http://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-employees-reveal-why-stores-are-facing-a-crisis-of-food-shortages-2018-1
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Somebody did not discover this problem in their due diligence of company records and procedures!
That amazon executive
was probably on his smart phone ordering something from amazon.com and not paying attention to detail
This sounds like a change management problem, there seems to be some growing pains. Trying to run lean without thinking of all the trickle down effects can be disastrous.
They have large stores, with large quantities on shelves and such, they have to address how that all fits in as well. Fresh fruit and vegetables may need some of the fixtures redesigned or modified to help create a better look. (Vacuformed plastic covers to look like the fruit to take up 40-75% of the space previously used for produce that would over ripe or spoil) Ultimately these parts are easy compared to trying to do JIT with perishables... if they can get it from the farm to the store in time for it to be sold, and can tweak the current process so they actually get it right, they might be unstoppable
Isn't Business Insider owned by Amazon? Therefore Amazon might have incentive to attempt to appear to get the word out in a false way. The age old blame the previous guy.
THis problem did not start with Amazon. Whole Foods started this a year before Amazon bought them. This is not one touch either. One touch is take product from truck to floor. And the order to shelf idea is pretty much what most stores do today to cut waste and get the freshest products.
@niu "And amazon decided not to stock anything in the back room"
I was surprised to learn later in the article that this mess actually isn't Amazon's fault, it was self-inflicted by Whole Foods management starting about a year before the Amazon acquisition. WF employees are hoping Amazon will undo this stupidity, but the Amazon supervisors were only just now made aware that the problem existed, so it's still 'wait and see' for now.
Lol. They are also moving adjacent items over to fill vacant spaces to make shelves appear full. And by doing that, they don't reorder outs because the person going down the aisle to look for outs (and do the reorders) doesn't see any vacant shelf space, so items dont get reordered. It's so Kmart of them.
And amazon decided not to stock anything in the back room with their OTS (order to shelf) new system and ditch their local vendors too
Probably flooding america with foreign food too! And I read where their prices have not gotten cheaper
Take me back to the 80s