etiquette you learn in training gets thrown out the window
when you actually STOW.
What IS stowing etiquette? The general concept is to put items in bins in an orderly fashion so that the "picker" (person who picks items from the bin to fulfill an order) an easily find the item and remove it from the bin without jumbling up the rest of what's in the bin. Also, not stacking one item on top of another item, behind another item. Not putting similar items in adjacent bins.
Well, the reality is the bins are all very crowded and its hard to find anyplace to fit your products in. If you have little items, you’re better off. Larger items – well, you’ll be searching around looking for SOMEPLACE to put at least one of these (and you probably have several LARGE items to stow of the same sort). If you are an organized, somehwhat obsessive compulsive person you must throw that out the window. Just find a spot and stick the product in there; hopefully it won’t be in a bin that already has 5 unique products in it. If that’s the case you get a nasty error “beep,beep,beep” and you must look for another bin. Oh, and most of the bins you actually find room in are on the very bottom of the shelf (necessitating squatting) or at the very top (necessitating locating a step stool). It is slow going, especially this first week we are doing “SINGLES”. That means even though you may have 12 identical products, you must scan each one separately then the bin you put it in. Next week we will be able to Stow Quantity where you scan the first (of multiple) item, scan the bin you will put these items in, then just enter a quantity. Something to aspire to!!
What IS stowing etiquette? The general concept is to put items in bins in an orderly fashion so that the "picker" (person who picks items from the bin to fulfill an order) an easily find the item and remove it from the bin without jumbling up the rest of what's in the bin. Also, not stacking one item on top of another item, behind another item. Not putting similar items in adjacent bins.
Well, the reality is the bins are all very crowded and its hard to find anyplace to fit your products in. If you have little items, you’re better off. Larger items – well, you’ll be searching around looking for SOMEPLACE to put at least one of these (and you probably have several LARGE items to stow of the same sort). If you are an organized, somehwhat obsessive compulsive person you must throw that out the window. Just find a spot and stick the product in there; hopefully it won’t be in a bin that already has 5 unique products in it. If that’s the case you get a nasty error “beep,beep,beep” and you must look for another bin. Oh, and most of the bins you actually find room in are on the very bottom of the shelf (necessitating squatting) or at the very top (necessitating locating a step stool). It is slow going, especially this first week we are doing “SINGLES”. That means even though you may have 12 identical products, you must scan each one separately then the bin you put it in. Next week we will be able to Stow Quantity where you scan the first (of multiple) item, scan the bin you will put these items in, then just enter a quantity. Something to aspire to!!
We are TIRED after our 10 hours today. Expected though. We are told we will be hardened and fully productive after 4
weeks. One can hope!!
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