Amazon’s trying to turn its massive shipping operation into another AWS
Amazon’s trying to turn its massive shipping operation into another AWS
亚马逊正试图将其庞大的物流业务打造成下一个 AWS
Amazon might have a part in delivering all kinds of stuff to your door soon, as its massive shipping network opens up to other companies outside its marketplace, more directly competing with giants like DHL, UPS, and FedEx. The new Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) will offer freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping to businesses “of all types and sizes,” including Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands’ End, and American Eagle Outfitters.
不久之后，亚马逊可能也会参与到将各种商品送达你家门口的过程中。随着其庞大的物流网络向平台之外的其他公司开放，亚马逊将与 DHL、UPS 和联邦快递（FedEx）等物流巨头展开更直接的竞争。全新的“亚马逊供应链服务”（Amazon Supply Chain Services，简称 ASCS）将为“各种类型和规模”的企业提供货运、分销、订单履行和包裹配送服务，客户包括宝洁（Procter & Gamble）、3M、Lands’ End 和 American Eagle Outfitters 等。
With ASCS, Amazon is betting that other companies will pay to use its sprawling fulfillment network — much like they pay to use its web infrastructure, which the e-commerce giant started offering to third-party businesses in 2006. Amazon has spent years building up a fulfillment network for its own deliveries, further decreasing its reliance on the US Postal Service, FedEx, and UPS. In 2023, Amazon launched a new Supply Chain service, allowing other companies to use Amazon to ship products directly from factories.
通过 ASCS，亚马逊押注其他公司会付费使用其庞大的物流网络——就像它们付费使用亚马逊的网络基础设施（AWS）一样，而亚马逊早在 2006 年就开始向第三方企业提供该项服务。多年来，亚马逊一直在构建用于自身配送的物流网络，以进一步降低对美国邮政署（USPS）、联邦快递和 UPS 的依赖。2023 年，亚马逊推出了新的供应链服务，允许其他公司利用亚马逊直接从工厂发货。
The new service expands on this, giving companies across the automotive, healthcare, electronics, apparel, and food industries the capability to ship their products through Amazon’s delivery network. Companies that use Amazon Supply Chain Services will be able to store their inventory at Amazon’s fulfillment centers across the globe, while taking advantage of its fleet of trucks, aircraft, and delivery vehicles.
这项新服务在此基础上进行了扩展，使汽车、医疗保健、电子产品、服装和食品行业的公司能够通过亚马逊的配送网络运输其产品。使用亚马逊供应链服务的公司将能够把库存存储在全球各地的亚马逊物流中心，同时利用其庞大的卡车、飞机和配送车辆车队。
“With the launch of ASCS, we’re confident we can give any other business access to the same cost efficiency, reliability, and speed that we’ve built for Amazon customers,” Peter Larsen, the vice president of ASCS, says in the press release.
ASCS 副总裁彼得·拉森（Peter Larsen）在新闻稿中表示：“随着 ASCS 的推出，我们有信心让任何其他企业都能享受到我们为亚马逊客户所打造的同样的成本效率、可靠性和速度。”