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Amazon famously doesn’t really sort any of their inventory. It’s more efficient to place inventory randomly. https://classic.qz.com/perfect-company-2/1172282/t

• mauvehaus 7y ago
  It also reduces mistakes in picking. It's hard to grab a size medium T-Shirt from the shelf above the larges by mistake if the shelf above the larges has lipstick and spark plug wires on it.
  • the-pigeon 7y ago
    I don't understand this. You have a product with a UPC. You have a picker with a UPC and a scanner. If the scanner scans the wrong UPC, the picker grabbed the wrong thing. And yet I get sent the wrong item from Amazon multiple times per year. Ballpark of 1 in 20 orders. And not like I got the wrong order. More like I ordered spicy taco seasoning and receive regular taco seasoning. So a mistake that makes sense if you were matching on titles but why not match on UPCs?
• blhack 7y ago
  Wow this is one of the most elegant and interesting things I've read in a while. This is absolutely genius. Amazing!