SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today unveiled its eighth generation fulfi...

1. Amazon Unveils its Eighth Generation Fulfillment Center
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today unveiled its eighth
generation fulfillment center, which utilizes robotics, Kiva technology, vision systems and almost 20
years' worth of software and mechanical innovations to fulfill holiday orders. The company is
currently operating 10 of this new generation of fulfillment centers across the U.S.
"The Amazon fulfillment teams are dedicated to innovating in our fulfillment centers to increase
speed of delivery while enabling greater local selection at lower costs for our customers. The
advancements in our latest fulfillment centers hit all three of these customer desires while
continuing to provide a work environment that is great for employees," said Dave Clark, Amazon's
senior vice president of worldwide operations and customer service.
Some features of Amazon's eighth generation
fulfillment center include:
Kiva robots of which Amazon currently has more than
15,000 operating across the U.S.;
Robo-Stow, one of Earth's largest robotic arms moving
large quantities of inventory for customer order
fulfillment;
New vision systems enabling the unloading and receipt
of an entire trailer of inventory in as little as 30
minutes instead of hours; and
New, high-end graphically oriented computer systems for employees to use while fulfilling orders for
customers.
Amazon recently announced it will hire 80,000 seasonal employees to fulfill customer orders this
holiday, a 14 percent increase over last year. The company expects that thousands of those
employees will stay on in regular, full-time roles.
View photos and videos of Amazon's eighth
generation fulfillment center here. Learn more
about Amazon's Cyber Monday deals here.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in
July 1995. The company is guided by four
principles: customer obsession rather than
competitor focus, passion for invention,
commitment to operational excellence, and long-

2. term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click
shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct
Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire tablets, and Fire TV are some of the products and services
pioneered by Amazon.
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