subs are worse. Target seriously needs to build the rain function into the instocks app. Item is on ad and out of stock? "Scan/key raincheck pad and place on out of stock." Just make RAIN a webapp already!
Our TL likes for us to write the entire DPCI, just so there is no confusion. Your advice is greatly appreciated. I work in stocks by myself Saturday, so I hope all goes wellAnd subs now at least have the locations on them, it used to really suck when I had to run all the locs through the PDA and write them on the sub so I could find all the locs. I still ask all In-Stocks scanners to write the last 4 of the DCPI on the r/c pad to make them easier to find. This really helps when putting up subs for others.
We do a small description and the last 4 of the DCPI, cause it can help guest figure out which pad is which item. But all info on the pad itself is a huge help.. You seem to have a good thought process, keep it up.. Saturday can be mellow, but being the day before the Super Bowl, Market and all snack stuff would be good to make sure you scan for outs.. Otherwise I just make sure Market, Chemo and baby food are scanned..Our TL likes for us to write the entire DPCI, just so there is no confusion. Your advice is greatly appreciated. I work in stocks by myself Saturday, so I hope all goes wellAnd subs now at least have the locations on them, it used to really suck when I had to run all the locs through the PDA and write them on the sub so I could find all the locs. I still ask all In-Stocks scanners to write the last 4 of the DCPI on the r/c pad to make them easier to find. This really helps when putting up subs for others.
We started this nonsense right after Christmas. Seriously? If this is what they want they need to adjust the scan timeframe, increase the hours given to the IS team, get the freaking truck pushed, work ALL of the reshop, increase the number of brtm's so that the backstock is completed and stop pulling IStm's to help every other team that is behind. I'm so sick of the "routine of the day" that is usually fed to just one tm so that the rest of the team (if there is more than 1) looks ridiculous and incapable of doing their job. We do SAR, which adds an enormous amount of work since we have to go to all locations to check for outs. Without using the task list none of us has a clue as to where other tms have been. It just makes me weary.Anyone else's DTL put the "EVERY OUT EVERY DAY!" smack down on your store? Now we have to do all the RIGs in the instocks app then Stand-Alone "EVERY OUT EVERY DAY!"
Anyone else's DTL put the "EVERY OUT EVERY DAY!" smack down on your store? Now we have to do all the RIGs in the instocks app then Stand-Alone "EVERY OUT EVERY DAY!"
Oh yeah! That "Every Out, Every Day" bullshit will be the bane of my existence. Before they rolled out that policy, literally none (NONE!) of the ETLs knew the first thing about scanning things in RSCH or OUTS. Now they all run around the store with PDAs zeroing out counts because the DTL told them to. They pay no attention to dual locations. They frequently scan things with no regard to Best Practice. And it shows in our numbers as well.
Last year, my Instocks team (me and one other main scanner) were first in our group for lowest "Not Critical Low %" and second in the group for "Count Up %". I'm talking 2.04% over the ENTIRE YEAR compared to most other stores which were in the double digits. That just goes to show how exceptionally accurate we were at scanning. Now I see the ETLs regularly having Critical Low numbers upwards of 50% on about 150 scans. That's crazy. It's pretty clear that they just see something that is stocked lightly and use RSCH to get it pulled from the back. Or they scan things in the morning during their walk before Flow has a chance to stock it which then contributes to a higher Count Up % when we have to fix negative on-hands. And that doesn't even begin to address the problem we will likely have with shortage due to count updates.
Last year, my ETL-AP told me that shortage due to count updates in Cosmetics only cost us ~$2000 over the year when most other stores in our district averaged around ~$10,000. Something tells me that's not going to be the case this year.
They need to have an advisory panel made up of IStm's that have actually worked in the stores. I would like to see it made of tm's that are pre-task list, pre-IS team research tms, and current IStm's. THEN this thing could work right.