Fast food is already automated?

Re:Fast food is already automated? by pbhjpbhj on Sunday April 21, 2024 @05:30AM (#40104325)

Are you saying the _cost_ of manufacturing is 17x (50/3) what it should be, or are you saying that the selling price is 17x the manufacture cost and the market isn't operating to reduce the price?

Are you referring to a McDo ordering machine, or a generic [supermarket] self-checkout machine?

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Re:Fast food is already automated? by littlestymaar on Sunday April 21, 2024 @05:44AM (#40104380)

Here I'm referring to a supermarket self check-out machine.

And what I'm saying is that the cost for supermarket is 17x higher than it would be should they internalize the manufacturing and software development process. Outsourcing incurs a lot of additional costs in addition to the actual production costs in addition to the manufacturer's margin.

As long as big companies don't understand that technology is a key component of their business, whatever it is, they won't be able to leverage it to even a fraction of its potential (not holding my breath though…).

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