Stockroom

Question 1

What is the purpose of the Garment Request Form (GRF)?

Answer 1

• The GRF is used to request garments from out of service inventory, and to determine the number of garments that must be ordered new to fill the orders.

Question 2

What are the major functions of the stockroom?

Answer 2

• Processing orders, maintain out of service inventory, Assembly, receiving, order filling, New accounts on boarding, inventory scanning

Question 3

Explain the distribution of the GRF.

Answer 3

• White & pink copies used for orders from DC and OSV.

* Yellow copy used for garments pulled from stockroom.

Question 4

How often should you purge the Stockroom?

Answer 4

• Quarterly

* As necessary to maintain organization and remove slow moving items.

Question 5

Define the following garment grades.

Answer 5

“A” - Brand new
“C” Grade - A garment with moderate wear, good condition, may have some slight stains.
“S” Grade - A garment with moderate to heavy stains with slight or moderate wear.
“D” Grade-

Question 6

What garments should be considered for in Plant Upgrades?

Answer 6

• R-4006
• Older garments that are thin/ no longer functional
• No longer meets our standards
• Unacceptable ink stains

Question 7

What is the goal for emblem expense % to sales? What factors contribute to this P&L line item?

Answer 7

• The goal is 65 % or lower. (location goal??)
• Peripheral charges applied,
• proper emblem management in the stockroom,
• prompt processing of out of service inventory contribute to controlling this expense.
• Using perfect print vs embroidery
• Emblem revenue for new accounts

Question 8

Explain the emblem recycling procedure within your operation. What does your emblem pull percent?

Answer 8

• Company emblems are arranged in bins on shelves and the bins are alphabetically arranged to allow for efficient location. Emblems that have been removed from out of service garments are put away by the end of each shift so they can be re used. Name emblems are arranged alphabetically in organized flat file drawers by emblem color, with the most popular emblem codes arranged for easy access.
• Our emblem pull percent is 69 %.

Question 9

Explain the Stockroom’s role in preventing duplicate orders:

Answer 9

• Making sure we are hitting our OWT
• Good communication with SSR’s on back orders
• Run the shortage report and find all garments on the list. Look into any garments missing for shipping dates.

Question 10

What is the purpose of the standard product line?

Answer 10

• This is the most commonly worn items
• Easy to fulfill orders
• Doesn’t require GM approval

Question 11

How should your stockroom be sequenced and/or organized?

Answer 11

• Standard product line easy to access

* Sorted by size/sleeve/grade

Question 12

Name 10 of the Material Cost 20 Keys:

Answer 12

• Rail organization
• Scrap audits
• Pull percentage
• Assembly schedule
• Double orders
• SSR feedback to stockroom
• Material cost by route
• L/R’s by route
• New account & power adds approval process
• Mis-measurements
• OWT
• OOS schedule

Question 13

What is Movex?

Answer 13

• Material cost invoice system for DC orders (pre SAP)

Question 14

How do you calculate your existing material cost percentage?

Answer 14

Money spent (cost of garments purchased)
Rental revenue (amortized)

The lower the better

Question 15

Define Garment Existing Material Cost.

Answer 15

• Cost of purchased garments for existing rental customers. Which is based on the depreciation of the garment.