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<blockquote data-quote="oldrps" data-source="post: 2331298" data-attributes="member: 36765"><p>If Express is to be the model they use, then why are they making it smaller? Express has reduced the number of stations, purchased smaller vans, and operating with less employees over the past several years. If they were moving everything to Express, they would be buying bigger vans, keeping employees, and growing/expanding the number of Express locations. Everything I have seen over the past few years does not indicate an Express model moving forward. </p><p></p><p>I think there will be a day of one FedEx package system, but only when they get more Ground volume. On a UPS van, how much of the package volume is air, 2 day, 3 day and ground? I am going to guess that if their van had 100 stops, about 20 are air, 2 day, 3 day, the rest ground. When FedEx gets close to the same package mix as UPS is when they will get serious about combining the operations. If the mix now (I am guessing) is 60 Ground/40 Express, it would fail. </p><p></p><p>I feel that FedEx is learning how to combine operations by merging the Home Delivery with Ground. I have heard they are also combining Smartpost as well. They are learning now with these services to prepare/learn for the merging of Express. I have seen nothing or heard of anything like this at Express from reading these boards for years. I know that combining Express will not be like these merges, but they are not guessing at what has to happen. They will have all the information on what the contractors and their drivers will have to learn and complete to accomplish it.</p><p></p><p>RPS, then Ground has rolled with the changing laws and regulations of contractors and will continue for as long as they can with this model. I don't see that changing or they would not be going through the ISP changes. Ground is expanding; 6 day deliveries, larger and more locations. They are growing Ground and shrinking Express.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldrps, post: 2331298, member: 36765"] If Express is to be the model they use, then why are they making it smaller? Express has reduced the number of stations, purchased smaller vans, and operating with less employees over the past several years. If they were moving everything to Express, they would be buying bigger vans, keeping employees, and growing/expanding the number of Express locations. Everything I have seen over the past few years does not indicate an Express model moving forward. I think there will be a day of one FedEx package system, but only when they get more Ground volume. On a UPS van, how much of the package volume is air, 2 day, 3 day and ground? I am going to guess that if their van had 100 stops, about 20 are air, 2 day, 3 day, the rest ground. When FedEx gets close to the same package mix as UPS is when they will get serious about combining the operations. If the mix now (I am guessing) is 60 Ground/40 Express, it would fail. I feel that FedEx is learning how to combine operations by merging the Home Delivery with Ground. I have heard they are also combining Smartpost as well. They are learning now with these services to prepare/learn for the merging of Express. I have seen nothing or heard of anything like this at Express from reading these boards for years. I know that combining Express will not be like these merges, but they are not guessing at what has to happen. They will have all the information on what the contractors and their drivers will have to learn and complete to accomplish it. RPS, then Ground has rolled with the changing laws and regulations of contractors and will continue for as long as they can with this model. I don't see that changing or they would not be going through the ISP changes. Ground is expanding; 6 day deliveries, larger and more locations. They are growing Ground and shrinking Express. [/QUOTE]
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