Amazon Opens Its Logistics Network to External Companies with Supply Chain Services Launch
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Summary
Amazon launched Amazon Supply Chain Services in May 2026, opening its massive logistics network—including multimodal freight, automated warehousing, and last-mile delivery—to external companies. Early enterprise customers include Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands' End, and American Eagle Outfitters. The article highlights Amazon's enormous capital expenditure ($83 billion in 2024, over seven times the combined capex of UPS, FedEx, and USPS) and positions this move as a strategic expansion that could reshape the logistics and parcel delivery industry, directly competing with established carriers like UPS.
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· 3 pulledAmazon spent $83 billion in capex in 2024, more than seven times the combined capex of UPS, FedEx, and the U.S. Postal Service.
In May 2026, Amazon launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its multimodal freight, automated warehousing, and last-mile parcel delivery network to any company that wants to use it.
The first publicly named enterprise customers are Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands' End, and American Eagle Outfitters.
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