Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Bike manufacturer sees huge reduction in delivery damage by printing TV on box

medium.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

241–245 of 245 posts

Re: Bike manufacturer sees huge reduction in delivery damage by printing TV on box

#241

Post by function_seven »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #240
function_seven wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It sure would. When "their best" is some tradeoff between speed and care. If the workers treat every single package as if it were a Ming Dynasty vase, then their throughput will drop through the floor and that won't be their best. If they treat every single package as if it were a box of rocks, then their breakage rate will skyrocket. That also won't be their best. Putting the TV on the side of the box tells the work…

By your own hypothesis, putting the picture on the side of the box leads to worse performance, not better performance.

It leads to slower handling time on that package, and greater care for that package. Going back to the original comment in this thread, it does so in a way that's far more effective than a policy email would. It's not clear that the overall performance is degraded or enhanced by this technique.

Re: Bike manufacturer sees huge reduction in delivery damage by printing TV on box

#242

Post by startling »

kaybe wrote: post #204
startling wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My apartment door buzzer calls my phone. Generally they don't even attempt to buzz me , and then make me pick it up on the other side of the city.

Wow, cool. Where did you get that? Does it also have other features such as allowing you to talk to the person in front of the door?

My landlord already had it installed when I moved in, but yes, I can talk to the person at the door and press 9 to buzz them in.

Re: Bike manufacturer sees huge reduction in delivery damage by printing TV on box

#243

Post by adwn »

woliveirajr wrote: post #239
adwn wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The shock sensors we use are delivered "unarmed", i.e., they have a little pin that holds the sensor in place. This pin is removed the moment you expose the sticky tape to attach the shock sensor to the package.

Are they ok? Reasonable price? Could you name it? Thanks :-)

"Shockwatch Dropspot". I have no data on how accurate or reliable they are.

Re: Bike manufacturer sees huge reduction in delivery damage by printing TV on box

#244

Post by throwaway2016a »

icanhackit wrote: post #201
charlieegan3 wrote: post #88

Related: https://www.atheistberlin.com/study - Shoe company finds relationship between lost packages and package branding.

Atheist shoes? I'd worry they'd arrive without soles... ...I'll see myself out.

While off topic. This is pretty great. If I ever run into someone with these shoes I need to remember this.

Re: Bike manufacturer sees huge reduction in delivery damage by printing TV on box

#245

Post by Havoc »

Gracana wrote: post #62
Havoc wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Strange. I've never had a damaged Amazon item in 100+ items.

There's a story I like to tell about Amazon shipping.. I often get standard sized boxes with a single air pillow or nothing at all protecting the smaller package inside. The latter is what happened when my friend ordered a phonograph needle and barbell weights. Smash, smash.

Weird. I get the opposite. Order a lightbulb. Get a package thats the size of 5 laptops stacked. I get thats its a lightbulb but sheesh...its LED & plastic...you could have drop-kicked that into my postbox and it would have been fine.
Post reply on HN