Royal Mail, DPD et al may have a scary competitor
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"Amazon has been investing heavily in the logistics needed to extend all the way through its delivery chain. It is buying its own truck trailers, hiring on-demand delivery workers and building a new type of delivery hub — with technology that has thus far been kept under wraps — in major cities from Seattle to New York.
Analysts believe door to door delivery could be the next big sector that Amazon disrupts, in the same way it shook up cloud computing services by launching Amazon Web Services.
“The logical next step is, if you are going to have all this infrastructure, why not open it up to be a competitor to logistics networks like FedEx and UPS,” says Scot Wingo, executive chairman of ChannelAdvisor, a software provider for retailers that use Amazon and eBay. “I fully believe it’s something they could go after and be successful at.”
Whilst Amazon is a pain in the arse as a channel / competitor I admire the fact it they dont mess around.
Hopefully this comes to the UK soon
Analysts believe door to door delivery could be the next big sector that Amazon disrupts, in the same way it shook up cloud computing services by launching Amazon Web Services.
“The logical next step is, if you are going to have all this infrastructure, why not open it up to be a competitor to logistics networks like FedEx and UPS,” says Scot Wingo, executive chairman of ChannelAdvisor, a software provider for retailers that use Amazon and eBay. “I fully believe it’s something they could go after and be successful at.”
Whilst Amazon is a pain in the arse as a channel / competitor I admire the fact it they dont mess around.
Hopefully this comes to the UK soon
grumbledoak said:
Didn't see them, but the text messages said so. No mention of the usual suspects.
I think they are "getting the name around" but in the UK its all UPS / DPD / RM I have spent a few days getting up to speed on delivery software and partners to use for a client (a client, makes me sound like I know what I am talking about) the Amazon fulfilment service on paper looks excellent but they are just too busy to trust with 3rd party shipping above their own and FBA.DSLiverpool said:
grumbledoak said:
Didn't see them, but the text messages said so. No mention of the usual suspects.
I think they are "getting the name around" but in the UK its all UPS / DPD / RM I have spent a few days getting up to speed on delivery software and partners to use for a client (a client, makes me sound like I know what I am talking about) the Amazon fulfilment service on paper looks excellent but they are just too busy to trust with 3rd party shipping above their own and FBA.tr7v8 said:
DSLiverpool said:
grumbledoak said:
Didn't see them, but the text messages said so. No mention of the usual suspects.
I think they are "getting the name around" but in the UK its all UPS / DPD / RM I have spent a few days getting up to speed on delivery software and partners to use for a client (a client, makes me sound like I know what I am talking about) the Amazon fulfilment service on paper looks excellent but they are just too busy to trust with 3rd party shipping above their own and FBA.
t what they call themselves. It would be nice to know when I can go for a piss and not miss a delivery.Amazon are looking to cut out the middle man and do most of their own deliveries, although they're called Amazon Logistics they are still a contractor the same as using the likes of UPS/DPD. The idea they're working on in the USA at the moment is that they'll essentially trunk their own parcels to regional hubs and local companies will deliver them, some holding popular stock ready for immediate delivery. At busy periods they will still rely on the main couriers to take the extra volume.
They do it over here but obviously not as big. We (UPS) don't do a lot of UK volume, it's mostly left to Amazon Logistics as their cost per parcel is a lot lower, we normally handle International and European volume but as was the case this week when DPD said they couldn't handle the extra volume from Amazon one phone call meant they had 12 trailers on their way from our Tamworth hub within 2 hours and we get an extra 40,000 packages a day in our system. It helps having your fingers in every pie, they don't have to worry about negotiating rates, they can pick up the phone knowing their goods will be delivered.
They do it over here but obviously not as big. We (UPS) don't do a lot of UK volume, it's mostly left to Amazon Logistics as their cost per parcel is a lot lower, we normally handle International and European volume but as was the case this week when DPD said they couldn't handle the extra volume from Amazon one phone call meant they had 12 trailers on their way from our Tamworth hub within 2 hours and we get an extra 40,000 packages a day in our system. It helps having your fingers in every pie, they don't have to worry about negotiating rates, they can pick up the phone knowing their goods will be delivered.
We've had deliveries for some time (certainly a year as I remember them bringing my wife's then new iPhone6 case on a Sunday) from guys in plain white vans carrying only Amazon stuff. Had another one today.
I assumed they were Amazon Logistics people.
I've read stuff, and my recent experiences seems to bear this out, that they're deliberately delaying deliveries to take the maximum estimated time so as to encourage more people to pay for Prime.
I assumed they were Amazon Logistics people.
I've read stuff, and my recent experiences seems to bear this out, that they're deliberately delaying deliveries to take the maximum estimated time so as to encourage more people to pay for Prime.
I hear Amazon are taking over big parts of the newly extended Manchester Airport with a view to expanding logistics; as well, I've seen a new Amazon Locker thing in my local petrol station; you order and its put in this massive locker branded Amazon - you can go and pick up your delivery from it whenever you want; I suppose to avoid missed deliveries... weird and cumbersome looking thing.
Sheepshanks said:
We've had deliveries for some time (certainly a year as I remember them bringing my wife's then new iPhone6 case on a Sunday) from guys in plain white vans carrying only Amazon stuff. Had another one today.
I assumed they were Amazon Logistics people.
I've read stuff, and my recent experiences seems to bear this out, that they're deliberately delaying deliveries to take the maximum estimated time so as to encourage more people to pay for Prime.
You might think that but Amazon have extended my prime membership by 6 months in the last 2 months. All down to Amazon Logistics. Their nearest depot is 30 miles away and the vans don't often leave till 10.30 in the morning. Since it's an office address they cant deliver after 5.30. I am now ordering all stuff individually instead of all in single basket. I can then ring up and complain about each order individually when it isn't delivered next day and get more free months of Prime.I assumed they were Amazon Logistics people.
I've read stuff, and my recent experiences seems to bear this out, that they're deliberately delaying deliveries to take the maximum estimated time so as to encourage more people to pay for Prime.
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