80 huge regional warehouses
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80
huge regional warehouses
80 huge regional warehouses
“fulfillment centers”
Each close to shipping hub
One of Four in Phoeniz
One of Four in Phoeniz
Loading docks from 1
to infinity
Loading docks from 1 to infinity
Make History
Make History
Get metal detected
Get metal detected
Of American industrial process power…
Of American industrial process power…
And software
They have “everything”
They have “everything”
How does one organize and keep track of everything?
A first class COMP 523 project
Every box incoming scanned into software system,
virtual record for every item
Every box incoming scanned into software system, virtual record for every item
Items “filed” onto shelves wherever workers find space.
Items “filed” onto shelves wherever workers find space.
Shelf barcode is scanned and item location saved in system
Like
hashing into buckets
, a little
Like hashing into buckets, a little
But no hash, just buckets
Volleyball in with 2 packs of gum balls
Volleyball in with 2 packs of gum balls
No there is no rhyme or reason
Now what?
Now what?
Items in the order generate
retrieval instructions
“Pickers” dispatched to go gather items from the chaos
Might walk 10-15 miles a day
Might walk 10-15 miles a day
Scanner sends to the exact shelf location for the item
Directed by various orders being compiled by pickers all over
Optimized
path is computed bin to bin
, aisle to aisle
Items found off shelf go in bins for re-entry later
Items found off shelf go in bins for re-entry later
Picker carts end up here
Picker carts end up here
Each
slot is a customer order
Software sends builder to items in carts, to slots
Built orders go to packing
Built orders go to packing
Software tells packer what box,
envelope size to use
They call it the “slam” line
They call it the “slam” line
because…
Mailing labels “slammed” onto the packages after weighing
Mailing labels “slammed” onto the packages after weighing
Address labels guide conveyors
Address labels guide conveyors
Orange sliders push package down the right chute to shipping bundles for various shippers,
destinations
A Day In the Life of Amazon
A Day In the Life of Amazon
Travel with an item point to point
Fun Facts to Know and Tell
Work Campers
A
Kiva Managed Warehouse
A Kiva Managed Warehouse
Discovery channel on Kiva
BettyBot at Quiet Logistics
Quiet Logistics II
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