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2000-2002 Optimizing the customer
Fulfillment network By a set of measures, Amazon reduce costs associated with stocking and shipping goods.
Amazon.com in Europe

Launching Amazon in the UK and Germany
1998 Amazon.com entered the European market,targeting the two countries-the UK and Germany-that represented both the largest online markets and the largest markets for books in Europe.
1999 Building Additional Fulfillment Infrastructure
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late 1998, the company was beginning to face toughter competition from player. So,Amazon started adding new product lines and features at a fast pace.
Launching Amazon in the UK and Germany
Launching Amazon in France
2000,9,Amazon launched France.
Amazon.com in Europe
At the end of 2000, the international segment of Amazon comprising the UK,German,and the newly launched French and Japan(launched in November 2000)sites reached $381 million in sales, accounting for 13.8% of the company's total revenue.International sales grew 74% in 2001 to reach $661 million, accounting for 21% of sales.
1999 Building Additional Fulfillment frastructure
Just before the Chrismas 1999 season , the new distribution center network was up and running.Amazon delivered more than 99% of its orders in time for Christmas 1999.In the fourth quarter alone of 1999,amazon shipped about 20 million items and acquired more than 2.5million first-time customers.
1995-1998 Establishing Amazon.com
1998, Amazon expanded its product lines. Nonetheless,with the additional product lines, the inventory turns dropped from 56 in 1997 to 24.8 in 1998.
2000-2002 Optimizing the customer
Fulfillment network Jeff Wilke,the new vice president of operations at amazon,quickly launched several initiatives to reduce costs associated with stocking and shipping goods. Streamlining US Distribution Centers' Processes Inventory Costs Delivery Processes
2000-2002 Optimizing the customer
Fulfillment network
In early 2000,Wall Street began to put profit pressure on all dotcoms,including amazon 's stock price which had reached a record high of $106.49 in Dec.1999.
Launching Amazon in the UK and Germany Launching Amazon in France Amazon's Chanllenges in Europe Qrganization of Amazon European Subsidiaries Going Forward Assessing the EDN Opportunity
1999 Building Additional Fulfillment frastructure To support its transformation and its projected triple-digit growth,Amazon adapted its supply chain and distribution network.
Distribution center
capacity grew from 50000 to 285000 square feet. Increased the number of titles held in its DCs to over 200000 at the end of 1997 and reduced promised delivery times on those titles. Major efforts were made in software development to support back-office operations.
Going Forward
By 2002,international revenues were $1.2 billion (35% of Amazon's total revenue). Going forward,Amazon executives in Seattle planned to roll out some product categories and functionalities already available in US.So Amazon Europe needed to build up its infrastructure to support this ambitious vision. Tom Taylor was transferred from Seattle to London to address these issues.
CHAPTER 7
Distribution Strategies
1995-1998 Establishing Amazon.com 1995,7 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon
1995-1998 Establishing Amazon.com 1996-1997 To support the increased traffic and sales ,the company built up its infrastructure and systems.
2000-2002 Optimizing the customer
Fulfillment network
In this context,Jeff Bezos acknowledge the need for profitability and "a stronger focus on operational excellence,which means treating customers right but at lower cost."
Assessing the EDN Opportunity
Tom Taylor should consider whether Amazon needed three independent distribution centers or could it build a European disreibution network (EDN). Taylor also had to consider the benefits of an EDN, function ,location and the impact of the implementation of the EDN on internal departments.In addition, did the EDN make sense in the context of strong growth? If so, which option should choose? By the end of this chapter, you should be able to adress above issue.