Make It GO

Make It GO

v. To force an ITEM to the SHELF, and not return any of it to the BACK ROOM. Within reason, this instruction means—if you must—JAM or HIDE any slight excess. See also BACK-SET OFFSET ROW, GO, HIDE, JAM, LAY-IN.

NOTE: You never want to do too much violence to the established order. So, if you have a lot of excess, you should being it back, regardless. It's possible your MANAGER or CREW CHIEF wasn't aware that, e.g., someone else had already filled the SPOT.

TIP: Go High in the Hole. For packages like facial tissues, which may have more than one “good” orientation, always opt for whichever arrangement fills the HOLE closest to it's ceiling. That way you'll get more PRODUCT to GO into the given space.

TIP: Offset a Set-Back Row. If it's round cans or jars, and there's a gap between the BLOCK at the FACE and the rest of the STOCK on the SHELF, or if there's a significant fractional can or jar's worth of wasted space at the front, you have an opportunity to get more up. Just shift a row of PRODUCT three or more rows back from the FRONT sideways, left or right, so that it's “hills” fit into the “valleys” of the row behind it, similar to the way the teeth of two gears mesh. As often as necessary to make the first three rows sit flush with the front edge of the SHELF, repeat the offset process, alternating left and right, and moving backwards towards the back of the HOLE. This compresses the distance between the centers of jars or cans in the offset rows, making a tighter “lattice” and thus more will GO to the SHELF. Candidates? Premium canned soups or tomato PRODUCTS, jars of spaghetti sauce, those little jars of baby food, etc. See PACKING THEORY.