Amazon'S Launch Of Amazon Logistics + Will Continue In The US.

In the last few days of the holiday shopping season, American Express is entering the busiest time of the year.

Over the years, Amazon is the first major customer of UPS express, with numerous UPS delivery vehicles from Amazon.

Out, loaded with packaged goods, sent to all parts of the country.

Amazon has begun to look for other ways of distribution by increasing orders and distribution costs.

In the third quarter of this year's earnings report, the proportion of logistics expenditure to total revenue has increased from last year's 10.4% to 11.7%.

According to the Wall Street journal, the current and predecessors of UPS and Amazon

The relationship between the two companies is likely to face great changes.

Despite the close cooperation between Amazon and UPS, UPS has invested $11 billion in the past five years to upgrade its distribution network in order to cope with the increasing number of orders.

In the Christmas season of 2013, the delay in UPS led to the fact that Christmas gifts that people had bought from the electricity supplier were not delivered in time.

Since last year, Amazon has introduced a sorting center to shoulder part of the logistics pressure.

In this way, UPS does not need to pick up the parcel again, but only needs direct delivery.

As a result, Amazon will only buy tens of thousands of trucks from the direct competition with the express company.

In China, Amazon has spent several years building a fully self running logistics system, and even employing its couriers to complete the "last mile" distribution.

From 2014 onwards,

Began to cooperate with the United States postal service to produce fresh express business.

When postal vehicles do not need to send mail, they will be pferred to deliver goods to ensure that the next morning will be delivered to the door.

Since the 6 month of this year, Amazon has planned to use the "crowdsourcing logistics" approach to improve the logistics system. Apart from paying a fee for ordinary people to make them their temporary distribution staff, Amazon also wants to hire more physical retail stores as its own warehouse.

And the plan to throw the parcel in your backyard with UAV also ushered in the latest progress. In the vision of Amazon, these UAVs can deliver the goods within 2 kilograms to the user in half an hour.

If these planned and tested projects are far from being used extensively, Amazon's cooperation with airlines will make Amazon express less distant.

Not long ago, in order to reduce its dependence on traditional deliveries, Amazon has started contacting air cargo companies to negotiate at least 20 planes for the development of its air express service.

For the express company, the development of aviation business is not unusual. In September, the express delivery company has just ordered 15 aircraft to Boeing, and its own cargo aircraft and charter charter have 40.

Amason's move means that Amason, an e-commerce company, may soon turn from UPS partners to potential competitors.

Not long ago, Amazon announced the launch of "Amazon logistics +" in China, opening warehousing and logistics solutions to businesses outside Amazon.

That is to say, the Amazon courier will not only buy things on the Amazon platform, but also the products purchased elsewhere.

Today, this model may be brought back to the United States.

In fact, Amazon has never stopped trying to deliver goods faster.