Amazon’s trying to turn its massive shipping operation into another AWS
Amazon is expanding its shipping and supply chain operations by offering its logistics network to external companies through a new service called Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS). The service provides freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping to businesses across various industries, aiming to compete with major logistics providers. Amazon hopes to replicate the success of AWS by monetizing its logistics infrastructure.
- ▪Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) will offer freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping to businesses globally.
- ▪Companies like Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands’ End, and American Eagle Outfitters are already using the service.
- ▪ASCS allows businesses to store inventory in Amazon’s global fulfillment centers and use its fleet of trucks, aircraft, and delivery vehicles.
- ▪Amazon has been reducing its reliance on USPS, FedEx, and UPS by building its own delivery infrastructure.
- ▪Peter Larsen, vice president of ASCS, stated that the service offers cost efficiency, reliability, and speed comparable to Amazon's own operations.
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