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How Your Amazon Order Reaches You

Since 2005, Amazon has had the world's three largest Linux databases, with a total capacity of 7.8 terabytes. Amazon brand Gift Wrap Packaging uPs Depending on what type of delivery method you have chosen (Prime, Standard etc.) your package will be placed into a prioritized queue to await collection. PRIME FREE SUPER GUARANTEED STANDARD LOCAL RELEASE SAVER ACCELERATED DELIVERY EXPRESS DATE SHIPPING DELIVERY DELIVERY Packages get a smart label, depending on where the package is going. PACKAGE IS SCANNED LESS THAN 200 MILES AWAY BY TRUCK MORE THAN 200 MILES-AWAY BY AIR Package is carried to Worldport UPS Global operations center in Louisville Kentucky Worldport is enormous, bigger than the adjacent Louisville International Airport 80 Football fields fit into Worldport and if you walked the perimeter you would travel 5 miles. Package is separated into categories Tickets in flat letter envelope 6-Sided packages Irregular When a package begins its journey, it moves from belt to belt at a speed of around one mile every two and a half minutes Packages move from belt to belt. Hockey pucks push them into the right place. GO! There are 17.000 conveyor belts in the Worldport sorting facility 122 Miles long Scanners and computers keep track of packages. Computers make 59 million database transactions every hour. Plane takes package to a regional sorting facility. When the package gets to its destination the tray tips it into a bag full of other small packages. PACKAGE GOES INTOA CONTAINER --- - Package is scanned one more time. then given a PAL label. Once packages are in the truck. UPS driver uses route planning software to choose the most fuel-effective route. Drives to your home Driver arrives and scans the package with DIAS (Delivery Information Acquisition System) The driver walks to your door and delivers your package PARCEL ARRIVES! SOURCES http://www.howstuftworks.com/amazon.htm http://money.hewstuftworks.com/ups3.htm http:/len.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.comFulfilment and warehousing http//ircp.com/about/investment-case-studies/amazon-logistics-unit hetp://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/getting the goods_the_new_amazonzappos_supply chai php http//answers.google.com/answers/threadviewid/727708.html http//phx.corporate-irnet/phoenix zhtml?c976648pwirol-irhome Disclaimer This was not produced in affiliation with UPS or Amazon.com

How Your Amazon Order Reaches You

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If you’ve ever wondered how your Amazon package goes from your click to your door, the infographic below may help shed some light on the process.

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