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fulfillment center

American  
[fool-fil-muhnt sen-ter] / fʊlˈfɪl mənt ˈsɛn tər /

noun

  1. a location where products are stored, packaged, shipped, or otherwise processed.


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It added that the adoption of artificial intelligence, as well as a new automated fulfillment center in Houston, would help pad profit margins.

From MarketWatch

The company recorded a $119.6 million impairment charge and a $36.3 million charge related to the restructuring of a fulfillment center, both tied to Adore Me, in its latest quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Currently, about 60% of Walmart’s stores are receiving freight from automated distribution centers, and about half of the company’s ecommerce fulfillment center volumes are entirely automated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Zalando ZAL -1.17%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it would close its fulfillment center in Erfurt, Germany, as part of a plan to reshape its pan-European logistics network to strengthen its market position.

From The Wall Street Journal

Back on the ground, the camera observes Chris Smalls, a former Amazon employee dismissed the year before from the JFK8 fulfillment center for his activism over proper measures to protect workers from COVID.

From Los Angeles Times