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Inbounding Fruits and Vegetables

This is the process on how to book in fruits and vegetables (F&V), which are usually products with no barcode.

Tips & Tricks

  • Inbound close to the F&V shelves.

  • Allocate two employees: an experienced employee, like a Hub Manager/Shift Lead/Ops Associate + to do the list preparation using the advanced search (with which you can quickly identify the item, and filter by country of type and origin), and a second Ops Associate to receive the F&V crate (IFCO case) and place it on the shelf.

Materials needed

  • Zebra with your Quinyx ID + holster.

  • Gloves.

  • Empty the rolli to place the IFCO cases.

Instructions

  1. Make sure an experienced employee and a second Ops Associate are available.

  2. Go to the F&V area, where the F&V rolli should be.

  3. On your Zebra, go into the "Inbound" tab in the HubOne app and click “Select a Delivery” > “REWE”.

  4. Scan the rolli's id.

  5. Take the first unit.

  6. Click on the search bar and select "Fruits or Vegetables".

    1. You will see all the fruits or vegetables ordered alphabetically .

    2. Go into the Fruit or Vegetable section and filter by country and type, if applicable.

    3. Select the correct item.

  7. Add the item to the dropping list. Note that, in some cases, you can already add the number of handling units, as shown in the picture.

    1. If you select single units, enter the number of units you have received. You can usually find the number of single units in the IFCO crate.

  1. Inspect the quality of the product. If there is a unit that is damaged or perished, outbound it (see FAQ).

  2. Hand over the item to the second Ops Associate and tell them the shelf number in which it is placed:

    1. Go to the corresponding shelf.

    2. Place the products on the shelf following the FIFO principle (see more on “How to store fruits and vegetables on the shelves?”)

    3. Go back to the F&V rolli, where your colleague is.

  3. Repeat the process for all items in the rolli.

  4. Once the pallet/rolli is empty, click on “Verify list”.

    1. Make changes on the list, if necessary.

  5. Click on “Start dropping”.

  6. Click on all items on the list to automatically inbound them on the app.

  7. Once you have clicked on all items, click on “Finish dropping”.

How to store fruits and vegetables on the shelves?

  • BBD (best before date): always place the fresher articles at the back of the shelf and the old ones on the front to follow the FIFO principle.

  • IFCO cases: for food safety matters, do not place the fruits and vegetables directly on the shelves and fridges. Instead, keep them in the IFCO case.

  • Country of origin: if you have the same product but from different countries, we highly recommend to label the shelves with the country of origin.

    • For example: if you have Pink Lady apples coming from Italy and Spain, differentiate between the two.

FAQ

  • See how to check fruits and vegetables that are saleable here (under the dropdown "What do saleable fruits and vegetables look like?")

  • 1 person 1 Device: all items should be booked in on your Zebra phone issued to you at the start of your shift. You should be logged into HubOne on your own profile, with your Quinyx ID.

  • Incorrect labelling on an item: during the quality checks, make sure that the correct country of origin is indicated on the label and that the item is booked in under the correct SKU.

Why is this process important?

  • To ensure all items are correctly inbounded, considering the country of origin and whether they are BIO / organic or not.

  • To ensure high quality and freshness of the goods, correctly outbounding products in case they have bad quality, i.e, if the item has perished.

  • To ensure the correct inbound of goods to reduce pre- and post order issues and BBD corrections.

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