his however is far from how things work. When a customer looks at a store and sees products that are disorganized, under-stocked, or messy in appearance, they usually associate these characteristics with laziness or sloppy work on behalf of the employees. This, however, is simply not how things work. The appearance of the store is determined by the efficiency with which the stockrooWhen people go into a grocery store or some kind of retail outlet there are many factors that go into their decision on whether they buy a particular item or whether they decide to go to a competitor's store. Some of the most important factors in a consumer's mind are price, customer service, appearance of the store and how easy it is to find a particular item. When the customer evaluates all these aspects of the store they usually relate each aspect to management, how hard the employees work, or even the skill of the employees. One thing they do not associate these characteristics with is the logistical system that is in place that allows these characteristics to be excellent or below par. It may be hard to imagine how logistics can have such a large role in these characteristics of the store, but when one thinks about it they clearly have a tremendous role in every last one of them.

For instance, when the customer thinks of how competitive the particular store's prices are, the customer rarely thinks of how the company can cut prices by reducing the number of trucks that it has to use to ship particular products. They rarely think of how the company can come up with a system to limit the number of employees it needs to keep everything in stock. Both of these activities cost money and if the company can keep these activities to a minimum then they can keep their prices down.

In the customer's mind the only factor that determines the price of a particular item is the company's greed or lack of greed for profit. This however is far from how things work. When a customer looks at a store and sees products that are disorganized, under-stocked, or messy in appearance, they usually associate these characteristics with laziness or sloppy work on behalf of the employees. This, however, is simply not how things work. The appearance of the store is determined by the efficiency with which the stockroom

ates all these aspects of the store they usually relate each aspect to management, how hard the employees work, or even the skill of the employees. One thing they do not associate these characteristics with is the logistical system that is in place that allows these characteristics to be excellent or below par. It may be hard to imagine how logistics can have such a large role in these characteristics of the store, but when one thinks about it they clearly have a tremendous role in every last one of them.

For instance, when the customer thinks of how competitive the particular store's prices are, the customer rarely thinks of how the company can cut prices by reducing the number of trucks that it has to use to ship particular products. They rarely think of how the company can come up with a system to limit the number of employees it needs to keep everything in stock. Both of these activities cost money and if the company can keep these activities to a minimum then they can keep their prices down.

In the customer's mind the only factor that determines the price of a particular item is the company's greed or lack of greed for profit. This however is far from how things work. When a customer looks at a store and sees products that are disorganized, under-stocked, or messy in appearance, they usually associate these characteristics with laziness or sloppy work on behalf of the employees. This, however, is simply not how things work. The appearance of the store is determined by the efficiency with which the stockroo

e characteristics of the store, but when one thinks about it they clearly have a tremendous role in every last one of them.

For instance, when the customer thinks of how competitive the particular store's prices are, the customer rarely thinks of how the company can cut prices by reducing the number of trucks that it has to use to ship particular products. They rarely think of how the company can come up with a system to limit the number of employees it needs to keep everything in stock. Both of these activities cost money and if the company can keep these activities to a minimum then they can keep their prices down.

In the customer's mind the only factor that determines the price of a particular item is the company's greed or lack of greed for profit. This however is far from how things work. When a customer looks at a store and sees products that are disorganized, under-stocked, or messy in appearance, they usually associate these characteristics with laziness or sloppy work on behalf of the employees. This, however, is simply not how things work. The appearance of the store is determined by the efficiency with which the stockroo

w the company can come up with a system to limit the number of employees it needs to keep everything in stock. Both of these activities cost money and if the company can keep these activities to a minimum then they can keep their prices down.

In the customer's mind the only factor that determines the price of a particular item is the company's greed or lack of greed for profit. This however is far from how things work. When a customer looks at a store and sees products that are disorganized, under-stocked, or messy in appearance, they usually associate these characteristics with laziness or sloppy work on behalf of the employees. This, however, is simply not how things work. The appearance of the store is determined by the efficiency with which the stockroo

his however is far from how things work. When a customer looks at a store and sees products that are disorganized, under-stocked, or messy in appearance, they usually associate these characteristics with laziness or sloppy work on behalf of the employees. This, however, is simply not how things work. The appearance of the store is determined by the efficiency with which the stockroom employees can stock the store. If there is an efficient system in which the stockroom employees can transport the items from the loading truck to the store floor then they will have time to make sure the items are neat and organized. If there is not an efficient system in place than the employees will struggle to move products to the floor and they will become sloppy and frustrated. This causes them to put products in the wrong places and since there is so much pressure for them to transport products from the truck to the floor of the store; they will struggle to keep the organization and appearance of the store at an acceptable level.

When there is not an efficient logistical system in place to stock the store, this makes employees become less efficient. This decrease of efficiency also decreases productivity and causes them to cut corners in order to complete their jobs. The employees are working just as hard as they would be if prices were low, things were easy to find and the store was in pristine condition they just aren't getting the same results.