Anatomy Of A Shelf Label

So I know you guys generally only pay attention to the price of an item, but have you ever wondered what that other mumbo-jumbo retail-ese on it is? Do you wonder what does it all mean?! Well, I'm going to explain that to you!

BEHOLD!

What That Shit Means:

Product Description - Tells us stockers WTF goes there. This matches the item description on the label that is on the box the product is shipped to us in. This item is a red PlayStation 3 DualShock controller.

Price - How much money you gotta pay for it, durr.

Department Number - Tells us what department the item belongs in. Dept. 5 is Media and Video Games (this does NOT include plug 'n play games...those go to Toys! Get it right!).

Shelf Cap - How many of the item will fit on the shelf/peg. Sadly, Home Office sometimes doesn't account for the size of packaging, so this isn't always accurate. I can tell you 8 controllers will not fit on this peg.

Mod Date - The date the current mod went into effect. Not really important, except during a mod change; you can look at this and see if mod has been changed for this section or not.

Location - This tells us where on the mod the item is located. You read it as CATEGORY - SECTION - LOCATION. When the UPC is scanned with the Telzon, it will also give you the department number. This information helps us find the item to stock it if needs be, especially if the mod for that department has been changed. If the item was deleted (taken off the mod) the Telzon will tell us "No mod in the system for this UPC."

UPC Number - This is the MOST IMPORTANT piece of information. Every piece of merchandise has its own unique code. We scan this when binning, when doing picks, price checks, and especially when stocking. The last 4 digits are what we focus on on the floor. In this example, they would differentiate the red controller from the black or blue one. Find the tag that matches up with the code on the packaging and you've won.

Facings - How many "rows" of the item should be on the shelf.



So as you can see, there's a ton of information we have to process when stocking. What amazes me is that some folks can't count and shove 12 items on the shelf when the shelf cap is like, 6 or something, and it makes our job more difficult than it has to be. YOU GUYS FAIL. It's hardly rocket science.