Archived PICK LABEL: IN DEPTH ANALYSIS

[Penrose]

So, this morning ETL challenged my understanding of the pic label. I sort of have a general understanding of it since day 2, but I decided it's time to investigate further and evaluate my understanding of it.

I'm doing this backwards.

Example 1:

Command: Aisle 8 , get item 72

If Main Aisle is on the left side:
That should be:
1. Aisle 8
2. 2nd section
3. Fifth shelf
4. 4th item on the self

My formula:
That is A8(2)-5-4

I am missing a number.

LOL

 

[Penrose]

To be fair, when I started pushing in the market, one lady told me that some of the items are not in order, so I should just kinda eyeball it. I also noticed that with toys, a lot of stuff are not in the correct place.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Here is the correct pick label: thanks @RetailWorld
On the pick label, there can be a few "indicators" that dictate what to do with the product. On the label, it will be near the "Ad 08/21" in the example. If there is a "P", it means it needs to be pushed out. If there is an "S", it means stage. "B" means it's backstock...and part of the backrooms metrics is making sure that all product that has a "B" indicator gets backstocked. Otherwise your team is being inefficient and taking stuff out to the floor when they don't have to. If your store is a "Push All" store, this is how you tell the difference between what you need to take to the floor and what stays in the back without scanning everything on the line.

With the change to myPerformance though, it could be that this isn't a key metric anymore. I haven't dived into the backroom metrics with myPerformance.

Typically your NOP product will have some kind of info on the pick label that will give you a bit of insight on what's going on with it. If it's on AD, it could be there will be staged off area on the floor...or it could be that the planogram isn't in the system yet, so there will be a T indicator(Transition) with the date letting you know when it will be set. But if it's NOP or D-Code at this point, been in your store for awhile, and it looks like there will be no space or planogram for it in the foreseeable future...mySupport it, and request a CLR markdown on it.

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[redeye58]

My formula:
That is A8(2)-5-4

I am missing a number.

The number in parentheses would be your POG number so it could be A8(2) 2-5-4
if the POG were "2".

 

[Penrose]

Thanks @redeye58

Assigning each variable with a letter:

A = the aisle number
B = POG
C= SECTION
D = SHELF
E= horizontal position on the shelf, counting from the position nearest the main section.

Is B always equal to C?

In other words, if it is an ENDCAP, will it look like this:

A8(00) 00-5-4?

Are there situations when B is not equal to C?

 

[redeye58]

Augh! My eyes!
Didn't know the font could go that huge.

 

[Penrose]

So I understand about the UPC label - last 5 digits at the bottom, and in the shelf label, that can be found at those 2 areas:
006 = number of lines, how many lines it occupies in the shelf

3-7-1
1. 3rd section
2. 7th shelf
3. first item from the main aisle

Now, the DPCI - that is a different number from a UPC. Is that more like the TARGET self-assigned code?

 

[Penrose]

Augh! My eyes!
Didn't know the font could go that huge.

sorry about that, I re-sized the image a bit.

 

[Penrose]

The end or a break of section is marked by these break lines, look at the top shelf...

I know this is kind of intuitive, but ETL doesn't seem to believe I understood this part.

 

[redeye58]

Yes, the DPCI is a Target-assigned number.
Ofttimes you can scan a UPC during PLU & it will give you the DPCI as well.
And yes, those are break points.

 

[Penrose]

What's the difference between an ENDCAP and SIDECAP?

 

[yddd]

Side caps are those little plastic things that hang near the end of an aisle on the inside. They'll show up as (99) or (98) on the pick label.

 

[TiedAndDropped]

The (2) means that the POG starts in section 2.

Example of three POGs in aisle A8, which is six sections long:
The first POG is three sections long and is A8(1) as it starts in section 1.
The second POG is one section long and is A8(4) as it starts in section 4.
The third and final POG is two sections long and is A8(5) as it starts in section 5.

A six section aisle could have anywhere from one to six POGs set.

If we were standing in an aisle I could explain schematics to you in five minutes. Writing it all out, including Standard and Reverse, would take me an hour.

 

[Penrose]

Side caps are those little plastic things that hang near the end of an aisle on the inside. They'll show up as (99) or (98) on the pick label.

So, basically, like the one above?

 

[Penrose]

The (2) means that the POG starts in section 2.

Example of three POGs in aisle A8, which is six sections long:
The first POG is three sections long and is A8(1) as it starts in section 1.
The second POG is one section long and is A8(4) as it starts in section 4.
The third and final POG is two sections long and is A8(5) as it starts in section 5.

A six section aisle could have anywhere from one to six POGs set.

If we were standing in an aisle I could explain schematics to you in five minutes. Writing it all out, including Standard and Reverse, would take me an hour.

I modified my excel image - is this correct?

For example:
Command: Aisle 8, Get 136
1. Aisle 8
2. POG 3
3. Section 5
4. 6th shelf
5. 3rd position

A8(3) 5-6-3 ?

 

[Penrose]

lol, I just realized I misspelled Aisle to ASILE in my images. ..

 

[Retail Girl]

I modified my excel image - is this correct?

For example:
Command: Aisle 8, Get 136
1. Aisle 8
2. POG 3
3. Section 5
4. 6th shelf
5. 3rd position

A8(3) 5-6-3 ?

Sections start over at the beginning of a new POG. So it's really A8(3) 1-6-3

 

[Retail Girl]

lol, I just realized I misspelled Aisle to ASILE in my images. ..

I'm okay with that. What I cannot stand is when people use "isle" when they really mean "aisle." So a simple typo is fine.

 

[Penrose]

Sections start over at the beginning of a new POG. So it's really A8(3) 1-6-3

Hey, thank you, Retail Girl.

One more exercise:

Command: Aisle 8, Get 141 ( cell Y3 in Excel).
1. Aisle 8
2. POG 3 [5,6]
3. Section 6
4. 6th shelf
5. 4th position

Return:
A8(3) 2-6-4

 

[Penrose]

Now, I understand why my counting seems to be always "off". It's because I did not understand how POG works.

But somehow, I also see a problem here.

In real life, how do you know that POG1 = 3 sections, and POG 2=1 section, and so on?

Therefore, knowing which section is kind of a problem.

The only number that seems very obvious is the shelf vertical (top to bottom) location.

 

[Penrose]

Hey, thank you, Retail Girl.

One more exercise:

Command: Aisle 8, Get 141 ( cell Y3 in Excel).
1. Aisle 8
2. POG 3 [5,6]
3. Section 6
4. 6th shelf
5. 4th position

Return:
A8(3) 2-6-4

or maybe this should be A8(5) 2-6-4

to get the section number: 5+2 - 1 = 6 ?

I think this makes more sense.

This also means to count 5 sections, then start counting again beginning at 5th section -- one, two.

 

[Rock Lobster]

Hey, thank you, Retail Girl.

One more exercise:

Command: Aisle 8, Get 141 ( cell Y3 in Excel).
1. Aisle 8
2. POG 3 [5,6]
3. Section 6
4. 6th shelf
5. 4th position

Return:
A8(3) 2-6-4

No this is not correct. It is A8 (5) 2-6-4. The parenthesis is not saying its the third POG into the aisle, its saying where the POG begins. POG3 starts in section 5, and within that POG its 2-6-4.

 

[Penrose]

^^ make sense!!
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LOL

I just dissected something so basic, and made it complex! Socrates would be proud of me!!!

 

[Rock Lobster]

Well I wasn't going to say that reading a POG is easy but...

 

[Penrose]

Why not directly state the section number, why emphasize POG?