Auto Document Posting ADP

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Auto Document Posting (ADP)

• Creator Training

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Outline
Hi, Im the Doc! Welcome to our class in Auto
Document Posting!

• What is ADP?
• How Does it Work?
• Creating Documents and News
• Editing Documents
• Linking Documents
• Policies Procedures
• Evaluation

Lets review our agenda.
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What is ADP?

• ADP is a publishing tool in Retail Link
• Make changes quickly and easily to existing
  information
• Communicate directly with Wal-Mart associates and
  vendors

Hi Auto Doc, my name is Jason! What is ADP?
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What Would I Post?
Or store listings, or changes to applications, or
branding guidelines or any other important
communication.
Well if you take a look at Retail Link you will
get an idea of what other divisions have posted.
Sure! You might post a modular relay schedule, or
a supplier guide.
What would I post to Retail Link through ADP?
Great! Show me how it works!
Can you give me some examples?
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How Does it Work?
Document is published to Retail Link
Approver reviews approves or rejects it.
Document enters a Request Queue
Creator reviews and submits document
Creator generates a document request in ADP
Associate writes a document or news posting
Need for communication
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What is a Creator

• Wal-Mart associate who
• Has access to ADP
• Is responsible for entering document requests in
  ADP for their division
• Has an understanding of Retail Link
• Has an understanding of what information should
  and should not be communicated through Retail Link

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How Do I Become a Creator?

• Approved by divisional director
• Successfully complete Creator Training
• Granted access by ISD

How Do I become a creator?
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So How Do I Create Documents?

• Step 1 Write the document
• Step 2 Determine where the document should be
  placed in Retail Link
• Step 3 Translate the document
• Step 4 Create the document in ADP
• Step 5 Monitor status and make changes if
  necessary

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Step 1 Write the Document

• Anyone can create a document to be posted
• The document should be approved by the division

Dont forget to review and revise before posting!
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Step 2 Where Should it Go?

• 3 places to post your document
• Find Documentation
• Get Support
• News

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Find Documentation
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Get Support
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News
News is found on your Retail Link Home Page
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Step 3 - Translate

• Finalize the document and titles in English
• Send the document to the translation department
• Email Louise Ziliani

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Step 4 Create Doc in ADP
First you must have access to Retail Link and ADP.
Lets Get Started!
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Step 5 - Monitor
Now that youve submitted your document you must
monitor its status to ensure it is published.
From your Left Menu, click on Document Request
Queue
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Step 5 My Requests
Every document you are working on or have
submitted will appear in My Requests.
Lets take a look at the My Request screen and
Ill show you how to monitor the status of your
document.
Yes, ADP saves your work for you so you can come
back and make changes at any time before
submitting.
Even if I havent submitted the document?
So how can I tell what status my document is in?
What does My Requests do?
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My Request Screen
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Are we done yet?
So thats your tour of Auto Document Posting.
So now I am free to post whatever I want?
Lets first review the policies for ADP.
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ADP Policies

• Documents must be posted in both French and
  English (including titles)
• Documents should have a valid business need for
  communication
• Documents should be grammatically sound
• Documents must be approved by the respective
  division.
• You may also want to review your documents for
  legal requirements before posting.

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So who is accountable for the information posted
to Retail Link?
So thats why its important to get division
approval before submitting!
The creator and the approver is responsible.
Lets Review!