Inside Newegg: They give us a Tour and you a Prize
by Anand Lal Shimpi on February 14, 2006 3:31 PM EST- Posted in
- IT Computing
On the first floor, product is kept above and opposing the rolling conveyer. The product is grouped by frequency of purchase, not by type of product, so you will see items like motherboards on all three floors, not all grouped together in one area.
Beneath every product is a numerical readout as well as a red "Confirm" button:
When a tub rolls by product that it needs the system stops the tub and starts blinking the confirm button beneath the product in the immediate area that needs to be put in the tub. The display next to the confirm button will give the closest worker a readout of how many of that item are needed.
Next to every stopped tub there is a similar button and readout combination, this time telling you how many of that product have to be put in the tub. You may have two tubs roll by that both require the same motherboard, so while the counter by the motherboards will tell you that you need two, the displays by the two tubs will keep you from placing too many of the wrong item in one tub.
Once everything is filled at this stop there's one last confirm button to hit and then the tubs move along.
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Mant - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
You are a tool.Id like to shoot you with that peanut gun...not really
MIKEMIKE - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
the link seems borked for me.Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
Fixed :)Take care,
Anand
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
Boo. :)Mant - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
Yeah, PLEASE fix that link for the giveaway!DigitalFreak - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
If you can't figure out how to reconstruct the link, you can't enter. It's part of the contest.huges84 - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
I don't know if this is a local/ISP issue ro what, but I was on page 3 of this article and when I clicked on page 4 it just loaded the top and side Anandtech theme, no article. I retried it several times and no dice. Then I reloaded page 3 (which had loaded fine before) and I got the same problem. Then I reloaded the home page and it is no longer there either. :(huges84 - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
BTW when I try to access a page in the article it sends me here:http://search.anandtech.com/search?site=atweb_coll...">http://search.anandtech.com/search?site...om=%3CHO...
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
Sorry, it got pushed live before it was finished :) It's back up again.Take care,
Anand
segagenesis - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - link
Having been a NewEgg customer for about three years now, it was nice to see some insight at how things go on behind the scenes (alot different than I expected). By the way, the larger image links are broken :/