Talk:Dabbawala

message: Who cares about the Six Sigma reference?  I can see why you might want to link from Sigma Six here, but not the other way around. foson 
Why can't the husbands carry their own lunches to work?  RickK 21:28, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)
:Typically because lunch wouldn't quite be ready by the time they leave in the morning. Ambarish | Talk 22:39, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also, in India, people prefer food that is hot (temperature) and fresh.--ganesh 02:32, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

text: I submitted this page to peer review. That should in getting this article featured. Mgm|(talk) 22:20, Oct 2, 2004 (UTC)
also, VERY importantly, a lot of the time, the dabba isn't coming from home. i.e., the dabbawalla makes it himself. this isn't just a tifin-carrying service but a tiffin-catering service as well. this helps a lot of people who don't have the facilities/time to cook.
It says they make 4000 rupees; is that per month? or per month per customer, or what?
In the "JanLokpal Bill Support" section it says that the dabbawalas went on strike and "involuntarily gathered at Azad Maidan with march starting from Churchgate" - what does this mean, why did they gather involuntarily, and did they gather at Azad Maidan or Churchgate? Please make it clear, and put into understandable English.
Can I get those information in sinhala Shanelkamendis (talk) 07:03, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions

message: Someone added entries to indicate that Dabbawala food is not always, or usually, home cooked but supplied by specialist cooks. If that were the case then surely this system would be unnecessary and cooking near the office would be the norm. The references I have found all indicate that home-cooking is the norm. Anyone else? DJ Clayworth 20:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Based on these comments, I'm going to change the article. Cooke (talk) 16:57, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Home-cooked

message: Could anyone provide a photo please?--A Y Arktos\talk 11:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo? 

message: How do they do routing?  If most carriers are illiterate, and the dabbas are only marked with colors, that seems inadequate to give addressing of the whole city.  Since the pickup and delivery carrier are different, it can't be just memory.  Don't they also use some sort of hub-and-spoke system? —Dgiest c 21:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah. Do the picker carries the dabba to a neighbourhood centre, from where it is taken to a business area centre from where it is  delivered? How many regroupings or steps are there? --84.20.17.84 10:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Routing? 

message: Something as simple as a sketch of Mumbai with a big dot for a typical neighbourhood of worker homes, another for a typical business area and dots for the wala relay stations with a sketched route joining them. --84.20.17.84 10:17, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: Is there any evidence for the six sigma claim? The cited reference isn't much of a reference at all...just an article from a consultant's site. Untill someone can back up the claim I'm deleting the reference. Also Forbes is just a magazine...I'm not aware that they have any role in the six sigma process/systemFarsnickle 17:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Six Sigma 

message: I am confused: Do the Dabbawalas themselves make the food, or is it food directly from the recipient's home? Please respond on my talk page, if you can. BashmentBoy 15:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusion

message: Fascinating article, but a brief summary of how the system works would be good. The article as it stands leaves me wanting to know more! 
217.155.138.250 18:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How does it actually work? 

message: I think we have NPOV here- the sentences deemed offensive have been removed.RSido (talk) 02:58, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: 2 gaps in an otherwise good article:
* "An on-line poll on the web site ensures that customer feedback is given pride of place." Which website? It is not specified.
* "There are no multiple elaborate layers of management either — just three layers." Could we know which layers? Is it just one layer of 'actual' dabbawala (i.e. moving the boxes around) and 2 layers of management?
89.136.53.27 (talk) 10:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Low-tech and lean' incomplete 

message: Can I translate this artical and place it in russian version of Wikipedia and use the pictures as well? Leoneedss (talk) 23:02, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem, but avoid only use of Google translator tool. Karthik Nadar (talk) 06:26, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian version 

message: Hello, 
I suggest that we add an infobox on the right side encapsulating the salient points of the Dabbawallah network.
Any views? - Notthebestusername (talk) 04:36, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion - Add Infobox 

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