Intern Curve Balls
Excellence School
KPI Review
Warehouse Performance
Performance Tracking
100

What is the ideal span of control for a supervisor to associates?

1 to 20 people 

100

Where is the excellence school, and what do we us it for?

Outbound side, next to the admin office door. 

For training and educating purposes.

100

What does KPI stand for? 



Key Performance Indicator

100

What does PD stand for? 

Performance Dialogue 

100

How often should you be having formal meetings with your supervisor?

Weekly

200

How many days out is the picking load shown on pd board?

2 Days 

200

Where do you find work instructions?

Excellence school OR ETQ

200

What does dock to stock measure? 

Bonus Question for 100: 

What is the actual goal for this KPI?

How quickly pallets are putaway to a storage location after receiving it. 

24 Hours

200

The meetings that are had every two hours to review daily progress, voice callouts, and discuss labor sharing is called what? 

Tactical

200

How often should you be having informal meetings with your supervisor?

Daily

300

What gate of the OMS First Choice cycle are we currently in?

5
300

Where is the training calendar located? 

Excellence School Boards


300

What does on-time delivery measure? 



When outbound shipments are dispatched vs the planned date

300

How many Gembas have to be completed monthly 

2 per member of leadership 
300

What is the main system we use to track our rates?


LMS (Labor Management System) 

400

What is the most important part of Gate 1 of OMS? 

Objectives and KPIs

400

What is a deviation? 

Anything done to complete an operational process, that is not standardized.


400

What does UPH stand for?


Units per hour 

400

How often should you be having PDs 

At the start of every shift

400

Acceptable variance for LMS scores when observing direct work 

-10% / +10%

500

What is a gemba?


Bonus: what is the definition of the Japanese term 'Kaizen' 

An observation of a process at the place of its occurrence. 


The actual improvement from observation

500

If a deviation is found on gemba, what visual management is posted for further review by the team? 

1 Point Lessons


500

What does direct hours% measure

The amount of time that the warehouse as whole is spent on a direct job code

500

Name three topics that are discussed during the start-of-shift PD meetings?

Safety, previous day performance, current day goals, misc announcements , inventory , quality, operational KPIs

500

Give one example of an indirect function
Give one example of a direct function 

Label accurately for points.

Note: Bonus for unmeasured direct (Auditing, 4eyes, wrapping) 

Direct: PCKS, LOD, RCV, UNLD, PUT

Indirect: Sanitation/Training/Clerk/Lead