Online Discussion: Warehouse Strategy - Amazon Contains unread posts Introduction This discussion is around the development of various warehouse/layout strategies, and how these strategies are changing for the future. Read chapter 9 of your textbook and the following articles: • Next day delivery margins • The future of mobile piece picking • Amazon's Amazing Fulfillment Warehouse Strategy • Amazon's first retail store Answer the following questions in your posting. Please feel free to search out further articles and videos to assist with your comprehension of the topic and to add to the class discussion.
1. What is an efficient warehouse strategy?
2. With the rapid growth of Amazon (starting as just an online bookstore and growing into a retail giant), how has their warehouse strategy and layout changed?
3. What does the future hold for Amazon (and other companies) and the use of mobile piece-picking robots?