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Amazon acquired Kiva Systems, a warehouse automation company, in 2012. Amazon fulfillment centers can also provide warehousing and order-fulfillment for third-party sellers, for an extra fee. [98] Third-party sellers can use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to ship for other platforms as well, such as eBay or their own websites. [99]
It was meant to connect PA 60 to PA 51 in the Esplen neighborhood of Pittsburgh. [5] Most commercial establishments have moved out of Fairywood; however, UPS does have a terminal there, along with the Pittsburgh division of ModCloth. There is also a Giant Eagle warehouse and an Amazon distribution center.
Amazon, for instance, says it has 90,000 full-time U.S. employees at its fulfillment and sorting centers—but it plans to bring on an estimated 100,000 seasonal workers to help handle this year’s peak. Many of these seasonal hires come through Integrity Staffing Solutions, a Delaware-based temp firm.
Amazon has several types of distribution facilities consisting of cross-dock centers, fulfillment centers, sortation centers, delivery stations, Prime now hubs, and Prime air hubs. There are 75 fulfillment centers and 25 sortation centers with over 125,000 employees.
Amazon’s new 2.8-million-square-foot distribution center with a 650,000-square-foot blueprint, expected to rev up its conveyor belts in few months.
The facility is expected to ultimately employ 1,000 full-time workers.