Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner Last Mile Experts North America, joins me to talk about last mile delivery contractor models, including:
- How FedEx's acquisition of RPS started FedEx Ground's contractor model
- Low-cost shipment models and e-commerce growth
- Plans to merge FedEx Ground and Express - contractors or employees?
- Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP) model
- Key differences between Amazon DSP and FedEx Ground contracts, including:
- Managing territory vs owning a territory
- Up-front capital requirements
- Long-term profitability
- Becoming a FedEx Ground contractor - including similarities to buying a franchise
- Applying to become an Amazon Delivery Service Partner
- Factors influencing differences in remuneration for FedEx Ground and Amazon DSP models
- Contract terms, and termination of contract - and risks to capacity
- Australia Post contractor models - including parcel contracts
- Tendering and awarding of Australia Post delivery contracts
- Calculating costs over the course of a last mile delivery contract
- Electric vehicles in contracted delivery fleets - including NZ Post
- Contractor models and reducing costs in the last mile
- Trends in contracting, including cost and capacity
- Out-of-home delivery in North America
- US Postal Service
