To what extent is Amazon’s success based on their supply chain management? Amazon.com, Inc. is an American internet company which started as an online bookstore and was founded 24 years ago on July 5th 1994 by Jeff Bezos under the name Cadabra. The name was changed quickly in 1995 to its current name. The hugely successful tech giant, which was founded in a primitive garage in Seattle, now has a market cap of over US$1 trillion and is therefore the second most valuable public company in the world behind just Apple.
It has even more impressive facts to offer such as being the largest Internet retailer in the world and second largest employer in the United states after Walmart or being the fastest company ever to reach $100billion in sales revenue within one year, taking only 20 years. At the end of 2018 Amazon had 647.500 employees, mainly thanks to its sprawling logistics network, and in the second quartile of 2018 it reported an impressive net income of $2.5 billion with the revenue being $52.9 billion.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- INTRODUCTION TO AMAZON:
- AMAZON'S SUPPLY CHAIN AND ITS IMPACT:
- JEFF BEZOS' LEADERSHIP AND PHILOSOPHY:
- ECONOMIES OF SCALE:
- AMAZON'S USE OF SOFTWARE:
- SHIFTING OF TAXES:
- ACQUISITIONS:
- CONCLUSION:
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This paper explores the impact of Amazon's supply chain management on its overall success. It aims to analyze the key elements and strategies employed by Amazon to optimize its supply chain, and to assess how these strategies have contributed to the company's rapid growth and dominance in the e-commerce market.
- Amazon's supply chain management strategies
- The role of automation and technology in Amazon's supply chain
- The impact of Amazon's supply chain on its profitability and efficiency
- The relationship between Amazon's supply chain and its business model
- The challenges and opportunities faced by Amazon in managing its supply chain
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
- Introduction to Amazon: This chapter provides an overview of Amazon's history, its growth trajectory, and its current position as a global e-commerce giant. It highlights key milestones in Amazon's development, including its origins as an online bookstore, its expansion into other markets, and its rapid growth in recent years.
- Amazon's supply chain and its impact: This chapter delves into the intricacies of Amazon's supply chain management. It explores the company's capital expenditures, its strategic warehouse placement, and its emphasis on lean production to maximize efficiency.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The core concepts explored in this paper include Amazon's supply chain management, e-commerce, logistics, automation, technology, profitability, efficiency, lean production, business model, and strategic warehouse placement. These keywords highlight the focus of the paper, which is to analyze the impact of Amazon's sophisticated supply chain on its success and to understand the key strategies and factors that contribute to the company's dominance in the e-commerce market.
- Quote paper
- Moritz Puhrsch (Author), 2019, To What Extent Is Amazon’s Success Based On Their Supply Chain Management?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/505452
