[CBS] Amazon fined nearly $6 million for alleged violations in Inland Empire warehouses

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But do they?

They absolutely do not. For some reason, Amazon likes to pull their SAS managers from their logistics operations. 2 of the 3 we have had came from there and walked me through the process, which can be found in the link below. It’s pretty sad / lame…

ETA - If you are a brand owner, you don’t need to use a FNSKU for perishable products.

Someone explain the Low Inventory Fee to me like I am 5

TIME! It’s all about time and efficiency. Product comes in, gets shoved in the next closest avail location. Exp date is not noted anywhere in the FBA system on their side. They have zero capability to handle this shockingly. So let’s say 100 pieces of inventory get shipped into a FC. It gets parked far away due to avail space. 2 weeks later, 100 more get shipped in and get parked closer. That further away inventory will never get picked if inventory remains closer to where the picker is …