Accuracy Cadence - 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.

•     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.

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