Omniva COO Martin Luts on innovation and infrastructure; Amazon raises wages
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
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