Amazon currently does not have its own logistics company. Amazon's logistics model is:

1. Outsourcing is adopted in the selection of distribution models. In e-commerce, Amazon entrusts its domestic distribution business to the United States Postal Service and UPS, and entrusts international logistics to professional logistics companies such as international shipping companies, while focusing on developing its main and core businesses. This can reduce investment, reduce operating risks, and make full use of the advantages of professional logistics companies to save logistics costs.

2. Keep inventory at a minimum level and implement zero inventory operation. Amazon has achieved effective control of inventory by establishing a good cooperative relationship with suppliers. Amazon has very few books in stock, and only 200 of the most popular bestsellers are maintained in stock. Generally speaking, Amazon purchases books from publishers after customers place orders. Book buyers pay Amazon for books with credit cards, but Amazon pays publishers 46 days after the books are sold, which makes its capital turnover much smoother than traditional bookstores. Because of the low inventory, Amazon's inventory turnover is very fast, and it has been getting faster and faster since 2001.

3. Reduce the return rate. Although Amazon sells a wide variety of goods, it has maintained a very low return rate because of the appropriate selection of goods, reasonable prices, and the quality and delivery services that meet customer needs. The extremely low return rate not only reduces the company's return costs, but also maintains a high level of customer service and obtains a good business reputation.

4. Provide convenience for the post office to send goods and reduce delivery costs. In delivery, Amazon adopts a method called "postal injection" to reduce delivery costs. The so-called "postal injection" is to use its own trucks or independent carriers to send a truckload of ordered goods from Amazon's warehouse to the warehouse of the local post office, and then the post office delivers the goods to the customer. In this way, the post office can be exempted from the procedures and steps for handling goods, providing convenient conditions for the post office to send goods, and saving money for itself. According to an estimate by a delivery company that cooperates with Amazon, the money saved by this "postal injection" method is equivalent to 5%-17% of the normal price of first-class mail, which is very considerable.

5. Establish different distribution centers according to different commodity categories to improve the efficiency of distribution center operations. Amazon's distribution centers are set up according to commodity categories, and different commodities are distributed by different distribution centers. This is conducive to improving the degree of professional operation of distribution centers, simplifying and standardizing the operation organization, and can not only improve the efficiency of distribution center operations, but also reduce the management and operation costs of distribution centers.

6. Adopt "combination packaging" technology to expand transportation batches. When customers confirm the order on Amazon's website, they can immediately see whether the Amazon sales system has the goods ordered by the customer, as well as the selected shipping method, estimated shipping date and delivery date. As mentioned above, Amazon establishes different distribution centers according to commodity categories and sends them from different distribution centers located in different locations in the United States. Since Amazon's distribution centers only maintain a small amount of inventory, Amazon needs to check the inventory of the distribution center after receiving the customer's order. If the distribution center does not have stock, it will place an order with the supplier. Therefore, some products on the same order can be shipped immediately, while others need to wait. In order to save customers' waiting time, Amazon recommends that customers do not put products that need to be waited for and products that are in stock in the same order when ordering. In this way, when shipping, the carrier can load products from different customers, of the same category, and also in stock at the distribution center, into the same truck for shipment, thereby shortening the waiting time after the customer orders, expanding the transportation batch, improving transportation efficiency, and reducing transportation costs. Amazon (Amazon, referred to as Amazon; NASDAQ: AMZN) is the largest online e-commerce company in the United States, located in Seattle, Washington. It is one of the earliest companies to start e-commerce on the Internet. Amazon was founded in 1995. At the beginning, it only operated online book sales business. Now it has expanded to a wide range of other products. It has become the world's online retailer with the most product varieties and the world's second largest Internet company. Under the company's name, it also includes subsidiaries such as AlexaInternet, a9, lab126, and Internet Movie Database (IMDB).