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Amazon is currently one of the largest technology

firms in the world, and it provides a wide variety of


essential services for daily life. Below are a few
astonishing things that you need to find out about
Amazon.
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FOUNDER OF
COMPANY

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INTRODUCTION
Delivery Partners
Amazon Logistics
The company works together with
Packages can be delivered within :
third-party logistics operators
• 2 hours,
Also does Independent delivery
done by Amazon Flex program. • on the same day,
• within 7 days.

Amazon Marketplace Net Worth


As of today, operates Amazon’s net worth
worldwide in 19 countries. is $1.7 trillion as of 2021
• North America
• South America
• Europe
• India & China

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Amazon.com, Inc. is an
American
multinational
technology company
focusing on e-
commerce, cloud
computing, online
advertising, digital
streaming, and artificial
intelligence. It is
founded in 5 July
1994, Bellevue,
Washington, United
States. The founder
name is Jeff Bezos.
Missio
n Amazon's mission
statement is to “serve
consumers through
online and physical
stores and focus on
selection, price, and
convenience.”
Amazon's vision statement is “to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers

Vision
can find and discover anything they might want
to buy online, and endeavors to offer its
customers the lowest possible prices”
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Originally started as an online
bookselling company.
Amazon has morphed into

Nature &
an internet-based business
enterprise that is largely focused on
providing e-commerce, cloud

Business
computing, digital streaming and
artificial intelligence (AI) services
Amazon makes money through its
Segment retail, subscriptions, and web services,
among other channels.

Retail remains Amazon's primary


source of revenue, with online
and physical stores together
accounting for the biggest share.
Amazon Products & Services

Amazon Prime Amazon Business


Amazon Prime is a paid  Amazon Business is a service
subscription service from Amazon that provides registered business
 which provides same, one- or two- owners with a consolidated
day delivery of goods and streaming platform for buying products and
music, video, e-books, gaming and supplies from Amazon.
grocery shopping services

Amazon Prime Video  Amazon Go


Amazon Prime Video, also known  A store that uses cameras and
simply as Prime Video, is an sensors to detect items that a shopper
American subscription video on- grabs off shelves and automatically
demand over-the-top streaming and charges a shopper's Amazon account
rental service of Amazon offered as
a standalone service or as part of
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Amazon Consumer electronics(kindle) Amazon Delivery(Amazon Fresh)
 Kindle, an e-reader which downloads Amazon Fresh is a new grocery store
content over "Whispernet", via Sprint's  designed from the ground up to offer a
EV-DO wireless network. The screen seamless grocery shopping experience,
uses E Ink technology to reduce battery whether customers are shopping in-
 consumption and to provide a more store or online
legible display

Amazon Digital content( Amazon Music)


Amazon Home Services
An online music store, was launched as
Aimed at offering homeowners a
Amazon MP3 in the US selling downloads
marketplace for professional services
exclusively in MP3 format without 
such as plumbing, electrical, audio/visual
digital rights management.
installation, and lawn services

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WHAT IS
SCM?
Supply chain management is the
handling of the entire production
flow of a good or service — starting
from the raw components all the
way to delivering the final product
to the consumer. A company
creates a network of suppliers This Pho nsed under CC BY-SA-
( “ l i n k s ” in the chain) that move to NC

the product along from the


suppliers of raw materials to those
organizations that deal directly with
users.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN SCM &
LOGISTICS
Logistics is one activity in supply chain Supply chain management covers a wide range
management. of activities, including planning, sourcing
materials, labor and facilities management,
producing and delivering those goods and
services.
Logistics focuses on the efficient and cost-effective Supply chain management targets higher operational
delivery of goods to the customer. performance that will give the business a
competitive advantage.

Logistics are centered on the movement and SCM oversees the development of raw materials into
transport of goods within a company finished goods that move from the producer to
the manufacturer. Those goods get
distributed to retailers or directly to consumers.
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Planning

Sourcing

Manufacturing
Five Basic Parts
of SCM of Distributing
Amazon
Return
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How Does SCM of Amazon work?

Step 6- Customer Returns


Step 1- Send Inventory
 Returns inquiries and
assistance (processing  Inbound quality guidance
fees applies for certain  Amazon Partnered Carrier
products)  Premium Placement

Step 5-Customer Service Step 2- Receive and Store


SELLER  Placement of your inventory close to
SUCESS consumer
 24*7 response to customer  Prep services
inquiries on your Amazon.com  Label services
orders

Step 4- Pick, Pack and Ship Step 3- Customer orders product

 Amazon’s world class  Offers are eligible for prime benefits


fulfilment resources.  Free Shipping
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Warehouses Diversity in
with specific delivery fleets
uses

Unison of Fast Delivery


humans and
SCM STRATEGIES automation
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Inventory Management
Globally, Amazon operates more than 175 fulfillment centers with over 150
million square feet of space.

• Excess inventory
• Low stock levels
• Stranded or dead stock
• Spoilage
• High storage costs

Good inventory management is about balance. You want to make sure you have enough
inventory to cover demand, but not so much you become overstocked. Continuously
manage your inventory to get a return on your investment.

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Order Fullfilment Network
• FBA allows you to ship inventory to an
Amazon warehouse at a competitive cost.
• Allows an end-to-end solution for
inventory storage, shipping, and returns

 Amazon also use Dropshipping Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum
method.

Dropshipping involves outsourcing all or most of


the supply chain process—from product sourcing
or production through fulfillment. A manufacturer
or third party could handle production, storage,
shipping, and delivery to customers.
WORLDWIDE WAREHOUSES AND FULFILLMENT
CENTRES

Amazon operates more than 175 fulfillment


centers worldwide, with more than 150 million
square feet of space, making it a leader in the
warehouse industry. This includes centers in
the United States and elsewhere, with the
majority being in North America and Europe.

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HOW DOES
More Intensive Management
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
Better Automation
DEALS WITH
FLUCTUATING
Last-Mile Logistics
DEMAND?
Reversing the Inventory and
Logistics Dynamic

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