Ep 160: Amazon, FedEx, and Amazon's Delivery Service Partners

Dean Maciuba, Director of Consulting Services at Logistics Trends & Insights, analyses FedEx Express's decision to dump Amazon: The factors behind FedEx's decision Bad blood between FedEx and Amazon What does one-day Prime have to do it? Peak season volumes Is Amazon a true competitor in the last mile? FedEx Ground and Amazon going forward FedEx capacity concerns and network renewal Then we get on to the topic of Amazon's Delivery Service Partners (DSPs): Incentives available to prospective DSPs Amazon moving into mid-sized markets - concerns about density Is Amazon finding it difficult sourcing DSPs? Structure of DSPs (including size of fleets), and how it compares to the FedEx Ground model Profitability for DSPs Training and driver efficiency Amazon and B2B e-commerce (including healthcare and technology) DSP vehicles How DSPs will impact on US Postal Service volumes The fate of Amazon's original DSPs