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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
AMZN 239.16+2.1%Jan 23 9:30 AM EST

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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (134850)11/18/2001 6:26:58 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
The built out their back end too quickly.


Bill,
Maybe it might be safe to say they did not need much of a backend. If they could jettison the DCs without penalty now they would do great.

I can tell you from personal experience this fulfillment process is a nuisance. If there were better parties just specializing in the fulfillment, I suspect more firms would ask Amazon to do their front end and the fulfillment would be subcontracted.
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