything is.

My INF Scores says otherwise 😂

 

[KarmaToBurn]

From a GS standpoint this would be huge. GM experts never respond when we need an item pulled from the back. It was so nice to just be able to call “backroom” instead of trying to find the exact person who works the area

The problem with the DBO system is every individual is responsible for their own guests / area, of course if your store is like mine very few people are actually "responsible". Then there's no staffing to cover anyway... and I hate to say it but I worked for K-Mart and TRU at the beginning of the century and they both tried this modernization bullshit we're currently doing. I don't believe "third time's the charm" in this instance...

 

[SigningLady]

My INF Scores says otherwise 😂

Lol, I do pretty damn well saving fulfillment from INFs. Guess you have to be lucky enough to have right kind of Plano TM at your disposal.

 

[seasonaldude]

Modernization would be fine if Target actually gave the payroll to support it properly. However, in reality, here's a real conversation I had with our Inbound/PP1 TL a couple weeks ago.

TL: Hey, Seasonaldude, if you can jump out of fulfillment can you please push chem.

Me: Yes, but where's [DBO]? He nevers calls in.

TL: On vacation and no one else is scheduled for chem today.

Me: What? Did [ETL] just forget to schedule someone?

TL: No she had to cut DBO hours because corporate is demanding open to close coverage for back to school. We'll be down one area everyday for the near future. Today is chem's day.


Shit like that is one reason modernization doesn't work.

 

[Far from newbie]

Yes. I've worked for Target since before some of our tm's were born.

I told my ETL the other day :
”Did you know that the SAME year I started working at Target YOU started Kindergarten ?” It’s true, sigh.

 

[qmosqueen]

Didn't we used to have Priority Fill batches at one time? One for ones never made much sense to me when you are often only pulling one of a particular item that isn't even close to being out of stock on the floor.

Rigs

 

[Far from newbie]

Rigs

I remember RIGS - being a former INSTOCKS TL.

 

[jenna]

I thought RIGs was system lead Research (Research Investigation Group) -- aka now system lead Audits

 

[Far from newbie]

I thought RIGs was system lead Research (Research Investigation Group) -- aka now system lead Audits

Yes, years ago the Instocks team completed research tasks that were like today’s audits - the biggest difference was that those scans led to batches : that we had to pull and then push after ! The more we scanned - the larger the batches.

 

[Amanda Cantwell]

I told my ETL the other day :
”Did you know that the SAME year I started working at Target YOU started Kindergarten ?” It’s true, sigh.

I did that one time but in reverse to one of my ap TMs lol

 

[jenna]

Yes, years ago the Instocks team completed research tasks that were like today’s audits - the biggest difference was that those scans led to batches : that we had to pull and then push after ! The more we scanned - the larger the batches.

I was on the In Stocks team, too.

 

[Caliwest]

You honestly expect me to believe ETL's and TL's would be pushing EVERY day? That alone makes me think you perhaps forgot the sarcasm font. Thanks for the laugh anyway!

Ummm...first day ours have done so...in forever. Its true. No joke

 

[gracefulfillment]

We close at ten and all but the front end bolt. Floor TMs gone by 10:10.

I'm only scheduled until 11:30 and this is what my timecard looks like for the week so far. Still have to close Saturday night...

 

[flow4areasonuno]

I'm more cleaning/cashiering now but we on the front end get out around 10:15 at the latest. As long as I'm not on the floor I'm not inclined or needed to work past 10 anyway. I've seen the way people on the floor (figuratively) break their necks running around trying to get everything done at an impossible rate.

I do everything I can to avoid touching the floor stuff these days. Call me lazy if you want but I don't want to get the shit on my shoulders like the floor people here. My schedule says 10, I'll give you an extra 10 or 15 minutes if the end of day front-end lines are long but other than that, nah, not interested.

ETA: And while I'm talking about being glad I'm not one of those people, I'm double glad I've never learned fulfillment. Those guys get even more shit piled on them than the floor folks do!

 

[Rarejem]

I was on the In Stocks team, too.

Me, too. I thought and still think that it was the most beneficial team to keeping the floor full and looking amazing and I have worked on almost every team at one time or another. If they ever brought it back I'd want to be on it in a heartbeat.

 

[allnew2]

Yes, years ago the Instocks team completed research tasks that were like today’s audits - the biggest difference was that those scans led to batches : that we had to pull and then push after ! The more we scanned - the larger the batches.

The beauty of grey dots . And the store being full