Alibaba Hits 580k Orders per sec and Uses Robots to Replace Disks on Singles Day

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24 pointschoppaface3 comments

"Alibaba says its Cainiao logistics arm chartered more than 700 cargo flights to fulfill orders"

"and also claims this year’s event tried to go greener by using less tape on packing material to make it easier to recycle."

It's like my neighbours that think they are saving the planet by reusing shopping bags but then put them in the boot of their Range Rover.

Never mind the robots that replace disks. I'm having a difficult time fathoming how those orders are fulfilled?

Through Cainiao, their logistics arm. It combines a massive logistics setup with pick-up points in some places to improve efficiency.

They also have massive sorting machines basically sitting in idle parts of their warehouses until the next singles day to allow them the elasticity to handle such a large increase in orders.

I had the opportunity to see their operations up close a few years back and the scale was insane.

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