Published on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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New offering puts the company in deeper competition with global logistics providers.
Amazon is opening up one of its most powerful internal engines to the broader market, taking direct aim at the global logistics industry.
The company has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, a new offering that allows businesses to tap into the same end-to-end logistics network Amazon built for itself.
"Any business can now move, store, and deliver everything from raw materials to finished products using the same supply chain that supports Amazon and its independent selling partners," the company said in its announcement.
The move effectively positions Amazon as a full-scale third-party logistics provider, expanding a role it already dominates. According to data from Armstrong & Associates cited by The Wall Street Journal, Amazon leads the sector by a wide margin with $172.16 billion in global gross logistics revenue. That far exceeds competitors such as DSV at $37.38 billion, DHL Supply Chain at $35.54 billion and Kuehne + Nagel International at $33.84 billion.
Amazon Supply Chain Services extends the company's freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel delivery capabilities to businesses of any size, whether or not they sell on Amazon's marketplace. The platform also integrates demand forecasting, inventory planning and freight routing into a single system.
The scale of that network is significant. Freight operations include more than 80,000 trailers, 24,000 intermodal containers and 100 aircraft operated with carrier partners.
On the distribution side, Amazon offers inventory importation, bulk replenishment and optimized placement of goods closer to demand, along with fulfillment across all sales channels from a unified inventory pool. Parcel delivery includes seven-day service, pickup from a company's own or third-party warehouses and GPS tracking from label creation through final delivery.
Amazon is also emphasizing simplicity, offering integrated services with a single point of contact across the logistics chain. The e-commerce giant is targeting industries including healthcare, automotive, manufacturing and retail.
Several large brands are already using the service. Procter & Gamble is transporting raw materials to production facilities and finished goods across its distribution network, while 3M is moving products from manufacturing sites to distribution centers. Lands' End is fulfilling orders across multiple sales channels from a unified inventory pool and American Eagle Outfitters is using the network to deliver online orders to customers.
"We first built this network over 20 years for ourselves," Peter Larsen, vice president of Amazon Supply Chain Services, told The Wall Street Journal. "We then made it available to Amazon sellers. Now we're making it available to any business of any shape or size."
The strategy follows a familiar Amazon playbook. The company builds complex infrastructure to support its own operations, then turns those capabilities into standalone products. It has done so through Amazon Web Services, its third-party marketplace, fulfillment offerings, satellite and ground-station infrastructure and robotics systems.
With supply chain services, Amazon is applying that model to one of the largest and most fragmented industries in the world.