Photos of Amazon.com fulfillment center

Linkjacked. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233766/Santas-little-helper-Todays-busiest-online-shopping-day-year-So-ready-biggest-grotto-Lapland.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233766/Santas-littl...</a>

More photos of the same centre can be found here <a href="http://www.silicon.com/technology/networks/2009/12/23/photos-inside-amazon-at-christmas-39692316/" rel="nofollow">http://www.silicon.com/technology/networks/2009/12/23/photos...</a>

I own and run two smallish ( ~ $1 mill/yr ; ~ $0.5 mill/yr revenue) ecommerce stores ( <a href="http://smartflix.com" rel="nofollow">http://smartflix.com</a> and <a href="http://heavyink.com" rel="nofollow">http://heavyink.com</a> ) and I bought a few textbooks books on warehouse layout and design.<p>There really wasn't a lot in there that was applicable to me, but I bet that (a) the Amazon folks have all read these books, and (b) they could write much, much better ones if they wanted to spill some of their trade secrets!

I would pay generously to take a guided tour of Amazon's fulfilment centre. I imagine it to be a hive of activity. Most of us take next day delivery for granted now, but when taking into account the volume Amazon must process every day, I find it fascinating. Even more so when you take into consideration their same day (evening delivery) service.

Now we know where the Ark of the Covenant really is.

So much wasted vertical space?