Amazon launched a fantastic web service today that allows merchants to tap into Amazon’s network of fulfilment centers and logistical expertise. Fulfilment Web Service. Basically you can ship them your products, and they will in turn, store them for you, and ship them whenever you need, to whichever customer you need to ship them to!
What makes this so powerful, and worth noting on this software development blog is that this is the first time someone has successfully merged web services, with such a “brick and mortar” task, and allowed the world to use it through a simple API.
The new Fulfilment Web Service builds upon the Amazon Fulfilment by Amazon service by adding this impressive programmatic access to the fulfilment process. Manufacturing companies have been doing similar things for years with EDI, however, the implementation of electronic data exchange is very expensive. With the new fulfilment web service, amazon finally evolves EDI with Web Services, and brings order fulfilment capabilities to millions of entrepreneurs.
What a smart move by amazon. The do what they do so well, they are building ways of sharing everything they do well, with the rest of the world, and taking a profit in the process. Books will be a thing of the past in the coming years. Sure amazon will still sell books and other merchandise, but they will also be the backbend for many companies. It just makes sense.
Make sure you check out the Amazon Web Services Blog for more details.
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