The main fear is that if China starts to slow down it's going to really hurt our multinational companies that are exporting to them.
They just can't keep food on the table. Even though they're picking it.
It would put a strain on the resources big-time.
Some publishers think it gets them better service. And there's no way to prove that they're wrong. But when the transition happens, publishers should keep careful watch of service issues.
Some publishers liked to have six pieces in a sack because they thought the smaller sacks would be opened faster and thus delivered earlier. Theoretically that's true.