Arriving today : from factory to front door--why everything has changed about how and what we buy

A Wall Street Journal reporter travels the globe to tell the story behind the misleadingly simple phrase online shoppers increasingly take for granted: "arriving today." From factory laborers in Vietnam to longshoremen at the port of LA to truckers crawling our interstate highways to robots lurking in Amazon's "dark warehouses," here is an eye-opening investigation of the way online commerce is reshaping the globe, rewriting the rules of business, and redefining consumer expectations

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Amazon.com (Firm)
Delivery of goods.
Shipment of goods.
Business logistics.
Electronic commerce.

ISBN: 9780062987952
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viii, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Edition First edition.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.

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The gathering storm -- The box -- Ships and other cyborgs -- Coming to America -- Parallel parking 1,200 feet of ship -- Longshoremen against the machine -- The largest robots on earth -- The little-known, rarely understood organizing principle of modern work -- How a management philosophy became our way of life -- Rime of the long-haul trucker -- 100 percent of everything -- How "Hitler's highway" became America's circulatory system -- The future of trucking -- What actually happens inside Amazon's warehouses -- The unbearable complexity of robotic warehousing -- Bezosism -- From Japan with love: origins of the Amazon way -- How warehouse work injures -- Amazon's employee-lite endgame -- The middle mile -- The future of delivery -- The last mile.

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Arriving Today : From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed about How and What We Buy

by Mims, Christopher

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Arriving Today : From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed about How and What We Buy

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Prologue	p. 1
Chapter 1	The Gathering Storm	p. 5
Chapter 2	The Box	p. 13
Chapter 3	Ships and Other Cyborgs	p. 25
Chapter 4	Coming to America	p. 45
Chapter 5	Parallel Parking 1,200 Feet of Ship	p. 57
Chapter 6	Longshoremen Against the Machine	p. 67
Chapter 7	The Largest Robots on Earth	p. 77
Chapter 8	The Little-Known, Rarely Understood Organizing Principle Of Modern Work	p. 87
Chapter 9	How a Management Philosophy Became Our Way of Life	p. 93
Chapter 10	Rime of the Long-Haul Trucker	p. 107
Chapter 11	100 Percent of Everything	p. 119
Chapter 12	How "Hitler's Highway" Became America's Circulatory System	p. 127
Chapter 13	The Future of Trucking	p. 141
Chapter 14	What Actually Happens Inside Amazon's Warehouses	p. 159
Chapter 15	The Unbearable Complexity Of Robotic Warehousing	p. 177
Chapter 16	Bezosism	p. 197
Chapter 17	From Japan with Love: Origins of the Amazon Way	p. 221
Chapter 18	How Warehouse Work Injures	p. 233
Chapter 19	Amazon's Employee-Lite Endgame	p. 241
Chapter 20	The Middle Mile	p. 251
Chapter 21	The Future of Delivery	p. 263
Chapter 22	The Last Mile	p. 271
	Acknowledgments	p. 289
	Notes	p. 291
	Index	p. 311

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