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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Michael G. Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Niejadlik, Seattle, WA (US);
Stefan M. Haney, Seattle, WA (US);
Luis Felipe Cabrera, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael G. Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Niejadlik, Seattle, WA (US);
Stefan M. Haney, Seattle, WA (US);
Luis Felipe Cabrera, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing inventory pooling for multiple merchants. A first inventory of an item held at a first fulfillment center on behalf of a first merchant is contributed to a common pool of inventory. A second inventory of the item held at a second fulfillment center on behalf of a second merchant is contributed to the common pool of inventory. Fulfillment of an order placed by a customer of the first merchant is initiated from the second inventory of the item that was contributed by the second merchant to the common pool of inventory.