Ep 129: Omniva COO Martin Luts on innovation and infrastructure. Also: Amazon's wage increase

Martin Luts, Chief Operational Officer at Omniva, joins me to talk about some innovation and new infrastructure, including: A new sorting centre Increased efficiency and volume capacity Centralised sorting of letters and parcels under the same roof Sorting plans and subsidiary hubs Solar panels on the roof Electric vehicle trial, and the use cases for electric delivery vehicles Omniva's growing network of parcel lockers across the Baltics Public acceptance Location and availability Also in this episode, Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner North America for Last Mile Experts, analyses Amazon's recent wage increase. What this means for small carriers as well as the delivery giants such as UPS, FedEx and USPS The tight labour market and hiring for peak season