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With over 230 million customers from all over the world, amazon is changing the way we shop. Amazon has a commitment to get the customer their product quickly and efficiently. Something that most of us don't think about after clicking on the check out button, is what is really going on behind the scenes between warehousing, shipment, and product management. According to Garters Amazon has the #3 supply chain in the world behind Apple, and McDonalds. While there is so much detail that stands out about Amazon's supply chain, I will only be going into detail about their warehouses. hopefully giving you an idea of how the item gets to your door.Before getting into Amazon's supply chain methods, it is important to point out that they have business ethics in the forefront when making supplier decisions. They talk about bribery, child labor, hours of work, business ethics, and more on their website . This is important because some of their competitors (Walmart & Apple) get ridiculed for having their suppliers get (or make) their product in poor conditions.In Amazon's 96 warehouses world wide the obvious goal is to store all of the products their customers may order online in the future, as well as how to pick and ship them quickly. So as soon as you click purchase, Amazon's warehouse robots called "Kiva" drive to a bin location (where the product is), picks up the cart, and then drives it to the picking and shipping area to be picked and shipped, then taking the cart back to the proper location.As soon as the Kiva gets the item to the picking location the picker then scans the proper item on the customers order getting it ready to be shipped. After your order gets picked, and scanned, the order needs to be packaged, and can be sent to your front door. This is an efficient process for Amazon as they are proud of the customer order, order fulfillment time span that they do have.Amazon takes great pride in that they are a role model for technology at their company. This doesn't stop at their robots, as they have been looking into using drones to ship small items. Amazon also has been selling groceries to some of their customers online, with the USPS being a possible shipper for those.Check out one of the videos below for more information about Amazon's Warehouse & Technology.Hope you were able to learn a little bit of the work that goes on behind the scenes at Amazon to get you your product.Thanks for reading!Andrew Niedert