What is the Amazon AWD warehouse? Replenishment tutorial Step by Step

What is AWD

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AWD is the abbreviation of Amazon Warehousing & Distribution and is one of the projects of Amazon Supply Chain. The main function is for inventory and replenishment, and does not have any function of directly shipping to sellers.

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What is the difference between AWD and FBA?

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The focus of AWD is on inventory, and it does only have the function of inventory, while FBA can inventory and ship, so why is AWD needed?

Because FBA inventory costs are relatively expensive, please see the picture below

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In addition, FBA has inventory restrictions, which means it will limit how much goods you can put in the warehouse. However, once it hits the peak season, it will become very dangerous. Once the goods are sold out, there will be no time to replenish the goods. This is a problem. It is easy for keyword rankings to plummet due to out-of-stock items, and sales cannot be brought back afterwards.

Therefore, placing goods in AWD is a relatively good choice. In addition to not having to worry about being late for replenishment, you can also save a placement fee and warehousing allocation fee.

Therefore, many sellers are now configured to put necessary sales inventory in FBA and a large amount of replenishment inventory in AWD.

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How to turn on AWD and create a purchase order

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1. To enable the AWD service, you need to go to Inventory → Store and distribute in Amazon's seller backend. If this is your first time, you need to scroll to the bottom of the page and press Enroll to start the AWD plan.

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When you are successfully Enrolled, you will receive a letter from Amazon. To put it simply, the letter contains a special reminder that if the goods are delivered to AWD, you must make an appointment with AWD, not FBA.

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2. Click Create Shipment

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3. After setting the Packing Detail and the number of boxes to be shipped, click ready to send

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4. Click Confirm and Continue

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5. Select the delivery time and Less than and full truckload

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6. At this time, the warehouse address to be delivered will appear, click Confirm shipping method

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7. Print the shipping label and affix the label to each outer box, and click Continue to confirm carrier

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8. Choose to use your own logistics provider to deliver the goods.

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9. Just select None directly in the logistics provider.

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All you need to do next is contact your logistics provider and provide the warehouse where you want to purchase the goods, and you’re done! If you have any questions about purchasing, please feel free to contact us at Logistiic.

Through our system, it is very simple to complete the purchase!

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