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Next Watch Behind the Scenes of an Amazon Warehouse

I. How are robots used in an amazon fulfillment center? Are they effective? Explain.

II. How do humans and robots exist alongside each other in an Amazon Fulfillment Center? Are they working in coordination or competition with each other?

III. What is "SLAM"? How does SLAM organize processes? Is SLAM a process or an organizational mechanism? Explain.

IV. Why is flow of packages more important than speed for Amazon? Explain. Do you think this is sound business practice?

V. Compare this amazon warehouse video with the following?video about a?company in China:?Alibaba's Warehouse is run almost Entirely by Robots

VI. As Amazon Air expands

a. Define "bottleneck" in business supply chain management and explain what the

b. "bottleneck" was for amazon and how it was addressed through Amazon Air.

c. Diagram the supply chain process that best captures how Amazon functions once an order is placed online and the package is ready to leave the warehouse.

d. How do shipping costs effect Amazon on an annual basis??Cite an example from the video and explain the significance of the costs in the decision to lease planes for Amazon Air.

e. What benefits does Amazon Air offer suppliers? How does this effect the customers? Explain.

f. Define "hybrid network" and what it means for the company.

g. How does Amazon challenge the United States Postal Service to be more creative to withstand the competition of Amazon's delivery services to survive? Is this challenge good for?sellers? consumers? Explain.

Do you agree or disagree with the steps presented by your classmate? What about the responses to the videos? Can you identify another organization that is similar to Amazon and Alibaba?