The document discusses three initiatives to improve operations at various levels. It introduces a team working on these initiatives and their graduation year. It then summarizes an instocking initiative using a mobile app to improve inventory accuracy, an internal idea sharing forum to elevate employee ideas, and a loading process improvement at an international facility to minimize costs and movement. The recommendations are to adopt the instocking improvements, foster innovation through the idea sharing platform, and implement the international loading process changes for cost and relationship benefits.

1. Instocking
Idea Sharing &
International Improvement
Iowa State University
April 17, 2015

2. Agenda
● Our Team
● Instocking: Improving Inventory Accuracy
● Idea Sharing: MyThoughts Forum
● International Improvement: CMBL Loading Process
Improvement

3. Our Team
● Eryn Lochart
o May 2017
● Katie Powers
o May 2015
● Denise Rumohr
o May 2015
● Kristin Schwier-Casey
o May 2015

4. Instocking
Improving Inventory Accuracy

5. MyDevice
● Flagging products
● Create batch automatically
● Overriding input inaccuracies
● Highlight scanned aisles

6. MyThoughts
Using the Power of Employee Ideas

7. Store Collaboration
● 1,800 Target stores
● Goal: improving guest experience
● Elevate ideas to innovate corporation

8. MyThoughts
Capability to tag/search posts by:
o District
o Region
o Store grade
o Position
o Department

11. CMBL
Loading Process Improvement

12. CMBL: Loading Operation

13. CMBL: Improvement
Opportunities
● Variability of truck height
o Movement in/out of container
● Cost of Tallyman

14. CMBL: Recommendation
● Cost of 30’ Conveyor: $12,500 for 5
● Minimize movement
● Eliminate Tallyman & Loaders Count
● Re-apply to unloading, other facilities

15. Recommendations
● Instocking Improvements
o Improve Store Inventory Accuracy
● MyThoughts
o Foster Innovative Culture
● CMBL Loading Process
o Cost Reduction
o Relationship Management