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1、2021/3/91 CHAPTER 7 Distribution StrategiesDistribution Strategies2021/3/921995-1998 Establishing A 1995,7 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon 2021/3/931995-1998 Establishing A 1996-1997 To support the increased traffic and sales ,the company built up its infrastructure and systems.lDistribution center capaci

2、ty grew from 50000 to 285000 square feet.lIncreased the number of titles held in its DCs to over 200000 at the end of 1997 and reduced promised delivery times on those titles.lMajor efforts were made in software development to support back-office operations.2021/3/941995-1998 Establishing A 1998, Am

3、azon expanded its product lines. Nonetheless,with the additional product lines, the inventory turns dropped from 56 in 1997 to 24.8 in 1998.2021/3/951999 Building Additional Fulfillment InfrastructureBy late 1998, the company was beginning to face toughter competition from player.So,Amazon started a

4、dding new product lines and features at a fast pace.2021/3/961999 Building Additional Fulfillment frastructure To support its transformation and its projected triple-digit growth,Amazon adapted its supply chain and distribution network.2021/3/971999 Building Additional Fulfillment frastructure Just

5、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.2021/3/982

6、000-2002 Optimizing the customer 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.Fulfillment network 2021/3/992000-2002 Optimizing the customer In this context,Jeff Bezos acknowledge the need

7、for profitability and a stronger focus on operational excellence,which means treating customers right but at lower cost. Fulfillment network 2021/3/9102000-2002 Optimizing the customer Jeff Wilke,the new vice president of operations at amazon,quickly launched several initiatives to reduce costs asso

8、ciated with stocking and shipping goods. Streamlining US Distribution Centers ProcessesInventory CostsDelivery ProcessesFulfillment network 2021/3/9112000-2002 Optimizing the customer By a set of measures, Amazon reduce costs associated with stocking and shipping goods. Fulfillment network 2021/3/91

9、2A in EuropeLaunching Amazon in the UK and GermanyLaunching Amazon in FranceAmazons Chanllenges in EuropeQrganization of Amazon European SubsidiariesGoing ForwardAssessing the EDN Opportunity2021/3/913Launching Amazon in the UK and Germany 1998 A entered the European market,targeting the two countri

10、es-the UK and Germany-that represented both the largest online markets and the largest markets for books in Europe.2021/3/914Launching Amazon in the UK and Germany2021/3/915Launching Amazon in France 2000,9,Amazon launched France.2021/3/916A in Europe At the end of 2000, the international segment of

11、 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 companys total revenue.International sales grew 74% in 2001 to reach $661 million, accounting for 21% of sales.2021/3/917Going Forward B

12、y 2002,international revenues were $1.2 billion (35% of Amazons 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.

13、Tom Taylor was transferred from Seattle to London to address these issues.2021/3/918Assessing 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 a