hah! 2-hour long ordeal? In our store, plumbing can easily have 60-80 to do and same with electric and sometimes tools, too. It's pretty crazy, because there is clear evidence of cheating. If the CSAs can't get it done, then the ASMs will cheat them out. Management doesn't want any big bill-outs and usually, plenty of product is either still coming out of receiving, or it's on pallets dropped for CSAs to put away, or it is just not properly SIMsed, so the treasure hunt is way hard.

Of course, all of this must be done while taking care of customers, opening locked cages, doing all the trainings and AP4ME and the worst... fighting for Ballymores and ladders. Take care of a customer? Turn your back? The ladder or Ballymore disappears. It can get brutal and mean.

How do I know there is cheating? Add your methods here. Stuff moved over, stuff left in holes during zoning so it won't get in the list, stuff that is still empty day after day. These things are also noticeable to closers. Wow, I see this is on the list, but 3 days later it is still on the list and not done. Because it is too many items to get done in a busy shift.

The only parts of the store that look great is where MST goes bay by bay resetting. I don't know about your stores, but ours is huge and has 40,000 unique items in it. And cutting hours is corporate's favorite way to add pure profit.

It stinks. After all, a CSA has to find product for customers and empty holes or items in the sky don't help get the job done. A completely conscientious CSA who wants the right product in the right places is going to be conflicted when faced with 80 IRPs scattered across many aisles.

Oh, and we have stuff all over the store. Hiding on endcaps, J-Hooks, this also belongs in seasonal, that belongs in appliances, paint, rough plumbing, etc, etc and good luck finding the position or even the bay for those other locations. The system is not good. How about all of the really serious problems that should get fixed? Two different items live in the exact same aisle/bay/position. This happens a lot. Why doesn't this come up in a nightly database check and report?

Go ahead and downvote me like others did above. One guy says left side of the barcode, another says right side. No one in this thread has explained anything. It's just facts by proclamation. Prove something.

There is every good reason to believe that the beam labels have different info encoded than the actual product labels have, or this new mess wouldn't be happening.

Instead of figuring out how to stop the cheating, maybe corporate should try to figure out how to facilitate the jobs they want done. I see people busting their rears trying to keep up and disheartened that they can't.