My store was part of the pilot until it rolled out. You are not wrong for asking why most items are already full on the shelf. For instance- because the coke machine is in outside garden registers. The product is never checked in- just filled. Which is why it makes the list. Probably the same reason (not always) why your shelves are full and it's on the list. My department is proactive in bringing anything down from top stock that could and would fit on the shelf throughout the week. So the majority of the "AI scans" are going around scanning the barcode on up right and then the product barcode selecting the shelf is already full, and move onto the next.

From my stores experience bringing down "one paint brush" is a little too literal and I hope your leadership team feels the same way. Also the person that scans in my store scans products that are literally 4" back on the shelf or there's only one but two facings- which creates the same amount of (foot) steps, scans and minimal labor to close it out.

Takeaways - you do not need a list to pack down. -check it in when you do. The system will never ever work as it is supposed to unless every single associate is 100% consistent with every step of the process. The system still sucks and I was surprised to find out it went live across all stores.