Amazon keeps California covered with new facility

Amazon.com Inc. cannot be accused of ignoring the fulfillment needs of customers in California.



The e-tail giant plans to open its 10th California fulfillment center in Sacramento. The new 855,000-plus-sq.-ft. facility, the fourth California fulfillment center Amazon has announced within a span of four months, will create more than 1,000 full-time hourly roles.



In addition to the recently announced fulfillment centers in north Sacramento, Tracy and Eastvale, Amazon currently fulfills customer orders at its seven California facilities in Moreno Valley, Patterson, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino and Tracy. The company also operates sortation centers in Newark and San Bernardino.



“Our ongoing expansion in California, which started just four short years ago, is the result of two things: incredible customers and an outstanding workforce in this state,” said Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s VP of North American operations. “Customers are seeing on a regular basis Amazon’s customer obsession, innovative culture, and operational excellence – all of which is driven by the 14,000-plus Californians who work in Amazon fulfillment centers across the state. We are incredibly proud of what has been accomplished in California.”



Amazon employees at the Sacramento fulfillment center will pick, pack, and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and toys. The company has been actively unveiling additions to its supply chain infrastructure in recent months. In addition to the four new facilities planned in California, Amazon also intends to open a facilities in Braselton, Georgia and Kansas City, Kansas, two fulfillment centers in Edwardsville, Illinois, and also recently announced it would open its sixth Texas fulfillment center in Dallas, as well as two new fulfillment centers in New Jersey, in Florence and Carteret.



Furthermore, the retailer planning a new technology development center in downtown Minneapolis that will focus on logistics. The retailer reportedly operates nearly 100 fulfillment centers across the U.S.