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Flossing Your Store
It would be difficult to devise a more purposeless use of labor than counting a store where SKUs are scattered about. Compared to counting, putting everything back in its right spot is a more effective accuracy process; we call this "flossing". Although your aisles should remain relatively straight through routine department maintenance, scheduling a deep "flossing" once or twice a year can really help with accuracy and in-stock position. Done thoroughly flossing can take 30 minutes on a SKU-dense aisle like electrical or plumbing or only a few minutes on a less SKU-dense aisle like cleaning chemicals. Guidelines Inspect every bin and hook in the aisle. Inspect every item in each bin/hook to make sure it is the correct SKU (an RF Gun may be helpful for SKUs with multiple UPC's attached). Lift and look under base decks where applicable. Look for orphaned inventory laying on base decks and make a home. After a department has been flossed, you may consider shooting outs as the flossing exercise can expose new holes. Print the Level 1 Checklist here! Next Step - Monitor IRA Previous Step - Back Stock Purge
It would be difficult to devise a more purposeless use of labor than counting a store where SKUs are scattered about. Compared to counting, putting everything back in its right spot is a more effective accuracy process; we call this "flossing". Although your aisles should remain relatively straight through routine department maintenance, scheduling a deep "flossing" once or twice a year can really help with accuracy and in-stock position. Done thoroughly flossing can take 30 minutes on a SKU-dense aisle like electrical or plumbing or only a few minutes on a less SKU-dense aisle like cleaning chemicals.