Aldi Retail Structure

Concept: The retail layout is especially important for retail stores or supermarkets because consumers often enter with demands for certain goods, but can often be persuaded to leave with additional items. Exposure to various products can be manipulated by a strategic arrangement of product categories and physical barriers. Of the stores that I have experienced, Aldi is one that has always stood out in regards to store navigation. Upon entering, customers are faced with an isle that extends the entire length of the store, with no option to cut over an isle at the start. This first isle consists almost exclusively of snacks, sugary treats and other _unecissary items_. Finally at the end, customers are met with the diary on the back wall. High draw items such as milk and bread, which is found at the opposite corner

Once a fabrication line has build a series of components it’s up to workers on the assembly line to bring them all together. Comprised of various workstations, assembly lines also utilize rotation cycles. My father has worked at Johnson Controls for nearly 15 years on lines that assemble door panels and center consoles. The volume of production per night is relatively high at about +300 doors. Dealing with the automotive industry, the components my father makes are for the Honda Civic, the number 6 selling car in America, so the demand has been very stable. The process is so standardized that they are able to have temp workers fill in if they are understaffed. The line also has a series of quality control checkpoints that ensure uniformity among all 300 doors. Another benefit is that almost no movement is involved by the employees as the parts are brought directly in front of them by machines. A danger to assembly lines is that one little snag in the line can shut down the rest of the line, and if the fabrication line is behind the assembly can be shut down