DC Glossary

1

100

Profits lost due to theft, mismarked or misrouted merchandise, and the inaccurate counting of merchandise. 

Shrink

200

Code used to communicate what type of job is bring performed in a specific area or group of areas. 

Job Code

300

The number of items that are in a carton sipped to the DC from the vendor. 

Pack Size

400

These are used to measure the DC's ability to meet business needs, turn time, and quality goals. 

KPI

500

The room where tickets are printed and bundled with the corresponding distro summary. Store labels are also printed here. 

Data Center

2

100

1. A manual or systemic audit of the merchandise in a particular are or the entire DC.

2. A report in the computer system that shows all merchandise distributed that had not been sent to stores 21 days after the date of distribution.

Purge

200

The month the buyer wants the goods to be sold in the stores. This predetermined month is the criteria used to decide whether newly received merchandise should be processed immediately or placed into storage. 

Ladder Plan

300

Unprocessed and processed merchandise held in the racks for future distribution. 

Holdings

400

A log that is maintained by the associate throughout a shift for activity that is not captured in SCAN and must be entered manually into PATS.

Indirect Logs

500

Plastic bag containing:

1. Bulk, loose items

2. 1 unit per bag

3. Bulk, single bag smaller items

Polybag 

3

100

Any associate who operates a tug, sit-down rider, reach truck, stock picker, and/or turret stock picker. 

Bulk operator

200

Merch that is too large or too small to be sent through a conveyor system. This merchandise is processed on pallets. 

Non-Conveyable

300

SCAN enhancement that supports the labor management system in providing this third party product with details concerning the job functions. 

Engineered Standards

400

The process of sorting and counting an order. It may involve sorting and counting by style, size, and color. It is the final step in processing and order after it is received. 

Layup

500

Taking a pallet, container, etc. out of storage (usually racks) that is processed merchandise (merchandise that has been sorted, ticketed, selected, and packed).

Processed Pulls

4

100

One of two man functions of the DC, the other being processing. The support functions move and track orders through the DC. In addition, they are responsible for the accurate tracking of and accounting for all merchandise in the facility. 

Support

200

Orders that remain within a processing department longer that the established standard of time. 

Old Dates

300

A box that merchandise is packed in when it comes into the DC, gets shipped out of the DC, and stored in the DC.

Carton

400

The labor management system used by TJX

PATS (Productivity Accountability Tracking System)

500

Price Ticket with an adhesive backing.

Gum Label

5

100

Grab several items at once in order to save time and energy; or performing the same task as many times as possible before changing tasks

Batching

200

Department responsible for auditing and ensuring that proper operational procedures are being practiced in the DC.

Accuracy Control

300

The automated DC system that tracks merchandise as it flows through the DC. 

SCAN

400

A 6 digit identification number generated by the SCAN system. It is assigned to each purchase order as it is received on the deck. A purchase order  may have multiple of these in separate trailers. 

Keytrol

500

The liaison between the planning department and the DC. Primary responsibility is to ensure that the merchandise received is what was actually ordered in quantity and quality. 

Merchandise Controller