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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company’s purchases continue to add new wind and solar projects on the grids that power operations, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers, Amazon fulfillment centers, and physical stores around the world. Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. billion last year.

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Amazon–Robots Roam the Warehouses

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The orange, wheeled robots are the fruits of Amazon’s 2012 purchase of Kiva Systems for $775 million. about 60 miles east of San Francisco, Amazon this summer replaced four floors of fixed shelving with the robots, the people said. The robots are the fruits of Amazon’s 2012 purchase of Kiva Systems Inc. for all of 2009.