Store formats, display, stock replenishment and ordering

Reference guide consisting of colour photographs of product layouts for use by district managers to check merchandising in stores.

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Ten sets of photographs that were originally in an album but have been removed for conservation reasons. The album had contained colour photographs of product displays for hardware, household and...

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Colour photographs orignally contained in an album but removed for preservation reasons. The images are of product displays for hardware, household and non-food products in an unidentified store.

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Sainsbury's display manual for canned goods, grocery and traditional non-foods. Gives detailed guidance and principles for creating and maintaining display gondolas within branches. With black and...

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Gives guidance on the display of new product lines such as clothing, hardware and stationery. With black and white photographs. Follows on from display manual for canned goods, grocery and traditional...

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Sainsbury's display manual for canned goods, grocery and traditional non-foods. Gives detailed guidance and principles for creating and maintaining display gondolas within branches. With black and...

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Outlines the roll-out plan, scheme overview and benefits of the stock forecasting and ordering system: ''hands of SABRE: the bigger picture''. A double sided piece of coloured glossy card folded into...

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SABRE Fastpaths: explains abbreviations and codes for differing elements of the stock forecasting and ordering system. Consists of one piece of white glossy paper folded twice. SABRE (SAles Based...

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Procedural handbooks relating to stock ordering and storing systems by John Hoskyns & Company Ltd.

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No front or back covers and the first page is numbered three. Annotated in pencil and black and blue ink. The papers are divided into two sections by a piece of blue card; the first section is in the...

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'HOW WE MANAGE-an audio-visual programme outlining' the J. Sainsbury's system and how they relate to the Commodity Control File. Includes; BOS1 & BOS2 [Branch Ordering System], DISCO [Distribution...

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'Delivering the Product' is aimed at the logistics and distribution elements of supplying. The manual is divided into sections giving guidance on product safety, supplier service standards, packaging...

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Based on an analysis of the supply chain and issues relating to the SABRE stock management and ordering system. The front cover is marked 'Personal and Confidential' and 'SABRE Project Library (Please...

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'J. SAINSBURY SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS, Version 4.' .The front cover is annotated in red ink 'Pete, the grand plan. FW'. The proposal consists of 27 pages starting at October 1991 and forecasting to July...

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Outlines the Purchase Order Management (POM) system. Introduced to replace the non-perishable (BOS 1) ordering function of SCASS [Stock Control and Supply Scheduling System] with a facility that...

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Phase II of the Purchase Order Management functional design including; background and objectives, buyer's, transport and depot procedures, system interfaces and their implications, security issues and...

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'EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT POM'; includes an overview of the Purchase Order Management system including it's relation to SCASS [Stock Control and Supply Scheduling System] and diagrams...

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Five reports on various aspects of branch ordering.

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Roll of yellow tape with 'Reduced Price' printed in black at intervals. 'Randell Jan 91' has been written in pencil on the inside of the roll.

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Training and instructional videos for staff in Sainsbury's branches relating to the display and replenishment of products on shelves, the ordering of stock and stock loss.

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Price ticket (3s 10d).

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'STOCK CONTROL PROCEDURES AND DOCUMENTATION' (J Sainsbury Ltd). Bring together related procedures such as; reception area, branch office, vehicle sealing, back door log and roll pallet control...

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'SURVEY OF OUT-OF-STOCK BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES for J. Sainsbury'. Reports on the reaction of customers to finding that items are out of stock and recommends possible solutions'.

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Instructions relating to the GH-210 Magnetic Tape Terminal

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Plots the progression of System 25 from 1981 to 1994. ICL System 25 was a mini-computer system installed at each Sainsbury's branch in the 1980s which were linked to the mainframe computers at...

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'IBS SAINSBURY'S PROJECT DESCRIPTION'. Report on the SABRE system as a new method of reducing, and identifying, goods about to reach or have past their sell by dates. SABRE (SAles Based...

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'Punch cards' not completed, they have IBM numbers on the right side although it is not clear what branch ordering system they relate to. Relate to branches 128 and 861.

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Blank stock book for 31 London Road, Bognor Regis branch. The date is revised. Contains instructions followed by tables for the number of packets or articles to be entered in the appropriate price...

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Titled "SELL BY DATING OF BRANCH PACKED BACON, CHEESE AND COOKED MEATS (DELATAC)". Addressed to the branch manager, introducing a policy for branch packed perishables to be "sell by" dated. Gives...

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The ticket would have been used instore, perhaps on a shelf edge, as part of a promotion.

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"Summary of analysis of computer print of goods issued to Lewisham...to identify item weights/computer types-showing numbers of items by weight band and container type". The chart shows the total...

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Gives reminders of what stock to check for Monday to Saturday and on which days to place orders and receive deliveries.

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Article from Computer Weekly 23/11/1972. Regarding data capture equipment supplied by Plessey for the SLIM (store labour inventory management) system.

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'Innovation in retailing' article in 'Retail Technology' magazine pp. 20-22. Based on an interview with Jeremy Grindle, Director of Branch Services.

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Long rectangular banner with "Opening Soon" written in large black letters.

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