Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo...
by tzs on Sunday September 19, 2021 @11:33AM
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I've tried that. In theory it should save time because items could go straight from shelf to bag instead of going from shelf to cart to bag.
In practice not so much because packing the items reasonably well in the bag usually require an ordering that does not match the ordering they came off the shelves. Most items thus still have to be buffered in the cart.
The only savings then is whenever an item happens to come off the shelf at the same time that a good position for it is available in the bag.
The net result then is a small savings in total time but at the cost of the bag packing time taking place in the store meaning more total time in the store
In practice not so much because packing the items reasonably well in the bag usually require an ordering that does not match the ordering they came off the shelves. Most items thus still have to be buffered in the cart.
The only savings then is whenever an item happens to come off the shelf at the same time that a good position for it is available in the bag.
The net result then is a small savings in total time but at the cost of the bag packing time taking place in the store meaning more total time in the store