Amazon to introduce specified centres in Patna, Guwahati

To increase the speed of its delivery, Amazon India is adding two new warehouses in Patna and Guwahati. This move will lead to expansion of its capacity in existing specialised fulfilment centres (FCs) in cities like Delhi and Mumbai.

The specialised warehouses are different from traditional warehouses, they have highly automatic pick, pack and shipping process making it possible for fast and safe delivery. This automatic process also allows the e-commerce company to handle large appliances and furniture.

Amazon will launch specialised FCs in two new cities, Patna and Guwahati, and add more storage capacity to its existing specialised FCs in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana and Ahmedabad, among other cities.

Amazon India will now have a network of specialised FCs with close to 9 million cubic feet of storage space, an increase of close to 40 per cent from December 2018. There is also increase in specialised delivery network from 60 to over 80 delivery stations this year.

This expansion will guarantee faster deliveries to close to 14,000 pin codes, a 2X increase from 2018, and customers from over 60 cities can now receive next day deliveries in these categories (large appliances and furniture).

With these launches, Amazon will now have more than 50 FCs with more than 20 million cubic feet of storage space and over 200 delivery stations.

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