11-14-2024, 01:16 PM
Take a look inside Amazon’s new fulfillment centre in Cambridge, Ont.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/take-a-look...-1.7109564
Amazon says its new fulfillment centre in Cambridge, Ont. is the first-of-its-kind in the country.
The one-million-square-foot facility on Old Mill Road is unique because it acts as both a storage and distribution site. The packages, however, aren’t going to customers but other fulfillment centres across southwestern Ontario.
“The inventory will essentially come through here,” explained Greg Clutton, YMH2’s site lead, during Wednesday’s grand opening. “We allow ourselves to carry more inventory of the top selling items or items that made may turn a little bit slower.”
Those on hand for the event said the fulfillment centre will benefit the community, as it currently employs 250 people and possibly an additional 1,000 workers over the next year.
The facility initially faced pushback from some nearby residents.
Mike Harris, the Kitchener-Conestoga MPP and Ontario’s Minister of Red Tape, said he’s glad the project went ahead despite the controversy.
“There was a lot of community engagement at the beginning, and I think the communities surrounding this area had some concerns, and a lot of that was alleviated,” he explained. “I think Amazon has done a very good job now of being good community stewards.”
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/take-a-look...-1.7109564
Amazon says its new fulfillment centre in Cambridge, Ont. is the first-of-its-kind in the country.
The one-million-square-foot facility on Old Mill Road is unique because it acts as both a storage and distribution site. The packages, however, aren’t going to customers but other fulfillment centres across southwestern Ontario.
“The inventory will essentially come through here,” explained Greg Clutton, YMH2’s site lead, during Wednesday’s grand opening. “We allow ourselves to carry more inventory of the top selling items or items that made may turn a little bit slower.”
Those on hand for the event said the fulfillment centre will benefit the community, as it currently employs 250 people and possibly an additional 1,000 workers over the next year.
The facility initially faced pushback from some nearby residents.
Mike Harris, the Kitchener-Conestoga MPP and Ontario’s Minister of Red Tape, said he’s glad the project went ahead despite the controversy.
“There was a lot of community engagement at the beginning, and I think the communities surrounding this area had some concerns, and a lot of that was alleviated,” he explained. “I think Amazon has done a very good job now of being good community stewards.”