Case Study: Amazon achieves truck yard transportation optimization with AnyLogic

Simulation for Transportation Network Optimization via Truck Yard Revision

Amazon’s transportation team was struggling with gridlock in fulfillment center truck yards during peak seasons, where delayed arrivals, overloaded docks, and chaotic traffic flow threatened on-time deliveries. Using AnyLogic simulation software, Amazon needed a way to optimize yard operations and test schedule changes without disrupting live operations.

Amazon used AnyLogic to model yard traffic and schedule variations, testing more than 140 scenarios and identifying bottlenecks before they happened. The solution flagged 95% dock utilization as a critical threshold, predicted queue buildup, and visualized safety risks with alerts for blocked routes. As a result, Amazon avoided costly on-site experiments and enabled local teams to evaluate new schedules and capacity limits with a single click.

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