...AND CHEAPER...:

Technology continues to make it possible to optimize every aspect of business, meaning that "zero" as a business goal -- zero excess capacity, zero waste, zero errors -- is now theoretically possible. Just think of how the rise of the sharing economy has led to the success of the zero marginal cost business model. And now Amazon could be on the cusp of introducing another zero into our business lexicon: zero delivery time. As in, the time required to get a product from store to consumer is being whittled down to zero.

Amazon's latest attempt to reach zero delivery time could be a drive-through grocery store for Silicon Valley's tech workers. As first reported by Silicon Valley Business Journal, Amazon users would pick up their grocery items in a physical store after first ordering online and scheduling a pickup time at a nearby facility.

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