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Rumor: Google to launch a same-day shipping service
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<blockquote data-quote="KBlakk" data-source="post: 1116676" data-attributes="member: 13286"><p>Just imagine the dispatch variations of this project it is in no way cost effective, one day you could have for example 500 orders in a Metro area that will require a few drivers to cover it to make same day commitment now the next day there's only 12 orders in a rural area requiring likely 1 driver so now what do you do with the excess drivers when volume is low? Do you pay them to be "on call" in case of a volume spike? Or do you stretch thin the one driver missing commits at the cost of losing a customer? Either way the cost of operating and the risk of entering a new endeavor in a thinning transportation/logistics market is a business mistake. It may sound good on paper and look good in the media but there is no way this project works without partnering with one of the existing shipping giants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KBlakk, post: 1116676, member: 13286"] Just imagine the dispatch variations of this project it is in no way cost effective, one day you could have for example 500 orders in a Metro area that will require a few drivers to cover it to make same day commitment now the next day there's only 12 orders in a rural area requiring likely 1 driver so now what do you do with the excess drivers when volume is low? Do you pay them to be "on call" in case of a volume spike? Or do you stretch thin the one driver missing commits at the cost of losing a customer? Either way the cost of operating and the risk of entering a new endeavor in a thinning transportation/logistics market is a business mistake. It may sound good on paper and look good in the media but there is no way this project works without partnering with one of the existing shipping giants. [/QUOTE]
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