Could someone get in trouble for scanning something out as a demo then throwing it in the trash? They say it will help you shrink but it sounds like fudging numbers to me.
I guess it depends on how much they scan out and if it's all of the same type of item. For example, you could scan out a bunch of fruit pies as samples, but it would look suspicious if you scanned out everything else in addition to pies as samples too. I'm not exactly sure how scanning it out as samples helps with shrink. An unsold item is an unsold item.
I guess it depends on how much they scan out and if it's all of the same type of item. For example, you could scan out a bunch of fruit pies as samples, but it would look suspicious if you scanned out everything else in addition to pies as samples too. I'm not exactly sure how scanning it out as samples helps with shrink. An unsold item is an unsold item.
I could see a number cruncher categorizing shrink and allowing a certain limit for several categories:Theft, Damage, Out Date, Demo/Sample.
And then another number cruncher will see those Demo shrink figures and expect sales for that item to be greatly increased.
Trust me. Someone watches the numbers. One day a pallet of water was in the building and the next day it was gone and we didn't sell much in between. Maybe a vendor swiped it! I scanned it out as theft. It only took 2 days for someone to email my store managers and ask me about it. After that, the theft selection was removed from cao or harder to select.
-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Saturday 28th of September 2019 01:57:52 PM
I guess it depends on how much they scan out and if it's all of the same type of item. For example, you could scan out a bunch of fruit pies as samples, but it would look suspicious if you scanned out everything else in addition to pies as samples too. I'm not exactly sure how scanning it out as samples helps with shrink. An unsold item is an unsold item.
I could see a number cruncher categorizing shrink and allowing a certain limit for several categories:Theft, Damage, Out Date, Demo/Sample.
And then another number cruncher will see those Demo shrink figures and expect sales for that item to be greatly increased.
Trust me. Someone watches the numbers. One day a pallet of water was in the building and the next day it was gone and we didn't sell much in between. Maybe a vendor swiped it! I scanned it out as theft. It only took 2 days for someone to email my store managers and ask me about it. After that, the theft selection was removed from cao or harder to select.
-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Saturday 28th of September 2019 01:57:52 PM
Maybe you should have inquired more about the missing pallet of water before assuming it was stolen. I can't imagine using theft as a reason for scanning something out unless you actually see the item being stolen.
If you mark something out incorrectly on purpose you're liable to get in trouble, no matter what your manager says; especially if it's a large amount of something. Instead of having a large spike under "theft" your manager wants you to mark things under different categories so the numbers look better and they have a smaller amount of noticeable shrink.
It's an extremely dodgy thing to ask an employee to do.
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I guess it depends on how much they scan out and if it's all of the same type of item. For example, you could scan out a bunch of fruit pies as samples, but it would look suspicious if you scanned out everything else in addition to pies as samples too. I'm not exactly sure how scanning it out as samples helps with shrink. An unsold item is an unsold item.
I could see a number cruncher categorizing shrink and allowing a certain limit for several categories:Theft, Damage, Out Date, Demo/Sample.
And then another number cruncher will see those Demo shrink figures and expect sales for that item to be greatly increased.
Trust me. Someone watches the numbers. One day a pallet of water was in the building and the next day it was gone and we didn't sell much in between. Maybe a vendor swiped it! I scanned it out as theft. It only took 2 days for someone to email my store managers and ask me about it. After that, the theft selection was removed from cao or harder to select.
-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Saturday 28th of September 2019 01:57:52 PM
Maybe you should have inquired more about the missing pallet of water before assuming it was stolen. I can't imagine using theft as a reason for scanning something out unless you actually see the item being stolen.
You are correct. Hindsight is 20/20.
I order the water pallets and grocery bags and half the grocery department. I keep track of how many pallets are in the building everyday that I work. 6 days a week at the time.
I am certain there was a pallet on the sales floor and another pallet in the back room one morning. I returned that night and we didn't sell many. The pallet was no longer in the back room.
If it was a store transfer, an E40 would have been viewable. The only other explanation would be someone parked the pallet of water at the fuel station.
I fix the Water BOHs once a month. We lose about 3 pallets of water a month. Either they were not delivered on my days off or they are walking out the front door in the BOB.
I rarely use Theft as a reason. Example would be an empty box of cold medicine in the cat food aisle. We used to find empty $60 liquor boxes often but now we lock the expensive stuff up and leave only the empty boxes on the shelf. The customers have to give the empty box to the cashier so they can get it out of the cage.
This is mostly due to food safety rules. It's like when customers bring back bags and asks if we can reuse them. Once the bag has left the store or even been used once it has to be thrown out for food safety.
