Amazon Supply Chain Services Opens to All Businesses
Amazon Supply Chain Services opens Amazon's logistics to outside businesses and could shift freight flows and sector positioning for carriers.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Amazon launched Amazon Supply Chain Services to sell its logistics stack as a commercial product to outside businesses.
- It bundles freight, distribution, fulfillment and 2-5 day parcel delivery supported by 80,000+ trailers and 100+ aircraft.
- Early adopters include Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands' End and American Eagle, targeting a $1.3 trillion market.
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Amazon.com Inc. launched Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) on May 4, 2026, at 6:00 a.m. ET, opening its freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping network to businesses of all sizes. This move extends Amazon’s logistics infrastructure beyond its retail operations and positions the company as a direct competitor to established third-party carriers.
Launch and Service Scope
ASCS is accessible through a centralized console at supplychain.amazon.com/get-started, which requires a business address, email, and credit card to register. The service does not require an existing Amazon seller or vendor account and is available in the U.S., China, and Hong Kong.
Scale, Customers, and Strategy
The service offers a multi-modal logistics network covering ocean, air, ground, and rail freight, supported by more than 80,000 trailers, roughly 24,000 intermodal containers, and over 100 aircraft. Its parcel delivery promises windows of two to five days, with an option for seven-day service.
Originally built to support Amazon’s retail operations and third-party sellers, the network has served hundreds of thousands of sellers moving hundreds of millions of packages over the past three years. ASCS consolidates and extends existing services—Amazon Warehousing & Distribution, Multichannel Fulfillment, Amazon Freight, and Amazon Shipping—into a single commercial offering.
Early adopters include Procter & Gamble, which uses the service for flows from raw materials to production and finished goods; 3M, for freight from manufacturing to distribution; and Lands’ End and American Eagle Outfitters, for customer fulfillment. These clients highlight ASCS’s focus on large supply-chain flows across production, distribution, and retail fulfillment.
Amazon described ASCS as a major growth opportunity supported by investments in forecasting, automation, and artificial intelligence. Peter Larsen, vice president of ASCS, said, "Amazon is bringing the infrastructure, intelligence, and scale of its supply chain services—proven over decades—to businesses everywhere, much like Amazon Web Services did for cloud computing." The company aims to capture a share of the third-party logistics market, which it estimates at more than $1.3 trillion.
