Would the Internet Lie to You

[Clodfobble]

I just stopped in to say that this thread title reminded me that episode 3 of Would I Lie To You series 9 is on the BBC site now. Hooray!






Oh, okay, fine. Relevant to the thread topic: I read a whole thing about how Amazon's filing system is completely random, just like a computer's RAM. Stick something in the first open slot, record that slot in the computer system, now we know where it is. Shampoo next to books next to cat collars next to dildoes next to different books, we don't care.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

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Oh, okay, fine. Relevant to the thread topic: I read a whole thing about how Amazon's filing system is completely random, just like a computer's RAM. Stick something in the first open slot, record that slot in the computer system, now we know where it is. Shampoo next to books next to cat collars next to dildoes next to different books, we don't care.

That would be inefficient. Most distribution centers have the most commonly picked items in the place where it takes the least time and effort to pick. For example the most popular item in the place will be first row, on the aisle, waist high.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

That would be inefficient. Most distribution centers have the most commonly picked items in the place where it takes the least time and effort to pick. For example the most popular item in the place will be first row, on the aisle, waist high.

The warehouses I worked in both put the most-picked items in the aisles that were in the center of the warehouse, that way, you don't have to go to the farthest ends of the warehouse to get them.

Of course, the layout (where shipping/receiving/picking/packing areas are) of the warehouse will have some determination in this.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Speaking of Amazon, it has critics and defenders.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Oh, okay, fine. Relevant to the thread topic: I read a whole thing about how Amazon's filing system is completely random, just like a computer's RAM. Stick something in the first open slot, record that slot in the computer system, now we know where it is. Shampoo next to books next to cat collars next to dildoes next to different books, we don't care.

In my previous life bringing good things to life we early adopted an automated picker than operated the same way, except the carousel system was cheesey and a catastrophe. It moved all the materials in one of three carousels to get a tote in which resided temporarily a particular item. Somehow that was going to be the future of materials handling. Anybody who tells you corporations are efficient never worked for one.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But a robot would have no trouble.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I've noticed many of the graphic on the net don't give much source information. WaPo does quite av few, but an awfull lot of them come from dadaviz.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I just stopped in to say that this thread title reminded me that episode 3 of Would I Lie To You series 9 is on the BBC site now. Hooray!

I missed this when you posted it. I LOVE it.

Adore Rob Brydon. Because as much as he is a brilliant mimic, host, presenter, a quick wit, a good actor and scriptwriter, with a dark and dry sense of humour... he's also Welsh.

Blimey. How blessed can one man be.
Lwcus i fos ym cymraeg.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Big Bad Bikers. The best part of B movies is when a baddie on a bike pulls up beside a car and the driver panics, usually running off the road.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But is it true? I suppose if it's just a 'that's interesting', it doesn't matter, and if it concerns you, then you can research it.
Yeah, I know, work is hard, and learning stuff causes headaches.