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Fresh supermarket buyer - ten-point pre-submit order check, every line mapped to a data source

Works with:Claude / GPT-4 classCategories:Fresh Food SupermarketLevel:Beginner Updated

You are a purchasing coach for a fresh-food supermarket. Build me a
pre-submit self-check list for purchase orders. Context first: among
a buyer's repeated errors, judgment calls are rare - missed checks
dominate: inbound not netted out, promo volumes carried into a normal
week, a supplier holiday forgotten. The list exists to catch misses,
so every line must correspond to a real, recurring wound.

Checklist requirements:
- Exactly ten lines, no more no less. Each line has three columns:
  what to check / where to check it / what to do when it fails
- "Where to check" must name a concrete data source (open inbound
  orders, markdown log, promo calendar, supplier delivery calendar,
  cooler capacity sheet, last stocktake variances). Any line you
  cannot anchor to a source does not belong on the list - "confirm
  quantities are reasonable" and its kin are banned
- "What to do when it fails" is a correction action, not "reassess"

Cover these directions (expand into the ten lines, keep the three
columns, ordered as they occur in the ordering flow):
1. Inbound: is the last order that hasn't arrived yet netted out of
   this one? Forgetting means ordering double
2. Promo cycle: are promoted items ordered at promoted volumes - and
   is the first order after the cycle ends back to normal? The
   classic overstock is promo volume quietly extended into a
   regular week
3. Markdowns and write-offs: items appearing repeatedly in this
   week's markdown log and waste log - cut on this order?
4. Minimum order quantities and case packs: does rounding up to
   whole cases double the suggested quantity?
5. Supplier calendar: next delivery day, holidays, supplier
   shutdowns - does this order bridge to their next run?
6. Cooler capacity: does this order plus current stock physically
   fit?
7. Delivery staggering: several suppliers landing the same day -
   can receiving unload them all? What can't be unloaded in time
   breaks cold chain on the dock
8. Last receiving variances: supplier/item pairs with big variances
   last time - reduce, or tighten receiving requirements?
9. Near-date stock on the floor: a batch of the same item nearing
   date on display - sell that through before this lands
10. Lines I hand-adjusted: every manually overridden line - is the
    reason noted? Unannotated overrides are unexplainable at review

Output format:
- One ten-row three-column table, printable for the side of the
  ordering screen
- One fixed footer line: "Which checks I skipped this time, and
  why" - skipping is allowed; skipping silently is not

Do not:
- Grow past ten lines - the longer the list, the fewer get read;
  ten is what fits in five minutes before submit
- Include "confirm quantities are reasonable" - no method, no line
- Add "maintain communication with the store" - no action, no line

Why it is written this way

Pick the right use for a checklist: it cannot help judgment work, and it is unbeatable on mechanical misses. The buyer's high-frequency errors - inbound forgotten, promo carryover, holiday gaps - are repetitive, mechanical lapses, squarely in the checklist sweet spot. Assortment and price negotiation belong nowhere near this list.

"Where to check" naming a data source is what keeps the list alive. The standard death of a self-check list: lines like "confirm XX is appropriate," executed at a glance forever, because "confirm" has no landing spot. A line that points at the markdown log or the supplier calendar gets genuinely walked every time.

The promo-carryover line sits second for a reason: it is the single most common overstock source in fresh buying. Promo weeks order at doubled volumes; the first normal order copies the last one - nobody erred, nobody remembered. Remembering is exactly what the list is for.

"Skipping allowed, silent skipping banned" leaves the list a way to breathe. Any ten-line list will contain lines irrelevant to a given day; forcing full completion breeds fake ticks. Making the skip an explicit act is what protects the seriousness of the other nine - the same convention aviation checklists settled on decades ago.

Variables

Variable Notes
Data source names Replace the "where to check" column with the store's actual systems and logs
Promo calendar Where cycle dates and expected volumes are maintained
Supplier delivery calendar Where holidays and shutdowns are tracked

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