Amazon Opens Its Global Logistics Network to All Businesses
Amazon announced on Monday that it is fully opening its global logistics network to all types of businesses and launching a new service, "AmazonSupplyChainServices." This move positions the e-commerce giant in direct competition with traditional logistics giants like UPS and FedEx in the supply chain and logistics sector.
The new service will open up Amazon's capabilities in freight, distribution, fulfillment (warehousing and order fulfillment), and parcel delivery to businesses of all types and sizes, applicable to industries including healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, and retail. With this step, Amazon is upgrading the supply chain infrastructure that has long served tens of thousands of third-party sellers on its platform into a universal logistics service for all businesses, opening up new growth channels for its e-commerce business.
Peter Larsen, Vice President of Amazon Supply Chain Services, stated in a blog post that Amazon is bringing "decades of proven infrastructure, intelligence, and scale in supply chain to businesses of all types around the world, just as it did with Amazon Web Services for cloud computing." This statement highlights Amazon's strategic intent: after cloud computing, supply chain and logistics infrastructure is expected to become the company's another externally output platform business. Amazon also revealed that several large brands, including Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands’ End and American Eagle Outfitters, have already signed up to use this supply chain service.
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