Stow Area Readiness
This is the percent amount of WIP per value stream and drop zone of the requested handoff WIP.
What is 5%?
The threshold for Problem solve backlog.
What is 30mins of Problem Solve?
The way the freight should be labeled and unloaded.
What is priority order/stow by date?
The definition of COW's.
What is Cart on Wheels?
This must be clearly identifiable to direct traffic to and near the DropZones.
What is a FIFO cone?
The IT equipment requirement for a Problem Solver.
What is a mouse, keyboard, scanner, printer and working computer?
Decant station at start of shift.
What has at least 1 empty carts or 2 stacks of empty totes at each decant station?
Area Readiness walk takes place.
What happens 30 min prior to SOS?
This is the percent amount of expected scanners at handoff more than the amount of stowers?
What is 10%?
The required supplies for a Problem Solver.
What is cutter, pen, post-its, adhesive tape and paper for printer?
Required percent extra of supplies at dock supply station for hand off.
What is supplies at dock supply station for shift planned staffing + 10%?
The metric most impacted by Area Readiness.
What is Fast Start?
The number of sufficient charged batteries for all scanners.
What is +20% of all scanners?
The benchmark distance of PS/Sweeper Areas to Stow Buffer Areas.
What is within 10m/30ft of Stow Buffer Areas?
The required area readiness for receive stations at EOS hand off.
What are free of incomplete cartons or units, station screens reset for the next shift’s associates to perform virtual area readiness checks, stations equipped with an anti-fatigue mat?
The time the roster should be built.
What is 15 minutes prior to SOS?
The the benchmark standard for the amount of work in each buffer at hand off.
What is 30-60 minutes worth of work in each buffer (requested WIP).
Sweeper areas have enough space for this many hours of problem solve units in totes and/or carts in dedicated problem categories like overage, missing, barcode issues damages, hazmat, etc.
What is 2 hours?
These are staged in the correct designated parking stations and charging at EOS.
What is PIT equipment?
5S or Area Organization.
What is the acronym for Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain (effective workplace organization and standardized work procedures, based on five Japanese words)- Mostly used in fulfillment centers?