If you’re concerned that you may not have enough inventory to meet customer demand, you can send additional inventory.
Like, I don’t think the inventory will get there in time.
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Considering the number of people selling seasonal goods who report getting alerts to replenish greatly diminished stocks, but are unable to because of inbound limits based on sales prior to the seasonal sales period, I have trouble believing that Amazon will actually honor this statement…
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Please provide a Plan of Action detailing the cause of the warehouse building metrics, the steps you have taken to resolve the issue, and the steps you have taken to prevent this issue in the future.
You will also need to provide one or more of the following:
- Invoices or receipts (but we will only accept invoices) dated in the past 180 days showing how many warehouses you purchased from this structural engineering vendor. You may block out the price.
- A Letter of Authorization from the construction company stating that you have authorization to use the building.
- A bank statement or utility bill dated in the past 180 days.
- A bunch of random things we won’t tell you about until your initial POA is rejected.
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And we won’t actually tell you then; just say that your “documents are altered”, and you’ll have to rely on guesses on the forums as to what you actually need, because we’ll NEVER disclose that.
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The solution (or at least one of them) is to request capacity increases ahead of time. @ASV_Vites is the one that brought it to my attention earlier this year and I am so grateful he did. With all of the performance credits earned, my additional cost of capacity was completely negated and did not cost me anything.
I also received this email. All I can do is shake my head. I am thankful that I do not have a lot of inventory there compared to the amount of units I have everywhere else.
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I also received the email, says I have inventory there. But I downloaded the inventory ledger report for the last 7 days and that center isn’t on it. So did everybody get the same email whether or not they actually had inventory there?
Or maybe it is inbound - guess I better check that.
This is a good point in general, but the sudden closing of a distribution center is an anomaly, a possibility that we might need to plan for going forward.
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Someone needs to post this on the NSFE.
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It’s only an anomaly if Amazon did NOT use the same firm for multiple warehouses and the firm did not use the same faulty design for each of them.
In their rush to expand warehouses it could have a falling domino effect across more than just a couple!
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Breaking News - Engineering firm was Boeing. Sorry, probably too soon, but is it ever with Boeing?
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It is sad that the Boeing name gets dragged through the mud nowadays.
Before 1997 they were the epitome of good engineering and refusal to cut corners…
then McDonnell Douglas, who had some military contracts but was struggling financially and had a culture of cost cutting and crappy engineering, merged with Boeing.
The company kept the Boeing name but adopted McDD cost cutting and short term financial attitude since there were so many crappy McDD executives retained and installed into positions of power.
The Boeing culture of excellence was canned and replaced with the crap that got McDD into trouble in the first place.
It’d be like if in the 2000’s Honda decided to buy a struggling Chrysler and start doing things like Chrysler. It would be ridiculous.
That is exactly why Boeing has a crappy reputation today.
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I think there is more to it than slapping the blame on MDC. When Boeing took over the C-17 program turned into a additive contract and it was not able to cross the Atlantic Ocean without a fuel bladder installed when fully loaded. The F-15, F-18 performance in engineering speak for themselves along with the DC-10 series and MD-80 variants which were overwhelmingly affected by pilot and mechanic failures more than design or profit center issues. MDC engineering and manufacturing was not the core issue with the company IMO.
The merger happened via stock in 1997, but you look at the KC46 a 767, delivered with refueling system operator migraines, rags in fuel tanks, design flaws in using the KC-135 style boom originally versus the KC-10/KDC-10 boom system, inability to carry cargo, inability to carry passengers, inability to refuel the C-17, the most prolific airlifter in the fleet, and all the other non mission capable issues and yet they planes still got delivered to the USAF over the last decade roughly.
I think it is more of a money grab by Boeing because they bought the competition and Lockheed left the commercial marketplace, more than employees from a stock swap the 1990’s changing a culture.
ETOPS alone killed the value of the DC-10 and MD-11 variants practically overnight, once put on the drawing board by the FAA. Boeing did not have a wide body tri-jet airframe to loose sleep over. Without ETOPS, the 767, 757, 777, 787 would prevent oceanic flight, and doom Boeing.
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The first one is an anomaly. Is this the first?
After that, it is a trend.
Stay tuned?
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Reddit posts started 28 days ago. First it was closed for 4 days, extended to Nov 8th, then extended again indefinitely.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Amazon announced that it will shut down its LIT1 building in Little Rock after experts found major structural flaws that require extensive repairs.
The LIT1 building is located at 7001 Zeuber Road next to the Little Rock Port.
“There’s no safe way to keep the building open during these repairs,” said Sam Stephenson, an Amazon spokesperson. “We’re left with no choice but to shut it down, which unfortunately impacts our entire team at LIT1.”
Officials stated that Amazon is providing pay, benefits, and job-placement assistance during the months-long reconstruction. Workers will receive 90 days of full pay, officials said.
Those unable to move into new roles will receive a severance package that includes a lump-sum payment and extended medical coverage, officials said.
It sounds like all the inventory will be stranded there for quite a while, if the building is too unsafe to enter, they cannot transfer out product. I don’t think the robots are autonomous.
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So reading the notice in the first post, I can’t tell if amazon will automatically refund storage fees or if you have to open a case.
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KJ_Amazon addressed that in this 112025 post:
I’ll believe that when I see it; I strongly suggest downloading both Summary view & Detailed view copies of the Inventory Ledger, covering the days since LIT1 was closed, 102225, because I suspect that there’s a good possibility Amazon will NOT honor KJ’s assertion that storage fee refunds will occur automatically…
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Yeah. Considering the number of posts I’ve seen on NSFE (although not lately) of people being charged storage fees for items they’ve repeatedly tried to remove only to be told that “inventory is in a location which cannot process removals”, I don’t think that doing the right thing in a situation like this is the top of the priority list.
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I agree, although I’m aware of NSFE threads discussions on that subject which do have some recent activity.
I suspect that the Thirty Tyrants (link, SAS) will likely find that their seats in Abaddon are less cozy than those they’re used to on this mortal coil…
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Wow… Good work Amazon…..
Hello,
We’re writing to notify you of an update to the LIT1 fulfillment center in Little Rock, Arkansas. After conducting a full review with outside experts, we’ve determined that the structural engineering firm that designed the LIT1 building made errors in the initial design of the facility and the building requires significant structural repairs to meet seismic codes and ensure the safety of our team members.
There’s no safe way to keep the building open during these repairs and we’re left with no choice but to close the building until the repairs are completed, which unfortunately impacts inventory at LIT1. We’re working to safely relocate your inventory to other facilities, which will become sellable as soon as they arrive.
We’ve adjusted your capacity limits and ASIN restrictions to account for this disruption to ensure you can bring in additional inventory for these products. We will continue to issue a refund for any monthly storage fees or aged inventory surcharges associated with affected inventory during the transferring period. These refunds will be issued within one month of their charge date. We’ll also continue to monitor your Inventory Performance Index (IPI) score to ensure it isn’t impacting your capacity limits while we move your inventory to other facilities. To view your IPI and capacity limits, go to the FBA Dashboard.
If you have available inventory stored in other fulfillment centers, your listing will remain sellable. If your inventory is only available in LIT1, it’ll become available for sale again as soon as it arrives at another facility. You can create new shipments which will be delivered to a fulfillment center that is able to fulfill customer orders.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused during the busy holiday season. We’re working hard to minimize the impact of this issue on your business and will provide additional updates as we learn more.
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But…aren’t they all the same? 
How many more need to close down for safety?
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SO here’s a question for your SAS contact @ASV_Vites , your product has expiration dates, what happens if your storage at LIT1 goes “stale” before they can re-open?
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