Global supply chain by Amazon.

[Brownslave688]

Well yeah, their costs are extremely cheap. Unless I don't have time, I ship through the post office instead of us. I sent their version of a NDA about 2 months ago, 20 bucks. Couldn't get ground for that price through us.

Like I said talk about antitrust.


Must be nice to have a built in cost of advantage and a monopoly.

 

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.... Want to talk about an antitrust issue

Good luck with that one. UPS has fought that battle for decades and guess what?

 

[MyTripisCut]

The problem is Amazon is losing sight of its core business. Retail is very cut throat. Stocking a package car full of "potential " orders of popular items? That could either be good or bad. The shrink and theft on that using cheap contractors could hurt them.

They'd also need huge trucks to hold that inventory on top of delivering already packed orders. They would be better off opening "Amazon stores" and using that as dispatch sites.

But I guess their profit margins are so huge that they could make this all cost effective. Oh wait....

I agree the package car full of items thing is a little funky. But diversifying isn't a bad thing. With retail being so cuthroat having other areas with a solid stream of revenue is a good thing. Their cloud and webhosting service brings in a ton of money.

Sorry to quote your whole posts I'm being lazy. They wouldn't carry a full inventory. I said hot, targeted items. Like bottled water or Gatorade in the summer. Halloween candy when it's trick or treat. Winter hats or gloves in winter. A friend of mine was "poached" by Amazon from ups. This is what they are planning. It's radical but a little bit genius.

 

[Brownslave688]

Good luck with that one. UPS has fought that battle for decades and guess what?

Oh I understand it's a losing battle.



I also understand it's bull shi

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Because we have too much management.

No, we really don't. Myself and the other ORS in my building work at least 12 hours a day. Lets throw the center manager in there for arguments sake, he's around 11 hours a day. If we were drivers and all filed 9.5s that would be another position. That doesn't even include the time we spend on UPS stuff once we walk out the door.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Like I said talk about antitrust.


Must be nice to have a built in cost of advantage and a monopoly.

And yet they're bleeding money.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

No, we really don't. Myself and the other ORS in my building work at least 12 hours a day. Lets throw the center manager in there for arguments sake, he's around 11 hours a day. If we were drivers and all filed 9.5s that would be another position. That doesn't even include the time we spend on UPS stuff once we walk out the door.

They have cut back a ton on management

 

[MyTripisCut]

Just because you spend 12 hours a day manipulating numbers doesn't mean it is necessary for the good of the company. Love you frig.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Just because you spend 12 hours a day manipulating numbers doesn't mean it is necessary for the good of the company. Love you frig.

Get a room..

 

[Scuba Steve]

Oh I understand it's a losing battle.


I also understand it's bull shi

Agreed. A lot of people didn't know that Express packages sent USPS didn't get a Sat delivery up charge either. They even delivered Sunday's in most metro markets before Amazon... They do this for less than UPS ground in some cases.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

They have cut back a ton on management

I know they have, but they've also automated a lot of stuff. Take CACH for example. Don't really need management to watch computers all day.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Just because you spend 12 hours a day manipulating numbers doesn't mean it is necessary for the good of the company. Love you frig.

Number manipulation is a small part of the day. Mostly comprised of eating donuts and picking which drivers are going to get screwed the next day out of a hat.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I know they have, but they've also automated a lot of stuff. Take CACH for example. Don't really need management to watch computers all day.

That's what I always told my old sup..telematics and computers are getting rid of more than just driving jobs.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

That's what I always told my old sup..telematics and computers are getting rid of more than just driving jobs.

As much as people don't like it, we're always going to need management jobs. But technology takes some of the burden off.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

[QUOTFrigidFTSup, post: 2051455, member: 58894"]As much as people don't like it, we're always going to need management jobs. But technology takes some of the burden off.[/QUOTE]
I've seen how many management jobs that are gone.

 

[Brownslave688]

And yet they're bleeding money.

They would of made over 2 billion the 4th quarter I believe if they didn't have to prepay for retirement.

 

[Brownslave688]

As much as people don't like it, we're always going to need management jobs. But technology takes some of the burden off.

Sure but I never dreamed my center manager would be running 3 centers all an hour apart either.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

They would of made over 2 billion the 4th quarter I believe if they didn't have to prepay for retirement.

It doesn't matter, they didn't make any money.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Sure but I never dreamed my center manager would be running 3 centers all an hour apart either.

Mine does as well. But I use the term run loosely.

 

[Brownslave688]

It doesn't matter, they didn't make any money.

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/10/dont-look-now-but-the-post-office-just-turned-a-profit/


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