SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2026--
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the launch of Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), which extends the company’s entire portfolio of freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping solutions to businesses of all types and sizes. These services were originally developed to power Amazon’s own retail operations and to support independent selling partners worldwide. Over the past three years, hundreds of thousands of Amazon sellers have trusted the company’s logistics network to move, store, and deliver hundreds of millions of packages across third-party facilities, warehouses, and sales channels beyond the Amazon store. The launch of ASCS builds on this momentum, now supporting third-party logistics for businesses in industries such as healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, and retail.
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“Amazon is bringing the infrastructure, intelligence, and scale of its supply chain services—proven over decades—to businesses everywhere, much like Amazon Web Services did for cloud computing,” said Peter Larsen, vice president of Amazon Supply Chain Services. “Supply chain wasn’t just a function at Amazon—it was core to providing an exceptional shopping experience. Our differentiator. The reason we could offer fast, dependable delivery that nobody else could. And with the launch of ASCS, we’re confident we can give any other business access to the same cost efficiency, reliability, and speed that we’ve built for Amazon customers.”
Amazon offers flexible, scalable solutions that grow with businesses as their needs evolve. From moving goods into warehouses to package delivery and everything in between, leading brands have already started to leverage Amazon’s supply chain services. Announced today, Procter & Gamble is using Amazon’s freight services to transport raw materials to production facilities and move finished goods across its distribution network; 3M is leveraging Amazon’s freight services to move products from its manufacturing sites to distribution centers worldwide; Lands’ End is using a unified inventory pool within Amazon’s network to fulfill orders across multiple sales channels; and American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is using Amazon’s parcel shipping network to deliver online orders from its American Eagle and Aerie website directly to customers nationwide.
Drawing on decades of experience running Amazon’s own operations, ASCS helps businesses improve speed, reliability, and efficiency, even through peak demand and unexpected disruptions. Businesses can also benefit from Amazon’s AI forecasting models and vast supply chain data set, which help optimize inventory placement. Core offerings include:
Starting today, businesses can access a centralized console to discover, select, and sign up for the various ASCS solutions. Businesses can visit https://supplychain.amazon.com to get started.
About Amazon Supply Chain Services
Amazon Supply Chain Services gives businesses of all types and sizes access to the freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities Amazon has built, refined, and proven at scale over decades—supporting Amazon sellers and other businesses, regardless of where they sell. By extending the global infrastructure, technology, and operational expertise behind Amazon’s own supply chain, ASCS helps businesses improve performance, reduce complexity, and operate more efficiently. ASCS is a major growth opportunity for Amazon, supported by continued investment in forecasting, automation, and AI to enhance the speed and accuracy of its supply chain solutions.
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s ball was nestled in the rough on the far side of a cart path, some 55 yards from the flag.
The six-time major winner, a dozen holes into his first round at the U.S. Open, had pushed his approach way to the right, bounding it off the pavement, after sailing his drive into the tall grass left of the fairway.
No bother. McIlroy, gripping his wedge in a parted sea of smartphone-clutching fans, soared his third shot over a greenside bunker and made the 18-foot putt for par, pumping his fist as the ball fell in at punishing Shinnecock Hills.
It was an exceptional up and down on No. 4 in a three-hole stretch — birdie, par, eagle — that vaulted the 37-year-old Northern Irishman to the lead at 3 under Thursday in the opening round.
It didn’t last.
McIlroy, who started on the back nine in the U.S. Open’s split-tee format, bogeyed his final two holes to finish with a 1-under 69. But his play on Nos. 3, 4 and 5, kept him near the top of a crowded leaderboard — tied for ninth and five shots behind Wyndham Clark, who will finish his first round Friday morning.
“Overall, a really good day,” McIlroy said. “Obviously, it stings a little bit to finish the way that I did.”
Aside from the occasional miscue — and the one wild approach on No. 4 — McIlroy played smartly on a difficult golf course made all the tougher by howling wind.
Then again, almost any start would've been better than 2018, when McIlroy carded an opening 80 en route to an early exit at the last U.S. Open played at Shinnecock Hills.
“With the conditions today, anything under par or anything around even par is a good score,” McIlroy said. “It was a day to really just keep yourself in the tournament and not shoot yourself out of it, which is exactly what I did eight years ago here.”
He's playing better and, so far, fans are treating him better than the last time he competed on Long Island, last September, when crowds at the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black taunted him with insults and tossed a cup of beer at his wife.
Decked out in a gray sweater, McIlroy nodded to fans shouting “Rory!” as he strode up the fourth fairway and waved to acknowledge their roars after sinking his eagle putt on No. 5. His grouping with Sweden's Ludvig Aberg and England's Tommy Fleetwood drew some of the biggest crowds of the day.
McIlroy took an early lead with birdies on his second and third holes, Nos. 11 and 12, but gave it back with bogeys on No. 13, a short par 4, and No. 16, a 620-yard par 5.
For most of the round, Shinnecock Hills felt more like Northern Ireland than Long Island. After a two-hour fog delay, which pushed back the start of McIlroy's day, overcast skies lingered until early afternoon. At least twice in the heavy gusts, his hat flew off after a swing.
But, as the sun was finally breaking through, so did McIlroy.
At even par through 11 holes, McIlroy launched a 344-yard drive to the center of the fairway at the par 4 third, spun a wedge to three feet and landed the birdie putt.
After the par save on No. 4, a two-group bottleneck on the par 5 fifth hole forced McIlroy's trio to wait 12 minutes to tee off.
No bother. McIlroy, playing freer since winning the first of his two Masters championships last year, boomed a 397-yard drive downwind to the right side of the fairway and landed a wedge 11 feet from the hole in a relatively flat part of the tricky green. As the ball disappeared into the hole, he appeared to let out a sigh of relief.
“It was obviously a really tricky day and just a day to stay patient and hang in there, and I hit enough good shots to give myself some chances,” McIlroy said.
Anything in red — an under par round on the scoreboard — “was a good effort," he said.
McIlroy held steady on the next two holes, rattling in a par putt on No. 6 and making a sand save on No. 7. But as he surely knows after 17 U.S. Opens, even an shot that seems good might not be, and even the smallest miscues are punished — especially at Shinnecock.
At No. 8, McIlroy's approach cut through the wind and flew into thick rough long of the green. At No. 9 his second shot bounded off the back of the green down a slope, long and left. McIlroy chipped to about 10 feet but missed the par try, holding out his putter as if willing his ball to slide toward the cup.
McIlroy was in the fairway off the tee on both par 4s.
“It’s so tough. It’s so difficult,” he said. “I didn’t feel like I hit two bad iron shots on the last two holes and put myself in pretty difficult spots and wasn’t able to get it up-and-down, but overall a really good day.”
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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waits to play on the first hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Thursday, June 18, 2026.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waves after his putt on the 11th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Thursday, June 18, 2026.(AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the 14th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Thursday, June 18, 2026.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, looses his hat in the wind on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Thursday, June 18, 2026.(AP Photo/George Walker IV)
