50%+ FBA Inbound Shipments Forced to the West Coast, when only 17% of Sales are "Pacific"

[Dogtamer]

@VTR

Yes, they are called receive centers and they do not hold inventory according to the “Amazonian” I spoke with at OAK3. They may be in the same building or next to other FC’s but they only act as a crossdock.

That Amazonian is correct; it’s all part & parcel of what’s described in this 091725 SAS post:

Delivery Disruption Emails - FBA

BNA6 is an IXD (“Inbound Cross Dock”) facility, similar in function to RDU4, LAX9, RYY2, PBI3, LBE1, LGB8, etc. Basically, an IXD performs the functions which were formerly segregated between SCs (“Sorting Centers”) & DCs (“Distribution Centers”). Amazon, for the last 6 business quarters, has been engaged in a re-jiggering of its logistics infrastructure, resulting in the creation of CXDs (“International IXD”), nIXDs (“National IXD”), & rIXDs (“Regional IXD”). I’m of the opinion that the cre…