Luciana Buriol, Amazon

Abstract

The Amazon fulfillment network consists of Amazon buildings and transportation lanes among them. In this talk, I will focus on the network with nodes representing Amazon Fulfillment Centers, Sortation Centers, and the Delivery Stations, where the links are the truck and air lanes among them. The lanes of this network are highly dynamic: their capacity can be changed a few days in advance, and they can also be deprecated or launched with short notice. On the other hand, large buildings are planned years ahead. Designing and expanding this network, as well as adjusting the nodes and links capacities for everyday operation demands an orchestration of complex OR systems. In this talk, I will describe this process.

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