Archived Receivers Beware

[Circle9]

So I got a call from the receiver at a supertarget in our district during the week,the back room had shrink wrapped all their remaining back to school product and the receiver was told by the stl to put all the pallets on the sweep truck without any scanning or accounting whatsoever and it wasn't even a merchandise sweep week.The level of ignorance about what happens in receiving is amazing,it will be interesting to see how this situation developes.Management with experience will know how risky this is,unfortunately there are so many that do not know what they are doing and saving more hours will be so tempting.I wish all reverse logistics tms the best of luck.

For the last 2-3 weeks I keep getting asked when we're going to sweep back the pile of microwaves, pillows and other BTC stuff we have in the back. Or the water we keep getting. Or this, or that. Every time I give the same answer: when its on my sweep paperwork or you get me proof that we have approval to just send it back. I'm not repeating our "throw seven pallets of water on the trailer because the DTL said we could" fiasco.

Far as I know, still waiting on the ETL-LOG to get around to getting that approval. I'm a patient man, there's plenty to keep me busy in the meantime.

 

[Leonhart621]

Our receiver is one of the most important TMs in the store. Hell, she's out for one week and that workcenter was fucked

 

[missionimpossible]

For the last 2-3 weeks I keep getting asked when we're going to sweep back the pile of microwaves, pillows and other BTC stuff we have in the back. Or the water we keep getting. Or this, or that. Every time I give the same answer: when its on my sweep paperwork or you get me proof that we have approval to just send it back. I'm not repeating our "throw seven pallets of water on the trailer because the DTL said we could" fiasco.

Far as I know, still waiting on the ETL-LOG to get around to getting that approval. I'm a patient man, there's plenty to keep me busy in the meantime.

can't you just scan it and add it to the sweep ....

 

[Circle9]

can't you just scan it and add it to the sweep ....

I've tried and pretty much none of it will add to the batch. Of course I only just started actually pulling and sending sweeps a month ago so I'm probably missing something.

 

[vendordontmesswithme]

It seems like corp doesn't want to lower the required on hands for all the bts/btc. Cause so much will be swept back when they do.

 

[qmosqueen]

It seems like corp doesn't want to lower the required on hands for all the bts/btc. Cause so much will be swept back when they do.

hmmm, swept back, just sweep back into the compactor and be done with it !!

 

[tgtfla]

Our receiver is one of the most important TMs in the store. Hell, she's out for one week and that workcenter was fucked

the issue with having a great receiver is that the fact is not usually recognised until they are absent.

 

[qmosqueen]

the issue with having a great receiver is that the fact is not usually recognised until they are absent.

sounds just like my department ... a great PA once they are on vacation for 2 weeks all hell goes to hand baskets... expired milk, moldy fruit and empty shelfs, what do you expect !!

 

[Malkiacera]

Well this would be ironic considering we had two visits last month heavily discussing the reverse logistics processes and their importance.....

 

[pfreshdude]

Well that's a bunch of shit. They do need to figure it out that vendors are only a part of the job. When will this company finally realize that cutting hours is not the only answer? Somebody needs to get a clue.

I wish we could cut corporate hours and pay alot...see how they like it

 

[Redzee]

I wish the people who do the job had more input about how the job is planned or prioritized. We follow orders and sometimes get marched off of a cliff.

 

[SFSFun]

For the last 2-3 weeks I keep getting asked when we're going to sweep back the pile of microwaves, pillows and other BTC stuff we have in the back. Or the water we keep getting. Or this, or that. Every time I give the same answer: when its on my sweep paperwork or you get me proof that we have approval to just send it back. I'm not repeating our "throw seven pallets of water on the trailer because the DTL said we could" fiasco.

Far as I know, still waiting on the ETL-LOG to get around to getting that approval. I'm a patient man, there's plenty to keep me busy in the meantime.

Certain items in domestics are currently not allowed to be swept due to the RFID rollout. They don't want potentially untagged stuff ending up in other stores. Keep trying because they will eventually lift that restriction. Not sure if the microwaves have the same issue or not because we haven't been able to send them back either.

We never had any luck getting our water sent back but we got lucky and sold ALL of it over a few days in July. That seems to have unfucked the on hands. Just make sure the backroom backstocks and pulls accurately (no putting a pallet up and just backstocking 500 because they don't feel like counting). That should hopefully help.

 

[Going with the Flow]

This is hilarious. I can totally see Miss Bitchy doing this. I would just join the BR team and keep doing what I do now because it would still need to get done, but maybe I could get lucky and get help with the really crappy parts of the job haha.

 

[vendordontmesswithme]

Team member covering backroom you're need to reverse logistics to to take care of mirs, special handling. Also price change's salvage need to be stacked on pallets for shipment.

 

[Redzee]

Team member covering backroom you're need to reverse logistics to to take care of mirs, special handling. Also price change's salvage need to be stacked on pallets for shipment.

Donations and defectives. Arbitraries and electives. Sweep the floor watch the door. Go on a bender with your bestest vendor. Come in real early and stay real late. That's what makes receiving great.

 

[Circle9]

Team member covering backroom you're need to reverse logistics to to take care of mirs, special handling. Also price change's salvage need to be stacked on pallets for shipment.

I read this all in the Endyme voice. And now I'm wishing there was an Endyme for the receiving door (during receiving hours at least).

 

[SFSFun]

I read this all in the Endyme voice. And now I'm wishing there was an Endyme for the receiving door (during receiving hours at least).

Oh that would be awesome and horrifying at the same time if it was put outside the door in place of the doorbell.

 

[signingminion]

My receiver is a complete troll. He'd like to think nobody can do it like he can, but every other receiver has made tl within a year of moving to that spot...

...plus the instocks tl ran receiving the other day...he also helped throw truck and run the backroom steel...

 

[mrknownothing]

Oh that would be awesome and horrifying at the same time if it was put outside the door in place of the doorbell.

"LOD, we really need you to come back and unlock the receiving door so the call button doesn't go to 3rd request."

 

[Bosch]

"LOD, we really need you to come back and unlock the receiving door so the call button doesn't go to 3rd request."

They would treat it like the call button at the time clock, take 30min to waltz up to clock in the employee. But by then the employee has said "screw this and already done the punch correction in the computer." And gone to work. They then get on the radio and say "It's not funny to hit the call button and walk away from it."

LOD, I was here a half hour ago and got tired to waiting to clock in. You called me in and then I couldn't clock in..

 

[tgtguy]

I agree that this wouldn't work. Number one the backroom team isn't getting enough hours to do backroom work...let alone receiving. So, IF they were to implement this they would have to give more hours to the backroom...so in the end I wouldn't think they would be saving payroll. Spot is going to have to accept the fact that in order to make money you have to spend money ( this means enough payroll to allow tms to get the work done and keep the stores looking great)

 

[Mysterious]

Looks like my BR team will never run out of things to do. Run FDC, BR, Salesfloor and other responsibilities. If my receiver hasn't heard of this, she will not be happy about this. She's been there longer then me. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[jenna]

I predict that if too many people "learn" receiving - that area is going to look terrible. There will be no true ownership of the area, in a typical target store. Some people will half ass it, and just push the work off onto the next shift/person.

History will repeat itself ie. the shoe department after Shoe Specialist position was removed.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Other specialists too

 

[qmosqueen]

I'm waiting for the day they remove my position of a perishable assistant. PA.

Moldy Berries and rotten bananas and expired milk and meat everywhere.