• VAK@lemmy.world
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    13 天前

    To be a bit more precise, is it about throughput or lead time? Because for throughput I imagine you can just have more workers, but for quicker shipping you need to do pick and pack in less time, rather than do a lot of them in a given time.

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      13 天前

      Throughput primarily, the bottleneck is still shipping. These systems do allow for picking/packing faster as well but from a logistics standpoint if you want more output you just need more trucks.

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        12 天前

        How does it help in getting more revenue then? Demand wouldn’t change, right?

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          12 天前

          Businesses tend to bank on demand for products being functionally infinite over the long term. Because of this it tends to be a safe bet that you’ll make more money the quicker, and cheaper, you can get products on shelves.

          This has held pretty true thus far, though personally I have to wonder if there’s an upper limit. Human’s have to have a upper tolerance for buying junk right?

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            12 天前

            In this scenario, as you said it’s not making the delivery quicker, is it right to assume that it’s making it cheaper? Is the cost of warehousing lower with robots?