John Callan, CEO at Ursa Major
Associates, joins me to talk about the US Postal Service as well as
the state of the US letters and parcels markets. We cover:
Key takeaways from the Postal Reform Act, including impact on
delivery as well as headline financial impacts
The new vehicle contract… and electric vehicles!
Volatility of fuel prices
US parcel volume trends
Bringing fulfilment centres closer to the consumer, and issues
with 3PLs throttling volumes
Carrier consolidation via mergers and acquisitions
Consumers demanding greater visibility of their deliveries
Are we applying “pizza delivery” standards to products that
don’t need to be delivered so fast?
Microfulfilments centres and dark stores
Developments with the USPS Parcel Select service, and FedEx and
Amazon trying to shift volumes to their own networks
Amazon pumping parcel volumes into its DSP network
USPS losing the personal connection with residents - cluster
box delivery
Letter volume trends
Delivery standards
Parcel lockers in the USA - can carrier-neutral lockers work in
the USA?
Why the USPS’s own parcel locker network failed
About the Podcast
The Postal Hub is the podcast for the global postal, parcels, delivery and express sectors.