START LOOKING AT. INSTEAD OF CALORIES WILL SHOW YOU WHY IT MAY HELP TO SELF
CONTROL.
>>THIS HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON
MANY OF US HAVE ALREADY HOPPED
ONLINE TO BUY GIFTS AND.
>>SPENDING A LOT OF YOU USED
AMAZON.
>>YES BUT ONCE YOU CLICK THE
BUY BUTTON OUR HELP ME HANK
TEAM WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOES
INTO THE WORK OF GETTING THAT
PACKAGE FROM THERE.
ALL THE WAY TO YOU CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER
LIVE ARRIVING THIS TONIGHT AT
THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER.
IN HANK YOU’RE GIVEN AN
EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT HOW THIS ALL
WORKS.
>>YEAH KAREN JASON CAMERAS
INSIDE FOR THE 1ST TIME AND
THIS IS SO FAST CITY BECAUSE
LIKE MANY OF YOU WHEN YOU MAKE
THAT PURCHASE ONLINE YOU
PROBABLY WONDER HOW DOES THAT
GIFT AND UP ON MY PORCH.
WHILE IT ALL BEGINS RIGHT HERE
IN ROMULUS THIS FACILITY 1 OF 4
CROSSES STATE 855000 SQUARE
FEET.
LET ME PUT THAT INTO
PERSPECTIVE BE A BAND SPACE AT
COBO JUST OVER 700000 SQUARE
FEET AND INSIDE RIGHT NOW THERE
IS A TON OF ACTIVITY .
>>YOU KNOW HOW THE 1ST PART
WORKS YOU FIND AN ITEM ON
AMAZON YOU ADDED TO YOUR CART
AND YOU CLICK THE BUY BUY FROM
THERE ON OUT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW YOUR PACKAGES
ACTUALLY GET YOUR FRONT DOOR.
>>WELCOME TO THE AMAZON ROMULUS
FULFILLMENT CENTER TAKE A SNEAK
PEEK OF THE MAGIC.
THAT HAPPENS AT THE BONHAMS
ON.COM .
>>IT ALL STARTS RIGHT HERE IN
THIS 855000 SQUARE FOOT
BUILDING.
THAT SO BIG IT COULD BE 14
FOOTBALL FIELDS INSIDE.
>>WERE CROSSING IS AN ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY MACHINE LEARNING AND
SOPHISTICATED ALGORITHMS KEEP
EVERYTHING RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
THESE TALL PODS ARE STOCKED
WITH EVERY SINGLE PRINE ITEM
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
YEAH THAT’S RIGHT EVERY ITEM ON
AMAZON PRIME THIS HOUSE RIGHT
IN THIS BUILDING AND THESE
CONVEYOR BELTS BRING THE
PRODUCTS IN TO BE STORED.
WE HAVE OVER 10 MILES OF
CONVEYORS FROM THE MOMENT YOU
CLICK THAT YELLOW BUTTON THESE
LITTLE ROBOTS GO TO WORK CODES
ON THE FLOOR BASICALLY SET UP
THE TRACKS TALLY THE ROBOTS
WHERE TO GO AND WHICH
ASSOCIATES.
TO BRING THE PODS.
WHO’S.
>>REALLY FAST ACT’S ROBOTICS
FIRSTHAND AS THEY ACTUALLY
NAVIGATE THROUGH THE FACILITY.
ONCE BECAUSE REPORTS BY THEY
RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING A
POT IN THE CAR.
SO SHE IS SOCIABLE TICKET ITEM
PLACE IT IN THE YELLOW TOW AND
WILL FULFILL CUSTOMERS.
ORDERS IN ASSOCIATE GET YOUR
ORDER IN STARTS FEELING WHETHER
YOU HAVE 1 ITEM OR 10 HERE’S
WHAT WE KNOW IN A WORLD WHERE
PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT ROBOTS
TAKING OVER.
THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS LIKE A
SYNCHRONIZED SYMPHONY OF ROBOTS
IN REAL HUMANS.
DOING THE WORK TOGETHER THERE’S
JACKSON BALANCES WITH EACH
MAKING SURE ITEMS ARE SORTED
TIMELY.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY CORRECTLY
AS THE POD COMES UP TO THE
ASSOCIATE.
THE COMPUTER SHINES A LIGHT ON
THE BIN WHERE THE ITEM IS
LOCATED.
SHE ALREADY KNOWS WHERE TO FIND
YOUR PACKAGE DOUBLE CHECKING
THAT ITEM AND SENDING THE DOW
TO BE PACKAGED UP.
AND.
>>THEN AN ITEM HE SHIPPED OUT
TO CUSTOMERS.
>>AND SHE SCANS THE COMPUTER
TELLS HER WHICH BOXER AND WILL
LOOK TO USE THAT LABEL.
TOM PUT IT ON THE CONVEYOR
BELT.
THIS IS OUR SLIMLINE STANFORD
CAN LABEL 5 MANIFESTO PACKAGES
TRAVEL DOWN HERE WILL VIRTUALLY
PHYSICALLY WEIGH THEM WILL GET
A DIMENSION.
ALL THAT INFORMATION IS SENT
HERE TO ARE BLACK BOXES WHICH
PREDETERMINE THE MOST OFF.
THE WEIGHT PER SHIPMENT AND
THEN ONCE WE GO THROUGH FOR
ACCURACY MORE THAN PLACE IT
INTO A TRAILER.
NEWAYGO DETACHMENT FRONT DOORS.
THIS IS THE LAST MONTH YOUR
PACKAGES WANTED ITS WEIGHT
WITHIN SECONDS.
MAKE SURE EXACTLY WHAT’S INSIDE
SHOULD BE AND THE FINAL LABELS
ARE SLAPPED ON IT TO THE
FINALS.
THAT GETTING THEM ONTO THE
TRUCKS WE SCANNED IT.
ASSISTANT OWES A PINPOINT
LOCATION AWARE THAT ITEM IS
AWARE THAT IT NEEDS TO GO.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE WILL PICK
ABOUT MARA BLUMENFELD WILL BE
PLACE INTO A BIG TRAILER WITH
AMAZON.
BRANDON AND I WILL SHOW THOSE
LAST MILES.
>>YOUMANS AND ROBOTS WORKING
TOGETHER IN THIS FACILITY THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON YOU CAN EXPECT
THERE DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE PRESENTS TO
YOU AND UNDER YOUR TREE.
>>VERY BUSY BLANC THIS TIME WE
GET RIGHT .
>>I’M I LOVE HER A LOT OF GOOD
ENERGY INSIDE PEOPLE AND ROBOTS
WORKING TOGETHER NOW THIS
FACILITY IT OPENED LAST SUMMER
HERE IN ROMULUS AND WE ARE TOLD
THE VERY 1ST PRODUCT AN ITEM
ORDERED AND SHIPPED OUT FISH
HOOKS PRETTY APPROPRIATE HERE.
IN THE GREAT LAKES STATE LIVE
HERE TONIGHT IN ROMULUS HANK
WINCHESTER HELP ME HANK.
>>YEAH I LIKE THAT HANK THAT
PEOPLE ROBOTS WORKING TOGETHER
IN HARMONY BY THE WAY THOSE
PODS ON TOP OF THE ROBOTS THAT
WAS PRETTY COOL AS WELL BUT
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE’S AN ITEM
THAT’S NOT INSIDE THAT SPECIFIC
FULFILLMENT?
CENTER AND JASON CARR ISN’T IT
AMAZING TO THINK THAT ALMOST
EVERY PRIME ITEM IS RIGHT HERE
BEHIND ME.
IF THEY DON’T HAVE IT THEY WORK
WITH ANOTHER FACILITY TO GET
HERE RIGHT AWAY THE IDEA IS
REALLY TO CUT DOWN THE WAIT
TIMES FOR THE CUSTOMER AND
OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS
FOR EVERYBODY GET THEIR
PACKAGES BEFORE THE HOLIDAY
YEAH BACK TO YOU.
>>AND IF CAIRNS IMPATIENT SHE
SHOULD JUST DRIVE OVER THERE
GET HER STUFF RIGHT THOUGH.