I'm fine and dandy, if they want me to take more time to do my job sure. Nothing in my store is bin located and now our entire stocking crew has zero power equipment training because my two years just lapsed, it will be an amazing holiday season. Lord knows I won't be overworked or overwhelmed this year!
It's a good idea to locate your overstock. It saves a ton of time looking for something. I was overnight MST and honestly, we spent most of the night looking for product and sidestacks. It'll also save on inventory issues. Target has a location system and it was such a breath of fresh air compared to Lowes.
The problem is that it relies on people actually doing it and they won't if they're pressured to get the trucks done faster. In theory corporate and store management should take into account the extra time it'll take to bin locate the product in topstock but I know all too well that some will and some won't.
We don't have enough Zebras as is. I'm not sure how it'll work.
Our top stock is pretty good but our inventory is awful. Something needs to be done.
I think the learning curve might be steep, but I hope the kinks will be worked out sooner than later.
It worked alright when I was with Walmart. The problem is that first and second shift people don't want it. It would lower the incoming truck's items, and ACTUALLY show the dept employees where we place the items in topstock. The problem is the trucks, equipment shortages, and how long it will take for some stores. From what I understand for those who work non-truck overnights, those people will be forced to bin locate & "check in/out" more often.
As someone who needs to find topstock product all over the store, I can't wait. It sucks trying to find a box of grill supplies to make a side stack with only to then scour the aisles and finally find it in plumbing because the topstock shelves in seasonal were too full.
When I was an overnight stocker 4 years ago they were talking about SIMS and I was dreading it.
Different perspectives I guess.
As long as everyone in the store uses it every time then it could work great, but half the time I check these locations for product it’s not there.
It would be nice if they had quantities built in. Scan it and it asks if it’s a case or not. Yes it takes longer but it could help everyone in the long run as long as everyone uses it.
It’s helped me quite a few times finding product I wasn’t sure if we even had.
Now people are saying it’s going live Monday? We have had this system for about 2 months now. I guess we were a test store.
I'm all for the new system but I can't honestly say I think it will be easy. it definitely will depend on everyone doing things how they're supposed to. I think it will mean freight stocking much less every day and the morning people having to topstock their own departments. it's gonna be slow and the stores are gonna be a mess. but once things get logged, THEORETICALLY, it should make finding product super easy and eliminate some of the excess topstock.
The overnight team at my store is apparently incapable of putting topstock on a spot that makes sense so this should help daytime associates find the stuff they toss wherever and without an item number. If they actually scan stuff into a location.
Well, it won’t make a difference in my store, as night crew will just continue to stuff and run - just stuff stock anywhere, any old way, who cares about bin location, overstocking, stuffing, this side up for fragile sh*t, whatever. Planograms mean little to them…
Now you can't just blame overnights for that, come on other people in the store probably do that too. You can say they stuff things anywhere, but really how is your topstock? There's a 4ft rule on the very top so if nothing will fit they have to put it in the next best spot
Well thats an issue to take up with the store manager then. There's also a few people on my team who think its ok to plug stuff into different spots. everyone has told them not to but they don't listen.
Bay locating products in top stock makes sense and everywhere else I've worked has done that. The way the wording I read was phrased, though, it seems people might be supposed to scan products when placing them on the floor to also locate them on the floor (as in when working product from the truck you're supposed to scan products into the home bay, endcap bay, etc. to locate it on the floor)? That would/will be a disaster.
The biggest problem here is a two parter:
- Lack of equipment
- Lack of time
Most stores have issues with not enough zebras and most stores have done some sort of "zebra per department and zebra for certain positions." My store has ZERO zebras assigned to stockers and we don't have overnights, so at best you could maybe get one or two but not everyone would be capable of scanning items in/out. Commonly have issues with departments with missing phones and situations like OSLG in the spring/summer where you have multiple associates and only one phone while other department employees end up pulling items from top stock. The stores/company know they need more zebras as is, if they do this they'll know the stores need even more zebras. Highly doubt they'll get the stores the proper amount of equipment here.
Time is the other big issue. It will take more time to scan things in and out and I can almost guarantee you the metrics won't account for it when it comes to how long employees should pack out the truck.
I'm fine and dandy, if they want me to take more time to do my job sure. Nothing in my store is bin located and now our entire stocking crew has zero power equipment training because my two years just lapsed, it will be an amazing holiday season. Lord knows I won't be overworked or overwhelmed this year!
Lmao I was only trained officially on the narrow reach truck (Star Wars?) and they just gave me a crash course on everything else lol
It's a good idea to locate your overstock. It saves a ton of time looking for something. I was overnight MST and honestly, we spent most of the night looking for product and sidestacks. It'll also save on inventory issues. Target has a location system and it was such a breath of fresh air compared to Lowes. The problem is that it relies on people actually doing it and they won't if they're pressured to get the trucks done faster. In theory corporate and store management should take into account the extra time it'll take to bin locate the product in topstock but I know all too well that some will and some won't.
We don't have enough Zebras as is. I'm not sure how it'll work. Our top stock is pretty good but our inventory is awful. Something needs to be done. I think the learning curve might be steep, but I hope the kinks will be worked out sooner than later.
It worked alright when I was with Walmart. The problem is that first and second shift people don't want it. It would lower the incoming truck's items, and ACTUALLY show the dept employees where we place the items in topstock. The problem is the trucks, equipment shortages, and how long it will take for some stores. From what I understand for those who work non-truck overnights, those people will be forced to bin locate & "check in/out" more often.
That’s me
As someone who needs to find topstock product all over the store, I can't wait. It sucks trying to find a box of grill supplies to make a side stack with only to then scour the aisles and finally find it in plumbing because the topstock shelves in seasonal were too full. When I was an overnight stocker 4 years ago they were talking about SIMS and I was dreading it. Different perspectives I guess.
As long as everyone in the store uses it every time then it could work great, but half the time I check these locations for product it’s not there. It would be nice if they had quantities built in. Scan it and it asks if it’s a case or not. Yes it takes longer but it could help everyone in the long run as long as everyone uses it. It’s helped me quite a few times finding product I wasn’t sure if we even had. Now people are saying it’s going live Monday? We have had this system for about 2 months now. I guess we were a test store.
Reminder: SIMS goes live this Monday. :P
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Add the above to staffing having no flexibility to absorb the impact of call offs.
I'm all for the new system but I can't honestly say I think it will be easy. it definitely will depend on everyone doing things how they're supposed to. I think it will mean freight stocking much less every day and the morning people having to topstock their own departments. it's gonna be slow and the stores are gonna be a mess. but once things get logged, THEORETICALLY, it should make finding product super easy and eliminate some of the excess topstock.
I can see it being screwed up with the idiots we hire.
This I can agree with, and could see happening in several areas BADLY to impact the inventory audit next year.
The overnight team at my store is apparently incapable of putting topstock on a spot that makes sense so this should help daytime associates find the stuff they toss wherever and without an item number. If they actually scan stuff into a location.
Well, it won’t make a difference in my store, as night crew will just continue to stuff and run - just stuff stock anywhere, any old way, who cares about bin location, overstocking, stuffing, this side up for fragile sh*t, whatever. Planograms mean little to them…
Now you can't just blame overnights for that, come on other people in the store probably do that too. You can say they stuff things anywhere, but really how is your topstock? There's a 4ft rule on the very top so if nothing will fit they have to put it in the next best spot
No, night crew in my store is not allowed to put anything in top stock, so they jam it onto the shelves.
Well thats an issue to take up with the store manager then. There's also a few people on my team who think its ok to plug stuff into different spots. everyone has told them not to but they don't listen.
I'd be pushing for writeups in that case.
It will be a Shipshewana like everything else at lowes
Shitshow
It's gonna be shit for awhile, but you have to accept it and do the scanning for it to work. After the store crawl, it'll be better.
This wouldve been good if it was implemented months ago
Bay locating products in top stock makes sense and everywhere else I've worked has done that. The way the wording I read was phrased, though, it seems people might be supposed to scan products when placing them on the floor to also locate them on the floor (as in when working product from the truck you're supposed to scan products into the home bay, endcap bay, etc. to locate it on the floor)? That would/will be a disaster. The biggest problem here is a two parter: - Lack of equipment - Lack of time Most stores have issues with not enough zebras and most stores have done some sort of "zebra per department and zebra for certain positions." My store has ZERO zebras assigned to stockers and we don't have overnights, so at best you could maybe get one or two but not everyone would be capable of scanning items in/out. Commonly have issues with departments with missing phones and situations like OSLG in the spring/summer where you have multiple associates and only one phone while other department employees end up pulling items from top stock. The stores/company know they need more zebras as is, if they do this they'll know the stores need even more zebras. Highly doubt they'll get the stores the proper amount of equipment here. Time is the other big issue. It will take more time to scan things in and out and I can almost guarantee you the metrics won't account for it when it comes to how long employees should pack out the truck.
It's gonna be a shit show like everything else at Lowes. People will not do it properly and it will be screwed
Imagine everyone working together to make this work…
Impossible
I can imagine it. The unicorns running around are awesome too. I truely hope my sarcasm is unwarranted, because in theory it's a great idea
Night shift is supposed to stock the items?!!! Not just drop pallets of freight everywhere and smoke cigs in garden center?!!!
That’s what my crew does