Ep 208: The universal parcel locker concept

Sep 7, 2020

Dean Maciuba, Director Consulting Services at Logistics Trends & Insights, joins me to discuss the universal parcel locker concept:

• Defining a Universal Parcel Locker (UPL) network
  • Managing the physical network
  • Parcels from different carriers and merchants
• Post-pandemic parcel volumes - implications for a UPL network
• Current parcel locker networks in the USA
• Access points (PUDOs) being set up in lieu of parcel lockers
• Contactless delivery and PUDOs/lockers
• Cost of lockers used by FedEx and UPS in the USA
• The race to reduce delivery costs (in part driven by Amazon)
• What sort of locker solution might the US Postal Service
• The US Postal Service’s existing parcel locker network - called GoPost
• The USPS hosting a carrier-agnostic Universal Parcel Locker network
• Existing Parcel Select service
• Would carriers and e-commerce merchants pay the USPS to deliver to parcel lockers?
• Co-locating parcel lockers near a post office
• How postal operators can use parcel lockers
• Locations of USPS post offices
• Driving revenue and foot traffic at post offices
• Parcel surcharges for peak season (USPS, FedEx, UPS) - including volume-based surcharges
• Hiring surge in the US delivery sector
• Who will cover costs of parcel surcharges?
• What a Universal Parcel Locker network might mean for parcel costs in the USA
• Added bonus: Ian solves the peak season problem for the USA