Training Module 1:
Inventory Basics
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Description
What is this course about?
NomadGo will make inventory counts easier and faster, and more accurate. To ensure this, products need to be stored in a specific way. The following guide will provide you with key organizational principles to ensure proper storage set up and facilitate the scanning experience.
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Video: Store Setup
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Course Objectives
Understand the fountational concepts that form Inventory Basics
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Develop consistent, practiced, and effectitve inventory handling habits.
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Apply the Inventory Basics principles to real-world item handling senarios.
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3 Key Concepts for Successful Counts
In the video, we identified the 3 foundational practices for organizing your inventory items:
3. Keep labels forward facing. Try not to cut through the identifying labels.
2. Push items to the back of the shelf. Products should all touch the rear edge.
1. Store like items per row. Front to back, all items the same. Stacking is ok!
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Guidelines for Common Items
Applying Inventory Basics to Items You'll Find On A Count
Common Product Categories: Boxes and Loose Items
Flip the cards for simple handling guidelines
- Can be stored on shelves or stacked in off-shelf areas.
- Same item per row, stacking is OK.
- Label must face forward.
- Do not block front with loose items.
- One item per row.
- Items upright, tidy, pushed to back.Labels facing forward.
- Use Product Labels with visually similar items.
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Why can't I store items in front?
What do you mean by "a row"?
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Common Item Categories: Product Label Required
Flip the cards for simple handling guidelines
- Full cases upright; open cases on side with sleeves visible.
- Shelf label required, place in the bottom-left corner.
- All items pushed to back.
- Like items per row; stacking is allowed.
- Use-by label visible and accurate.
- Narrow side = front
- One SKU per row, pushed to back.
- Shelf label required, place in the bottom-left corner.
- Visible spout = open box.
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Where does the Shelf Label go?
What's the front of a pan?
Where does the Shelf Label go?
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MATCH
THE
ITEM
Drag the finger pointer to match each image with it's handling guidelines.
Start
Match The Product To The Principle
See Results
Drag the finger pointer to match each image with it's handling guidelines.
- Can be stored on shelves or stacked elsewhere.
- Label must face forward.
- Do not block front with individual items.
- Like items per row; stacking allowed.
- Use-by label visible and accurate.
- Narrow side = front
- One item per row. Items upright, tidy, pushed to back.
- Labels facing forward.
- Use Product Labels with visually similar items.
- Shelf label required, place in the bottom-left corner.
- Visible spout = open
- Push to back, pull from the front.
- Full cases upright; open cases on side with sleeves visible.
- Shelf label required, place in the bottom-left corner.
- All items push to back
scores
Points count results
1-2 Correct
3-4 Correct
All 5 correct!
Recap: Learnings so far
We have learned...
How to implement the Inventory Basics principles:
1. Push all items to the back
2. Arrange like items single file, front to back.
3. Face the item label forward
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Special handling for common item types.
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Examples of good and bad of item storage.
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Evaluation
Test what you've learned
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Summary
Final recap!
Summary
Managing inventory with NomadGo begins before you launch the app. Preparing your items and storage areas is an integeral part of the inventory taking process.
We discussed how to handle common item types, items with special handling, and tested your understanding of these foundational principles.
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Stopping to think is also learning: how are you applying these concepts in your store today?
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Inventory Basics
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Additonal resources are available. Click a link to Inventory Basics Guides and How-to's!
Inventory Basics: Product Storage by Category
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Inventory Basics Quick Reference Guide
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Do you have questions?
We are here to help . If you want to delve deeper into a topic, the Knowledge Base can be accessed here: Click to open in a new tab. Now you are better prepared to build consistent inventory taking habbits!
Thank you for taking the course!
- Whether you call them Pan Labels, Prep Labels, Use-By Labels these production stickers should be placed on the narrow side of the pan.
- Labels should be legible and smudge-free. If you can't read it, neither can the app.
- Stacking is OK as long as you maintain the one item, one row principle.
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Congratulations! Your knowledge is admirable; you could compete with the best.
All 5 correct!
Solution
give results
How many did you get right? Tap a number to continue.
- Can be stored on shelves or stacked elsewhere.
- Label must face forward.
- Do not block front with individual items.
- Like items per row; stacking allowed.
- Use-by label visible and accurate.
- Narrow side = front
- Full cases upright; open cases on side with sleeves visible.
- Shelf label required, place in the bottom-left corner.
- All items push to back
- One item per row. Items upright, tidy, pushed to back.
- Labels facing forward.
- Use Product Labels with visually similar items.
- Shelf label required, place in the bottom-left corner.
- Visible spout = open
- Push to back, pull from the front.
Bag-in-Box
Cups & Lids
Prep Pans
Individual Items
Boxes
A Row = one kind of item lined up in single-file from the front of the shelf to the back: Mustard with mustard, katchup with katchup. If you can't fit all products into one row, you can:
- Create a new row with the remaining items.
- Stack them if space allows and the labels remain visible.
- Move them off-shelf and use the app's adjustment functions to add them to your count.
1-2 correct
😓
Wow, it seems this wasn't your day... but don't give up! Every attempt is an opportunity to learn more
- Shelf Labels are placed below the associated item, under the bottom-left corner.
- Shelf Labels must be scanned first! This tells the app what it's counting.
- Scan from right to left to register all items while counting.
- Shelf Labels are placed centered below the associated item.
- Shelf Labels must be scanned first! This tells the app what it's counting.
- Scan from left to right to avoid mistakes.
Remember the Inventory Basics: One item per row. Don't store differently labeled boxes or loose items in the same row. The #1 cause for incorrect counts are incorrect storage habits.
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3-4 Correct
You're on the right track! You know quite a bit, but there is still room for improvement. Keep trying!
Inventory Basics
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Transcript
Training Module 1:
Inventory Basics
Start
Description
What is this course about?
NomadGo will make inventory counts easier and faster, and more accurate. To ensure this, products need to be stored in a specific way. The following guide will provide you with key organizational principles to ensure proper storage set up and facilitate the scanning experience.
10
11
12
13
14
15
Video: Store Setup
[this is where key concepts and time stamp will go]
10
11
12
13
14
15
Course Objectives
Understand the fountational concepts that form Inventory Basics
01
Develop consistent, practiced, and effectitve inventory handling habits.
02
10
11
Apply the Inventory Basics principles to real-world item handling senarios.
03
12
13
14
15
3 Key Concepts for Successful Counts
In the video, we identified the 3 foundational practices for organizing your inventory items:
3. Keep labels forward facing. Try not to cut through the identifying labels.
2. Push items to the back of the shelf. Products should all touch the rear edge.
1. Store like items per row. Front to back, all items the same. Stacking is ok!
Reveal
Reveal
Reveal
10
11
12
13
14
15
Guidelines for Common Items
Applying Inventory Basics to Items You'll Find On A Count
Common Product Categories: Boxes and Loose Items
Flip the cards for simple handling guidelines
10
11
12
13
Why can't I store items in front?
What do you mean by "a row"?
14
15
Common Item Categories: Product Label Required
Flip the cards for simple handling guidelines
10
11
Where does the Shelf Label go?
What's the front of a pan?
Where does the Shelf Label go?
12
13
14
15
MATCH
THE
ITEM
Drag the finger pointer to match each image with it's handling guidelines.
Start
Match The Product To The Principle
See Results
Drag the finger pointer to match each image with it's handling guidelines.
scores
Points count results
1-2 Correct
3-4 Correct
All 5 correct!
Recap: Learnings so far
We have learned...
How to implement the Inventory Basics principles:
1. Push all items to the back
2. Arrange like items single file, front to back.
3. Face the item label forward
10
Special handling for common item types.
11
Examples of good and bad of item storage.
12
13
14
15
Evaluation
Test what you've learned
10
11
12
13
14
15
10
11
12
13
14
15
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11
12
13
14
15
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11
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15
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Summary
Final recap!
Summary
Managing inventory with NomadGo begins before you launch the app. Preparing your items and storage areas is an integeral part of the inventory taking process.
We discussed how to handle common item types, items with special handling, and tested your understanding of these foundational principles.
10
Stopping to think is also learning: how are you applying these concepts in your store today?
11
12
13
14
15
Inventory Basics
+info
Additonal resources are available. Click a link to Inventory Basics Guides and How-to's!
Inventory Basics: Product Storage by Category
+info
Inventory Basics Quick Reference Guide
+info
Do you have questions?
We are here to help . If you want to delve deeper into a topic, the Knowledge Base can be accessed here: Click to open in a new tab. Now you are better prepared to build consistent inventory taking habbits!
Thank you for taking the course!
🤩
Congratulations! Your knowledge is admirable; you could compete with the best.
All 5 correct!
Solution
give results
How many did you get right? Tap a number to continue.
Bag-in-Box
Cups & Lids
Prep Pans
Individual Items
Boxes
A Row = one kind of item lined up in single-file from the front of the shelf to the back: Mustard with mustard, katchup with katchup. If you can't fit all products into one row, you can:
1-2 correct
😓
Wow, it seems this wasn't your day... but don't give up! Every attempt is an opportunity to learn more
Remember the Inventory Basics: One item per row. Don't store differently labeled boxes or loose items in the same row. The #1 cause for incorrect counts are incorrect storage habits.
😌
3-4 Correct
You're on the right track! You know quite a bit, but there is still room for improvement. Keep trying!