Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Robert M Whitten

Stephen T Campbell

Shilpi Gupta

Ryan Clarke

Ibolya Horvath

Oksana Mikhailovna Kharchenko

Justina Lakinger

With respect to a transfer facility configured to optimize package transfers therethrough, a container housing packages may be delivered to a first floor of the transfer facility. The packages may be transported to consolidation stations based on destinations associated therewith. In some examples, the packages may be bound for a single destination and thus transported to a single consolidation station. In some examples, the packages may be bound for multiple destinations and thus transported to a second floor of the transfer facility for sortation. A destination and mode of transportation associated with the package may be determined at an induction station on the second floor, as well as a consolidation station associated therewith. A drive unit may insert the package into a chute for transit down a slide to the consolidation station, where it may be placed into another container for shipment to the destination via the mode of transportation.

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Billerica, MA, United States of America

Robert M Whitten