Pallet Labelling
John Bacon GMM Merchandise Support Coles Supermarkets
The Benefits of Barcodes • Increase accuracy & efficiency through the entire ‘Supply Chain to Sale’ cycle • Identifies goods & shipments quickly & accurately • Reduced identification errors means optimised handling and sale • For example, Scan Receipt 33% to 50% faster than visual \ manual
Carton Level Labelling • • • •
Store Use in Addition to DC Network Productivity Driver Optimal is a GTIN-14 on all Faces For reference material; http://www.gs1au.org/ information_library/us er_manuals.asp
Coles Pallet Label Requirements • As per GS1 Standards, Coles use SSCC’s (Serial Shipping Container Code) for Pallet identification
Between 400mm & 800mm High
50mm in from Right Hand Edge
Pallet Label Verification WIDGETS AUSTRALIA SSCC
• B2B Accreditation testing includes scan verification of suppliers Pallet labels • Ensuring at ‘Go Live’ compliant labels are entering our network
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Compliant Receiving Process • DC’s receive compliant deliveries by scanning the SSCC label on every pallet – This unlocks the ASN (Advance Shipment Notice) data transmitted by the supplier
• SSCC application to the correct pallet is essential to network efficiency & integrity – SSCC label mismatches can result in incorrect inventory entering our network
Most Common Pallet Labelling Issues Issue
Outcome
1 Pallet contains 2 different SSCC labels (e.g. front and rear labels don’t match)
Stock may be rejected, otherwise DC have to relabel the pallet(s) resulting in increased receiving time.
Pallet labels are transposed (e.g. Pallet ‘A’ is labelled as Pallet ‘B’)
Stock may be rejected, otherwise increased receiving time in locating correct pallet(s) and then relabelling them.
Pallet contains stock relating to more than one Use By Date / Batch No
Stock may be rejected, otherwise increased receiving time in having to down stack and restack pallet(s).
Incorrect label positioning on pallet (e.g. > 50 mm from right hand edge, or labels are placed on non fork entry point)
Stock may be rejected, otherwise increased receiving time (to locate a label on a non fork entry point). Increased OH&S issues for fork drivers if unable to scan label whilst on the forklift.
Pallet labels are not placed on the outside of the shrink wrap
Stock may be rejected, otherwise increased receiving time (to remove shrink wrap prior to scanning and then re wrapping pallet for putaway) Increased OH&S issues for fork drivers if unable to scan label whilst on the forklift.
Pallet labels fail to scan
Stock may be rejected, otherwise DC have to relabel the pallet(s) resulting in increased receiving time.
Failure Rate = 9.3%
Pallets Incorrectly Labelled
Pallets Incorrectly Labelled
Coles Label Compliance • The biggest emerging problem in our supply chain is incorrect SSCC Labelling: – Incorrect SSCC for pallet – In many cases the SSCC has been ‘swapped’
Item ‘A’ Labelled as ‘B’
Item ‘B’ Labelled as ‘A’
Scan Compliant GTIN Process • Additional verification that ensures the – Carton GTIN-14 = Pallet label GTIN
• With the introduction of this process, inventory integrity has increased significantly – Incorrect stock is identified during the receiving process – Is not put into a pick location – Is not delivered to stores
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