To facilitate the loading and unloading process on the ferry to Nantucket, MA the steamship company uses numbered pods. Passengers can load all their baggage into one pod and easily collect it when the boat docks at its destination. The pod system is especially helpful for island trips as many people loaded an assortment of smaller items: beverages, beach gear, bags of food, etc. It saves time and seating space as all the pods and their contents are towed together and then stowed below the deck.
Think about whether your organization or service could adapt something similar to facilitate the management of a group of items. Grocery stores have done so with their pick-up order system and moving companies have a modified system for long-distance moves, but could airlines also create a pod system to make baggage retrieval easier and minimize the delays caused by carry-on luggage? Hotels or convention centers could expedite the check-in process this way. Beaches could make a fortune by creating pods that brought all the paraphernalia people bring right down to their spot in the sand.
Everybody has a lot of stuff. Capitalize on the pod system as a way to effectively contain the items and ferry them to another place.
