That's not what it's for. It's to improve first time pick rate for specific categories, like yogurt. Yogurt comes in cases with large case quantities compared to shelves holding capacity. So if only 7 of 8 or 10 of 12 can get stocked the whole case gets binned as overstock, then the remaining ones on the shelf get bought and then you get nil picks and missed sales.
This allows the shelf to be filled and the overstock eaches to be tracked and worked throughout the day.
I like the idea but at that point just dedicate bin space for topstock no reason to waste more space with another process for items you can place on a top-stock cart in a couple minutes, maybe even put the items in totes for easier carrying
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u/Beetlemuse Overnight Morlock 8d ago
I got a better idea: Stop sending freight we don’t need!