RT NewsRetail giant Amazon is revolutionizing the way online purchases are made, with a new patent scheme that would see items shipped out, before the customer buys them.
On Christmas eve, Amazon patented the “anticipatory package shipping” process which is expected to expedite shipments through sending specific items to distribution centers near those customers who the company expects to buy them in the near future. The destination will be based on a number of “business variables”, including customer’s purchase history, wish lists, saved searches, and general search data.
The patent anticipates the new delivery system in the following way:
Firstly one or more items will be packed as a “package for eventual shipment to a delivery address”without specifying the delivery address but only the “destination geographical area.” And then while the package is in transit the system will specify the exact delivery address, when the customer purchases the item.
The patent also describes “speculatively shipping” scenarios for the delivery destinations as well as how to re-route parcels based on proximity of potential buyers, claiming that packages could remain in continuous transit on trucks until a customer decides to make a purchase.
Work is carried out at Amazon’s new fulfilment centre (Reuters / Russell Cheyne)
“Speculative shipping of packages may enable more sophisticated and timely management of inventory items, for example by allowing packages to begin flowing towards potential customers in advance of actual orders,” the patent says.
If the behavior purchasing pattern fails, Amazon could deliver the package anyway to build customer loyalty as a gift to someone who might like it.
It’s not the first time the retail giant has tried to revolutionize its delivery system. In December the company announced plans to use ‘octocopter’ mini-drones to deliver goods to US customers in just 30 minutes. The company said drones will be able to deliver packages that weigh up to 5lbs (2.3kg), which represents roughly 86 percent of packages that Amazon delivers.
My Fellow Americans:
WOW!!!,.. for the communists at Amazon.com,.. this is revolutionary thinking!!!
Of course,.. once upon a time when this country was America,.. and NOT Amerika,…. it use to be called, “meeting market demand”.
In other words,.. if manufactures saw a particular product was selling very well,.. THEY MADE MORE OF THEM,… and if the sales of that product was more predominantly in a given region or area,.. well,.. they stocked piled more of that product in the warehouse system that met demand for that area.
But for these communists,… THIS IS SUDDENLY,…. BRILLANT THINKING!!
JD – US Marines – Really people,… its time to rid this country of the communist filth, get back to our Constitutional basics,.. and back to basic production and manufacturing,… but NONE of that can be done until we exterminate the communists in our midst, the Banksters, and the Rothchilds.
So true JD
In the electronics business its called ‘just in time’ distributing.
EVERY electronics brand and distributor in this cuntree does this already.
example;
They come out with a new a/v receiver. They know they sell ‘x’ amount in the north west and ‘y’ amount in the south east.. SO they ship these ‘slow’ to those regions. As orders come in they are picked out of the big pile and expedited to the customer. The plan is that by the time they arrive at a regional warehouse most (90%) of them have sold. They get ups and fed ex to do their ‘warehouse’ work by dividing the stock and redirecting the shipping.
You see, then Denon and Panasonic dont have to pay for a big warehouse and the staff.
It is my business to intercept these because when they land in the final distribution center the cost goes up by sometimes as much as 45%.
Just in time. Good thinking amazon. YOU SO SMART.