Planning and scheduling today and tomorrow
When Amazon decided to launch Prime Wardrobe, it brought a new service to its customers. The customer can establish a purchase plan, the list of tasks to carry out:
- Fill a box with clothing, for example
- Try the clothing at home
- Return the clothing if it does not fit
- Purchase the items that are kept
Once the customer agrees to follow this plan, the time sequence becomes crucial:
- First, a box must be chosen
- Then there is a delivery time
- Then there is a trying time (you cannot try the products forever)
- Finally, the customer has a purchase time
Whether Amazon Prime Wardrobe will remain a service in the years to come or not, the precedent is set; just as physical bookstores disappear every year, shopping for clothing online will continue its progression.
On top of that distribution, corporations will continue to expand their own production sites to become manufacturing-distributing giants. Warehouses will progressively replace many stores as per the warehouse examples...
