AmazonSupply set to rock the parts world

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By Alex Lennane

26/04/2012

As everyone’s favourite online retainer launches AmazonSupply, an online marketplace for industrial and MRO [maintenance, repair & overhaul] parts, this article asks what the affect will be on MRO distributors, how well Amazon will ship large volumes and what the threat will be to non-integrated suppliers – in short, is Amazon setting itself up as a forewarder? A little long, but useful for anyone interested in this sector.

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