Amazon is double down on the reorganization of its national fulfillment network into regional hubs that service a growing number of delivery stations.
In an announcement this week, Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, said the e-retail giant is planning to double the number of its same-day delivery stations.
The growing constellation of delivery stations are last-mile outlets that are connected to eight regional fulfillment hubs—with the entire network being directed by an advanced machine-learning AI algorithm that tells them which inventory to move to which customers and when.
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