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Not long ago, after Amazon officially announced that Prime Day 2024 will be held in July, many sellers have entered the first round of peak season preparations this year, hoping to achieve an increase in orders in this promotion event full of opportunities. But judging from recent news, logistics issues seem to have once again become a huge mountain standing in the way of sellers.
It is learned that according to industry insiders, since May, several of Amazon's popular warehouses in the western United States have been unable to operate normally , with serious warehouse overflows, temporary warehouse closures, and frequent rejections , resulting in delays in the entry of goods into warehouses for a large number of sellers. According to sources in the logistics industry, warehouses currently facing severe operational restrictions mainly include: 1. GYR2: The warehouse is temporarily closed and will not accept any goods. We will notify you when the warehouse will be reopened. All recent appointments will be deleted or rescheduled. 2. XLX7, VGT2, LGB8, SMF6: Due to liquidation and full reservation, there is a possibility of rejection; 3. SMF3, GYR3: Severe warehouse overflow, slow unloading queues, warehouse reservations have been pushed to mid-May; 4. ORD2, IGQ2, MDW6: appointments have been postponed; 5. XLX7, ALB1, ONT8, SBD 1 : cargo height is limited, cargo exceeding 1.8M (75IN) will be rejected.The warehouse with the most serious warehouse overflow is GYR2, which has been frequently reported to have changed contracts or even closed since February. A logistics insider revealed that even if there were no changes in contracts or warehouse closures, the unloading process at GYR2 warehouse was very slow . As of May 7, there were still 40 trucks waiting in line for unloading. The warehouse overflow was very serious and subsequent appointments might be postponed. Based on recent industry feedback, the recent explosion of a large number of Amazon warehouses in the western United States may be mainly affected by three aspects: First, many areas in the United States are continuing to be hit by severe weather. According to foreign media reports, from the evening of May 7 to the 8th, strong storms hit many parts of the United States, including several states including Ohio and Michigan. Second, as the stock volume increases, Amazon warehouses are in a state of "supply exceeding demand". It is understood that in order to avoid out-of-stock situations during the promotion period, which would result in the inability to deliver goods normally after consumers place orders, Amazon will not only set a deadline for goods to enter the warehouse on the eve of the promotion, but many sellers will also choose to prepare goods in advance to ensure sufficient inventory. Third, sellers believe that Amazon's large-scale layoffs have left warehouses with insufficient staff. Since the beginning of 2024, Amazon's layoff plan has continued. Many sellers said that this series of large-scale layoffs has led to a shortage of warehouse labor, a significant decrease in warehousing and logistics timeliness, and thus affected the normal turnover of warehouses. As extreme weather has brought about many unstable factors, it is currently unknown when the warehouse overflow situation mentioned above will be improved. Hereby remind relevant sellers to always pay attention to the distribution of goods in the background and the operation of the warehouse, and try to avoid warehouses that are exposed to restricted operation, so as not to affect the transportation timeliness of goods warehousing and delivery, and disrupt the operational rhythm of stocking up for the peak season. It is worth mentioning that in addition to Amazon warehouses, some accidents have also occurred in the overseas warehouses of a logistics company in Shenzhen recently, which has affected the transportation of goods for some sellers.
It is learned that on May 9, according to industry sources, a fire broke out in an overseas warehouse of a Shenzhen logistics company in the UK. It is reported that the total area of the overseas warehouse is nearly 30,000 square meters. From the video released by the industry, it can be seen that the fire in the warehouse should not be underestimated. Therefore, once the news came out, it quickly attracted the attention of the industry. Many cross-border sellers who had inventory in the warehouse began to worry about the safety of their goods and the subsequent related handling issues. It is worth mentioning that the logistics company involved immediately issued an announcement to the relevant sellers , stating that the fire occurred in its Warehouse No. 5 in the UK, and all express and card delivery goods sent to the warehouse will be suspended. The specific situation is as follows: 1. The company has urgently started other warehouses to undertake the subsequent warehousing business of the warehouse on fire, and the undertaking operation is currently operating normally; 2. With regard to the delays in platform order delivery caused by this, the company will actively cooperate with customers to explain the situation to each platform. 3. The company's system will urgently freeze the inventory data in Warehouse No. 5 in the UK. The damaged assets and customer inventory in the warehouse have been insured, and the case has been reported to the insurance company. The insurance loss assessment and claims settlement plan will be launched as soon as possible, and related work is being carried out in an orderly manner. From the above , it can be seen that the news of the fire in the logistics company's overseas warehouse No. 5 in the UK is true. In view of the logistics company's timely and positive response attitude, many sellers directly called the logistics company responsible.
After active firefighting, the fire in the warehouse has been brought under control. Since the warehouse is insured, it will not cause too much direct loss to the sellers involved, but it will still have a certain impact on the pace of stocking and sales. It is recommended that the sellers involved pay more attention to their remaining inventory and make corresponding operational adjustments to avoid affecting normal sales due to out-of-stock. What do you think about this? Welcome to discuss in the comment area~
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