At its annual seller conference this week, Amazon announced a new tool that would help its sellers benefit from Amazon’s logistics, fulfillment and transportation capabilities.
“Supply Chain by Amazon” will help the retail giant’s sellers manage their supply chain with an end-to-end, automated set of supply chain services that can provide sellers with what Amazon termed “a complete solution to quickly and reliably move products directly from their manufacturers to customers around the world.” The tool will help sellers keep products in stock, ship faster and lower costs.
“Our vision has always been to make it as easy as possible for sellers to serve customers around the world, and providing our selling partners with a simple, fast, cost-effective solution to a challenge that has become increasingly unpredictable and complex is an important investment in sellers’ success,” said Dharmesh Mehta, Amazon vice president of WW Selling Partner Services. “With Supply Chain by Amazon, Amazon will pick up sellers’ inventory directly from their factory and manage the supply chain logistics through delivery to customers’ doorsteps. Sellers will be able to offload even more of the complexity of their supply chain logistics to Amazon, both for the products they sell in Amazon’s store and through other sales channels including online and physical store locations.”
Supply Chain by Amazon will also help ship products from manufacturing facilities around the world, ship products across borders, handle customs clearance and ground transportation, store inventory in bulk, manage replenishment and deliver the products directly to customers. The company said the supply chain management tool will let sellers focus on building great products and growing their business.