This behind-the-scenes app keeps Walmart's shelves stocked all the time
• https://www.fastcompany.com, BY MARK WILSONThe company is debuting a new augmented reality app for its employees. It's barebones and brilliant.
The company is debuting a new augmented reality app for its employees. It's barebones and brilliant.
The phone aimed itself at the wall of inventory. The app zapped. ZAPPO! Success! There's the product. Uuuuh! Uuuuh! The product isn't jumping down to stock itself, where the customers can get it. --- Problem 1: There aren't enough employees. But to get enough employees, they have to raise pay. Here comes Walmart-ain't-so-cheap any longer. Here comes the big inflation. --- Problem 2: The employees that are still there have been jerked around with stupid ideas for so long that they are beyond the verge of explosion. They might be faithful to company and doing-a-good-job, but they are beyond the breaking point for stress. --- Employee hidden benefit: Any employee who can take the stress mentally, will find his IQ increased. That's what stress does - like a cornered rat frantically looking for a way out.