Describe that Defect
What does FPY stand for?
first pass yield
% of units that are stowed successfully without risk of quality errors
What is the difference between Zone based stow and Northstar?
Zone based stow tells you where to staff, Northstar tells you where to Stow
how many FRXs should we use in the Gatekeep process?
100%! :)
*important for Away Team members to teach using 100% FRX stickers before throwing carton on PIDs
What is machine gun stow?
item stowed within 1.25 seconds of their previous stow
What is Receive Overage DPMO?
when any extra item is received to a PO on which that unit does not exist or exceeds expected quantity.
*important for Away Team to teach using correct POs when checking in freight
Stow SIPs DPMO can lead to increase ICQA and PS Spend, list one root cause of SIPs DPMO?
1. Not following one piece flow - scanned not stowed, stowed not scanned
2. Masterpack incorrectly stowed
3. Receive errors
What is Decant Compliance?
measures number of transactions per cases decanted
*important for Away team members to not teach scan and dump
What does DPT stand for? What is DPT Compliance?
Damage Processing Tool, is a measure of the percentage of total Warehouse Damage units that are processed through DPT.
*directly impacts IB Gross AdjustmentsWhat is PC99 DPMO?
stower droped their container outside of a 15 minute window before/after SOS, Breaks, and EOS
Stow Scans out of Sequence is a lesson learned from previous launches. List the order of correct scan sequence (can list 3 most critical steps)
1. Scan Cart/Tote (6 sided check, find ASIN)
2. Scan Item (read screen, make space in bin)
3. Scan Bin (confirm the stow)
repeat
What is the difference between dropping and ending session? When should you use drop vs end session?
ending session will short out any remaining units, never end session if there is physical product in the cage
*hard to give feedback to multiple stowers if constantly dropping session and working out of same cages
Who is labor tracked under each function? *What are launch target rates?
Each to Stow Prime
ETSP West
ETSP East
Each to Stow Prime- VNA, 55 launch goal
ETSP West- Rainbow, 45 launch goal
ETSP East- Mezz, 75 launch goal
stower creates virtual shortage or virtual overage
23,000 first Wk target
What does ROBOTS stand for?
Right size bin/right size item
no overhang
no blocking
no overstuffing
titles out
similar asins not in same bin
What is FUD? What does red dwell time indicate on the FUD report?
Fulfillable Unfulfilled Demand
Units that are received and have customer orders attached but are not in a permanent bin
We risk the item getting shipped from another FC at a higher cost to us
Red- dwell > 24 hours
What is the difference between Northstar adoption and Northstar compliance?
adoption %: % of containers stowed with Northstar prior to stowing
compliance: % of containers where first item was stowed in the given aisle
What is a bin collision? Describe 3 types of bin collisions?
bin collision: attempt to stow in a bin with a filter that won't allow it to be stowed
Adjacent Bin Filter
ASIN/LPN Categorization
Locked Bin Filter
Unique ASINs filter
Weight Filter
*full list on START
list ASIN progression.
What is the difference between an XOO and BOO?
LPN, XOO, BOO, ISBN, UPC, EAN
XOO- assigned to items owned by vendors (fulfilled by Amazon) sold "as is" or "used" condition
BOO- assigned to items owned by Amazon, sold in new condition
Talk through initial fill strategy
discuss LE doc fill strategy
*VNA- closest to IB Dock (CAR for converting last aisles to rainbow)
*Rainbow- furthest from IB Dock
*Pallet - right after PIT parking
*Mezz- 2nd floor, furthest from IB Dock, using last VRCs
What are the four different MODs?
What type of freight can be stowed in the different types?
Which receive lanes does each type flow through?
M-MOD (Mezz)- bat bin, drawer, half vertical, library deep), Lines 1 and 2
V-MOD (VNA)- bat bin, drawer, half vertical, library deep), Line 4
R-MOD (Rainbow) - rainbow, Line 3
P-MOD (Pallets/Passthrough) - pallet single, passthrough, barrel, cantilever, ladder (no lane, captured through pallet receive)