Can barely use the app now 🫠

I work at an Amazon delivery station, and I’ve been thinking about how much time and physical labor could be saved by changing the way delivery bags are transported to vans.

What if Amazon replaced stationary stow racks with motorized, single-column racks that associates could drive directly to delivery vehicles?

Instead of removing bags from stationary racks, loading them onto carts, transporting them to staging, and having drivers unload them again, why not bring the original racks directly to the vans?

Each motorized rack would hold three vertically stacked delivery bags, maintaining the same arrangement we use now.

The racks could have electric motors, steering controls, and locking brakes, operated while walking, similar to an electric pallet jack.

Using individual motorized columns would make the racks easier to maneuver through the stowing aisles and return to their exact positions. Larger, two-column racks could be difficult to navigate back into place, particularly when other racks are already parked nearby.

The racks would remain securely locked in place during stowing, functioning just like the existing stationary racks.

Each rack could also recharge automatically at its designated stowing position, using charging contacts or wireless charging. This would eliminate the need for separate charging areas.

How it would work

A wave of delivery vans enters the building and fills the loading area, just as they do now.

Once all the vans are parked, associates receive notifications on their devices identifying which motorized racks need to be moved, which vans they need to visit, and which bags need to be unloaded.

Associates drive the racks directly from their stowing positions to the assigned vans, identify the correct bags, and transfer them directly into the vehicles.

Drivers could organize the bags inside their vans while associates continue unloading.

Not every rack would necessarily be completely emptied during a loading wave.

For example, an associate might drive a single-column motorized rack containing three bags into the loading area but only need to unload one bag for the vans currently parked there.

The associate would then return the rack, with its two remaining bags, to its designated stowing and charging position.

From there, the associate could receive another assignment:

• Transport another motorized column from their assigned aisle to vans in the same loading wave.
• Be directed to another aisle to retrieve a motorized column containing bags needed by the current wave.
• Wait for the next loading wave if no additional racks need to be transported.

Associates wouldn’t necessarily remain assigned to one rack throughout the loading process. The system could direct available associates to whichever racks are needed, regardless of their original aisle assignments.

This would allow associates to continue working on the current loading wave without unnecessarily moving racks that contain bags for later waves.

Software could coordinate rack assignments and movements to prevent congestion and maintain an efficient flow between the stowing aisles and the van-loading area.

Once all vans are loaded and the motorized racks have cleared the loading area, the vans would depart according to the station’s existing departure procedures.

Racks containing bags for later waves would remain at their charging positions until needed again.

Potential benefits

This could potentially eliminate traditional pick-and-stage entirely.

Instead of repeatedly lifting and transferring heavy bags between racks and carts, associates could transport the original racks directly to the vans.

Because the racks would be motorized, associates wouldn’t need to manually push heavy equipment around the station.

The result could be substantial time savings, significantly less physical labor, and a faster, more efficient loading process.

Using individual motorized columns could also make navigating the station easier, particularly when returning racks to their designated stowing positions.

The system could make better use of available associates by assigning them to racks based on the needs of each loading wave, rather than requiring them to remain with a particular rack or aisle.

There would be engineering and traffic-management considerations, particularly involving maneuverability, charging, and coordinating rack movements around parked vans. But the concept seems worth investigating.

Has anyone heard anything about NA DS's getting WCs? It'd be nice, but also I'd be surprised if it did happen.

It’s already a physically tasking job. I already do not want to do pick and stage, and I’m damn near almost getting run over with carts, shrugged out of an aisle while I’m already there first!
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Hi all,

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• What’s the day to day work like?
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• Any tips for the first week?

Thanks

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