Introducing Amazon Supply Chain Services: Amazon’s logistics network, now open to every business

Amazon launched Supply Chain Services (ASCS) on May 4, 2026, opening its full logistics network to all businesses beyond just Amazon sellers. Major brands like P&G, 3M, Lands' End, and American Eagle are already using the service for freight, warehousing, and fulfillment across multiple channels.
This creates direct competition for traditional 3PLs and could drive down fulfillment costs industry-wide as Amazon scales beyond its own ecosystem. Sellers should benchmark their current 3PL costs against Amazon's rates and consider consolidating logistics under one provider for better inventory visibility.
Amazon is replicating the AWS playbook by monetizing internal infrastructure, potentially disrupting the $200B+ third-party logistics market while creating new revenue streams beyond retail.
Compare your current 3PL rates to Amazon's ASCS pricing when available - consolidation could reduce costs and improve inventory tracking across channels.
Evaluate moving non-Amazon inventory to Amazon's network for unified logistics if you sell on multiple platforms like Walmart or Shopify.
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Amazon's logistics network opens to all businesses, pressuring 3PL pricing.
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Amazon's logistics network opens to all businesses, pressuring 3PL pricing.
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5 billion products annually moved through Amazon's logistics network by independent sellers
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Key takeaways Over the past three years, hundreds of thousands of Amazon sellers have trusted the company’s logistics network to move, store, and deliver hundreds of millions of packages across third-party facilities, warehouses, and sales channels beyond the Amazon store.
Today, Amazon is launching Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), opening its freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities to businesses of all types and sizes. Leading brands Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands’ End, and American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
are among the first to sign up for ASCS, now relying on Amazon’s logistics network across their supply chain. Nearly three decades ago, Amazon made a bet that fast, reliable delivery was more than just a perk—it was core to providing an exceptional shopping experience for consumers.
To deliver on that bet, Amazon began building what would become one of the most reliable and efficient supply chains on Earth—from freight that moves cargo across air, land, and sea, to fulfillment centers that pick and pack millions of orders a day, and a parcel shipping network that delivers packages every day of the week.
Its success required long-term thinking, advanced technology, and relentless focus on execution. This story may sound familiar. Amazon built another major offering—cloud infrastructure—for the same reason: to run its own business better. And then Amazon started selling it.
That’s how Amazon Web Services (AWS) was born, and it's transformed how the world builds and runs software. Now, Amazon is ready to do that for supply chain.
Today, Amazon is announcing Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), opening its full portfolio of freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities to businesses of all types and sizes, not only Amazon sellers.
With this launch, Amazon is expanding its third-party logistics capacity to support businesses in industries such as healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, and retail.
“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,” said Peter Larsen, vice president of Amazon Supply Chain Services.
“Supply chain wasn’t just a function at Amazon—it was core to providing an exceptional shopping experience. Our differentiator. The reason we could offer fast, dependable delivery that nobody else could.
And 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.”
Independent sellers move 5 billion products annually through Amazon’s network of global logistics, domestic freight, and bulk warehousing Amazon launches new AI customs tools and expands its fulfillment offerings for Walmart, Shopify, and SHEIN, helping sellers simplify their supply chain and better serve customers across their channels How Amazon selling partners proved the model Proof that Amazon’s logistics network could work for others came from its own selling partners.
Since 2006, independent sellers have shipped more than 80 billion units with Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). Sellers came to Amazon because fulfilling orders on their own—picking, packing, shipping, handling returns—was operationally intense and expensive. With FBA, they could hand that work to Amazon and focus on building their businesses. It worked.
But Amazon knew fulfillment was only part of the challenge. Getting products to Amazon's fulfillment centers in the first place—shipping from overseas factories, clearing customs, storing inventory in bulk, and distributing across multiple sales channels—was just as complex.
Each of these steps meant a different provider, a different contract, and limited visibility into what was happening with their products. I built a successful online spice business thanks to Fulfillment by Amazon. These are my top 4 learnings and tips for other sellers.
With Fulfillment by Amazon, Sylvia Kapsandoy has been able to focus on innovating and growing her spice brand USimplySeason.
So Amazon kept building to help sellers solve those problems—adding new capabilities at each stage of the supply chain and then connecting them into a fully automated set of services that move sellers’ products from factory to customer doorstep through a single network.
Today, Amazon supports hundreds of thousands of sellers, moving billions of items worldwide annually. Sellers using these end-to-end solutions see nearly 20% higher sales. "Amazon has added value at every stage of our supply chain from cross-border logistics to warehouse storage and parcel shipping,” said Todd Bairstow, founder of Finer Form.
“We’ve been able to save money, eliminate operational complexity, and it’s given us more time to focus on what matters: building our brand. Honestly, there wouldn't be a Finer Form without Amazon." This success with selling partner
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