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