▲ ▼ Finding correct package efficiently in a bag

posted by Suresh Kumar , 1495 days ago permalink , show insights

I am an Amazon delivery person in India. We deliver packages here in motorcycle from a large carry/backpack bag. The packages are not-arranged in any order and has to be taken out randomly at the customer location.

Each time when I visit a customer location, I have to keep the bag on ground and search for the particular package among dozen other packages. Sometimes, when lucky the required package is at the top but most of the time I have to take out all other packages one by one till I get package I need risking loosing other packages.

I was hoping someone can solve this problem of finding correct package from a bag of random packages, to make the life of the amazon and other delivery personnel easier.

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▲ ▼ Abishek Muthian Ideator , 1495 days ago permalink

Clearly articulated problem statement. In western countries delivery personnel use car/truck, so the packages are arranged according to their visiting schedule in the storage space.

Since, the bag is the storage space in India and in countries where packages are delivered via motorcycle; there's no choice but to innovate how the packages are arranged within the bag. I'm not sure why Amazon hasn't looked into this, as optimization is their game; I guess it's because their personnel in developed countries deliver via four wheelers and their market in developing countries are relatively new, they didn't face this as an issue.

Straightforward way to address this would be to include compartments within the bag and arrange the packages according to the visiting schedule in each compartment. Speak to other delivery personnel and ask them to register this as an opinion with their employer to make changes to the delivery bag.

A startup into smart-bag manufacturing can may be further optimize the solution.

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