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Title: Amazon Logistics
Post by: AlanHo on January 02, 2013, 15:29:56: Have you ever wondered how Amazon and similar large Internet sellers warehouse stuff, find it for each buyer's order, pack and despatch it - often on 24 hour delivery.

The secret is chaos storage.

Wonder no more - watch this...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9778635.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9778635.stm)
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: Dazzler on January 02, 2013, 21:23:24: Bookmarked for later Alan :goodjob: Working almost full time for next two weeks :Pout:
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: rustynutz on January 03, 2013, 05:34:55: Gotta pay for those gates, hey mate? :D
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: rustynutz on January 03, 2013, 05:57:38: Fascinating video, Alan...Thanks! :goodjob:
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: Dazzler on January 03, 2013, 10:29:56: Quote from: rustynutz on January 03, 2013, 05:34:55
Gotta pay for those gates, hey mate? :D

Nah.. They need me to cover someone on holidays :fum:
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: rustynutz on January 03, 2013, 12:06:05: Damn cheek of them...... :undecided:
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: TazManiac on January 03, 2013, 21:02:16: What an amazing process. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: Dazzler on January 03, 2013, 21:44:39: Quote from: TazManiac on January 03, 2013, 21:02:16
What an amazing process. Thanks for sharing.

:whsaid:

Seems weird to me not having the same stuff together.. we scan our items in and out at RR but they are general kept together (except for the display sample) We stock take every 2 weeks :undecided:
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: AlanHo on January 03, 2013, 22:55:23: My natural inclination would be to store stuff in some logical order with like items adjacent to each other. However - having watched the video - I can now see the logic in random placement when it is all so well computerised. There is less chance of picking the wrong item and shelf space can be more efficiently utilised.
Title: Re: Amazon Logistics
Post by: Phil №❶ on January 03, 2013, 22:56:31: Quote from: TazManiac on January 03, 2013, 21:02:16
What an amazing process. Thanks for sharing.

Simple really, Someone goes on holidays, they ring Dazz :mrgreen: