System and Method for Managing Merchant-Performed Shipment Preparation Operations at a Vendor Facility

摘要

Embodiments may include, at a vendor's materials handling facility that includes a first process management component controlled by the vendor for preparing shipments and a second process management component controlled by a merchant that receives inventory items from the vendor at the vendor's materials handling facility, utilizing the second process management component to receive order information specifying one or more items that a customer ordered from the merchant. The reserved portion of the vendor's materials handling facility may be reserved for shipment preparation operations controlled by the merchant. Embodiments may include, subsequent to the merchant receiving the item(s) from the vendor into a reserved portion of the facility reserved for merchant operations, utilizing the second process management component to control the preparation of a shipment including the one or more items specified by the order information. That shipment preparation process may be performed within the reserved portion of the facility.