Ep 320: UPS-Teamsters, FedEx, USPS, and Amazon

Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner (USA) for Crossroads Parcel Consulting, discusses the ramifications of the UPS - Teamsters deal, FedEx's cost-cutting, USPS reform, and Amazon delivery contractors. Impact of UPS's deal with Teamsters How UPS was travelling prior to striking a deal with the union FedEx's efforts to reduce its operating costs Amalgamation of FedEx's Ground and Express networks FedEx's improved competitiveness with UPS UPS parcel volume loss Losing low-margin residential e-commerce business Potential for lay-offs at UPS UPS's focus on high-revenue express business FedEx's low-cost contractor model Potential for UPS-Teamsters deal to raise wages across the sector Earning potential of Amazon drivers The war for talent in the last mile Amazon remuneration of Delivery Service Partners Employee/contractor classification issue FedEx's experiences with mis-classification Dynamic pricing and surcharges in the USA The costs behind peak season Granularity of dynamic pricing Lack of transparency in parcel pricing US Postal Service reorganisation under PMG Louis DeJoy Volume decline at USPS Changes to USPS ground services USPS investing more in sales and communications Amazon's encroachment into non-metro delivery Rural delivery surcharges Peak season preparations The extension of peak season