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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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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

Edward Timmons, whose children are fifth-generation Yucaipa residents, once worked as a manager at a large fulfillment center in Rialto.

From Los Angeles Times

There was already an avocado distribution center across the street from Pedraza’s home; now there’s an Amazon fulfillment center on the corner that brings “trucks after trucks after trucks,” Pedraza said.

From Los Angeles Times