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<blockquote data-quote="BrownShark" data-source="post: 266104" data-attributes="member: 12148"><p>Damuck,</p><p> </p><p>Indeed, FEDEX has in the past began a restructuring of its ops to handle increased volume. But as in any business, times change, the market place changes and the direction changes with it.</p><p> </p><p>Today, the cost of operations for FEDEX is skyrocketing with higher fuel prices. Just last week FEDEX announced a HUGE increase in rates for its AIR and Ground operations.</p><p> </p><p>You couple this with the ever growing monetary judgements against them for bad business practices ( California this year $125 million alone) and you will see that the future is not one of extra cash to throw around.</p><p> </p><p>With the ever growing problem with its "contractors", it will be only a matter of time until the judgements against FEDEX will lead to the elimination of the ground units and a "combining" of its AIR and Ground OPS.</p><p> </p><p>With Congress taking away its protections under the "National Railway Act" , FEDEX is doomed to see itself unionized in the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The higher wages and benefits it will foresee will prevent them from expanding their ops beyond what they can afford.</p><p> </p><p>Fred S knows the handwriting is on the wall. Its only a matter of time.</p><p> </p><p>Fedex however, is doing the right thing. Its expanding its local ops to better service its existings customers and reducing the area each hub services. They are in fact adding trucks.</p><p> </p><p>UPS should do the same. Here is Los Angeles, we have outgrown our hubs with the exception of MAIN STREET.</p><p> </p><p>Our surrounding hubs are packed to the gills, trucks are being loaded in the isles or even outside. Areas have grown to a point where capacity is at risk on some days and trailers are NOT unloaded into the morning sort and are held over till the next day.</p><p> </p><p>If UPS was to dominate the market place, it would consider expanding by opening at least two new hubs and reducing the area covered by our current network.</p><p> </p><p>Hours on road would be cut down, pickup capacity would increase, service failures diminished, preload errors reduced by not becoming overwhelmed by piece volume, Next day air efficiency would increase by having the capacity to pickup, transport and unload in a timely manner, unlike today where our hubs service fail 100's hundreds of NDA because of travel time and late pickups due to over dispatching.</p><p> </p><p>These factors create business, UPS on the other hand has chosen to "constrict" its business and give business away.</p><p> </p><p>Sure, they ask us to get more volume, but why most drivers out here ask? "we dont have enough guys to pick the stuff up now, what are we going to do with more volume" </p><p> </p><p>Out here, businessess are held up waiting for us to try and get trucks to complete a pickup, some wait as long as 730 PM for us.</p><p> </p><p>PM Dispatch finds itself sending 3 or 4 trucks at various times to compete 1 pickup account, not to mention having these 3 or 4 trucks break off what they are suppose to be doing (delivering) and delaying them till 9pm.</p><p> </p><p>This isnt a simple business Damuck, its complications are plenty and it takes forward looking thinking to be successful.</p><p> </p><p>Fedex will never grow to a point where it will surpass UPS unless UPS allows it to happen.</p><p> </p><p>UPS knows its in full control.</p><p> </p><p>Peace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownShark, post: 266104, member: 12148"] Damuck, Indeed, FEDEX has in the past began a restructuring of its ops to handle increased volume. But as in any business, times change, the market place changes and the direction changes with it. Today, the cost of operations for FEDEX is skyrocketing with higher fuel prices. Just last week FEDEX announced a HUGE increase in rates for its AIR and Ground operations. You couple this with the ever growing monetary judgements against them for bad business practices ( California this year $125 million alone) and you will see that the future is not one of extra cash to throw around. With the ever growing problem with its "contractors", it will be only a matter of time until the judgements against FEDEX will lead to the elimination of the ground units and a "combining" of its AIR and Ground OPS. With Congress taking away its protections under the "National Railway Act" , FEDEX is doomed to see itself unionized in the next 10 years. The higher wages and benefits it will foresee will prevent them from expanding their ops beyond what they can afford. Fred S knows the handwriting is on the wall. Its only a matter of time. Fedex however, is doing the right thing. Its expanding its local ops to better service its existings customers and reducing the area each hub services. They are in fact adding trucks. UPS should do the same. Here is Los Angeles, we have outgrown our hubs with the exception of MAIN STREET. Our surrounding hubs are packed to the gills, trucks are being loaded in the isles or even outside. Areas have grown to a point where capacity is at risk on some days and trailers are NOT unloaded into the morning sort and are held over till the next day. If UPS was to dominate the market place, it would consider expanding by opening at least two new hubs and reducing the area covered by our current network. Hours on road would be cut down, pickup capacity would increase, service failures diminished, preload errors reduced by not becoming overwhelmed by piece volume, Next day air efficiency would increase by having the capacity to pickup, transport and unload in a timely manner, unlike today where our hubs service fail 100's hundreds of NDA because of travel time and late pickups due to over dispatching. These factors create business, UPS on the other hand has chosen to "constrict" its business and give business away. Sure, they ask us to get more volume, but why most drivers out here ask? "we dont have enough guys to pick the stuff up now, what are we going to do with more volume" Out here, businessess are held up waiting for us to try and get trucks to complete a pickup, some wait as long as 730 PM for us. PM Dispatch finds itself sending 3 or 4 trucks at various times to compete 1 pickup account, not to mention having these 3 or 4 trucks break off what they are suppose to be doing (delivering) and delaying them till 9pm. This isnt a simple business Damuck, its complications are plenty and it takes forward looking thinking to be successful. Fedex will never grow to a point where it will surpass UPS unless UPS allows it to happen. UPS knows its in full control. Peace. [/QUOTE]
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