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Subject: Netflix's fulfillment model
Category: Business and Money > eCommerce
Asked by: tedder-ga
List Price: $5.00

Posted: 30 Mar 2005 11:10 PST
Expires: 29 Apr 2005 12:10 PDT
Question ID: 502758

I'm wondering how Netflix fulfills movies. Specifically, I've heard
they toss the DVDs in a bin, and scan every DVD daily to see if it
should be sent out to a new customer. I'm looking for an article that
confirms this.

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Subject: Re: Netflix's fulfillment model
From: david1977-ga on 30 Mar 2005 15:39 PST

I dounbt that they do that. It is more than likley it is all
computerized. They have a list of the dvds and they have somone pull
them and ship them.

Subject: Re: Netflix's fulfillment model
From: tedder-ga on 30 Mar 2005 17:42 PST

FastCompany's article indicates that they do:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/74/netflix.html

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