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The Amazon Fulfillment Center at 8000 N. Virginia, off Lemmon Drive, in Reno employs a variety of technologies to expedite delivery of customers’ orders. (See “Amazon shows off fulfillment center,” May 4, 2015.) One of the key elements in its processes, however, relies on human decision making and expertise.The more than 600,000 square foot facility places items on shelves using “random stow.” Rather than placing all of one type of item together in one place (all C