An Post CEO David McRedmond

An Post CEO David McRedmond is my special guest this week, talking about the postal workforce:

• How sustainability relates to the concept of decent work

• What offering decent work means for the workforce and for customers

• The connection between the post and the community

• The flexibility of other work engagement models (such as the gig economy)

• The pressure and innovation springing from e-commerce

• The downsides of the gig economy on workers and society

• The value of postal employees

Then Dean Maciuba, Director Consulting Services at Logistics Trends & Insights joins me to discuss smaller warehouses located closer to population centres:

• Fulfilment centre location and speed of delivery

• If costs per square metre increase, will e-commerce delivery costs go up?

• Restocking fulfilment centres – the “middle mile”

• Will last mile costs be less if fulfilment centres are closer to the consumer?

• Size of the vehicle and implications for last mile costs

• Congestion, emissions, and noise

• Locations for urban fulfilment centres

• Growth in industrial rents – and the factors behind this growth