User's Manual

TipsforaSuccessfulEASDeployment
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Thetrainingofmanagementandstoreassociatesisthekeytosuccessfuluse.
•Itisimportanttorememberthatthesystemisonlyadeterrentbasedtoolandits
effectivenessdependslargelyuponhowstoreassociatesinterfacewithit.
•Shrinkageresultscanvaryeventhoughtheyareobtainedfromthesamesysteminthesame
environmentdependingontheattitudeofmanagementandstoreassociatestowardsthe
overalltaggingprogram.
•Anothermajorfactoris storeassociateknowledge oftheequipmentandtheoveralltagging
program.
•Toobtainmaximumbenefitsandavoidunnecessaryservicecalls,itisessentialthatstore
associatesaregivencompleteandthoroughinstruction.
•Teamworkisessential.Storeassociatesonlyneedtohaveabasicknowledgelevelandthey
shouldbeinstructedonwhythesystemhasbeeninstalledaswellastheimportanceof
theirindividualinput.
•Anin‐depthknowledgeandunderstandingshouldbeacquiredbythestoremanagerand
anyotherpersonnelgivenresponsibility(duringashift)forrespondingtosystemalarmsor
providingin‐storetraining.
BestPractices andSystemBasics
Training ‐ Trainallmanagement&storeassociatesregularly
Testing‐ TestAllequipmentonadailybasis
Tagging ‐ Taghighestriskproductstaggedoncorrectpositions,asperCorporate policies
Response‐ Respondtoeachandeveryalarm
Vigilance‐ Vigilancefromallstoreassociatesatalltimes
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Introduction