Archived Difference between backroom tm's and flow tm's

[KornCobb]

I've been seeing alot of terms here that I don't understand such as "autofills" and "cafs".What exactly do these mean? What are the basic duties that a day backroom tm does?Any input and direction will be much appreciated.

 

[FlowMonkey]

Autofills are the ones the drop for the flow team, they are much larger than the CAFs, typically anywhere from 10hrs to 40hrs (depending on store I think this range covers most stores), they generally trigger to fill the shelf regardless of how empty it is(I have seen an entire case pulled for 1 item missing)

CAFs drop every hour from 1-5 throughout the day, typically ranging from 1-3 hour goal times, maybe a little more at peak times of the day they generally only trigger for items that are at less than 30% of their shelf capacity left

 

[konk]

BR day pulls cafs, works the last pull, pulls price changes, sets up the line, and backstocks any backstock. Also makes a bale and pulls items for guests.

 

[zephyr4]

I've been doing backroom operations for over a year and I'm learning to do stuff with the flow team. At my store, AUTOFILLS "drop" in the system for the backroom team members to pull in the morning. These autofills are the stuff that has been bought the night before after the hourly CAFS are done dropping for the backroom day team members (typically anything bought after 5 PM until closing). Usually, the autofill batches are distributed among 4 or 5 backroom tm's, which take each person about an hour to pull. Starting at 11 a.m. the hourly CAFS drop on the hour for the backroom day tm's to pull within the hour to uphold a performance score. At my store, the backroom day tm's also push the CAF batches.

From my understanding, the flow team unloads the truck, separates pushes and backstock, and the pushes get pushed out to the floor via flatbeds, pallets, and unused tubs in the morning (no pallets cannot be on the sales floor when the store opens). The flow team brings back the backstock for the backroom team to handle. Both the backroom tm's and flow tm's replenish the sales floor.

 

[KornCobb]

Thanks guys.But, what does the acronym "caf" stand for and can you define the term autofill?

 

[Formina Sage]

http://www.thebreakroom.org/w/index.php/Scheduled_CAF

AutoFill is the AF in CAF. CAF stands for Create AutoFill. That's actually an app in RFApps used to make manual pulls.

See, people call a "pull" a "caf" but it's sort of a misnomer. A "CAF" isn't a thing. It's just an acronym for an app that's used to manually create a pull that is otherwise automatically created by the system at specific intervals throughout the day.

It is more accurate to call an hourly pull an "autofill". Not a "caf".

 

[sigma7]

When you go into pulling autofills, there are options for autofills, scheduled cafs, and manual cafs. CAF is the shortcut to create a manual caf. I was told that CAF stands for computer automated fill, which makes sense to me because the hourly pulls after the autofills fall under scheduled caf.