Amazon is expanding its logistics operations.
Amazon will now pick up and deliver products directly from factories with its new Supply Chain by Amazon service.a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Amazon is bringing its advanced logistics capabilities to businesses that don’t even sell on the marketplace.
As part of the program, Amazon will pick up, ship, and deliver products to customers from manufacturing facilities across the globe. It will also manage customs clearance, ground transportation, bulk storage, and inventory replenishment. This means sellers shouldn’t have to worry about the supply chain side of their business, letting them focus solely on marketing their products and taking care of sales.
“While FBA [Fullfilment by Amazon] significantly simplified one aspect of the supply chain process, the product journey starts much earlier than fulfillment — often starting with manufacturing,” Amazon vice president Dharmesh Mehta writes in the post. He adds that Supply Chain by Amazon offers a “complete, end-to-end solution” that helps sellers manage “their entire supply chain and across all their sales channels, including online and physical stores.
In addition to the new Supply Chain by Amazon service, the company is also introducing Multi-Channel Distribution , which will allow sellers to move products in bulk from Amazon’s warehouses to other non-Amazon facilities. Amazon says this “simplifies supply chain management” by letting sellers “replenish across all their sales and fulfillment channels from a single inventory pool.
These new seller programs come as Amazon faces a massive antitrust lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission. The company reportedly
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