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Comparison: Last, Best & Final to Pre-strike proposals
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1026236" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>A couple of questions about that 50% figure;</p><p></p><p>1. Does it include the volume that we are subcontracting out to the Post Office via SurePost? It would be a bit deceptive to complain about "losing volume" to the Post Office when we are the ones dropping bags full of packages off for them to deliver.</p><p></p><p>2. Is it even realistic to assume that our market share percentage would <em>remain</em> at 80% when you factor in the <em>huge</em> amount of growth in the residential market due to online shipping that has occured since 1997? I dont think Amazon.com even existed back then. We might only be getting 50% now, but its 50% of a <em>much</em> larger pie.</p><p></p><p>3. How much of that volume loss is <em>service</em> related rather than <em>price</em> related? I can personally attest to a fourfold increase in the number of misloads that I find in my truck since the advent of PAS/EDD, as well as about a <em>thousandfold</em> increase in the wasted time, lost productivity, service failures etc that result from taking decision-making authority away from front-line management and placing it in the hands of cubicle-dwelling metric chasers in another time zone.</p><p></p><p>In short, I think it is inaccurate to blame a purported 30% loss of market share solely on the 1997 contract.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1026236, member: 14668"] A couple of questions about that 50% figure; 1. Does it include the volume that we are subcontracting out to the Post Office via SurePost? It would be a bit deceptive to complain about "losing volume" to the Post Office when we are the ones dropping bags full of packages off for them to deliver. 2. Is it even realistic to assume that our market share percentage would [I]remain[/I] at 80% when you factor in the [I]huge[/I] amount of growth in the residential market due to online shipping that has occured since 1997? I dont think Amazon.com even existed back then. We might only be getting 50% now, but its 50% of a [I]much[/I] larger pie. 3. How much of that volume loss is [I]service[/I] related rather than [I]price[/I] related? I can personally attest to a fourfold increase in the number of misloads that I find in my truck since the advent of PAS/EDD, as well as about a [I]thousandfold[/I] increase in the wasted time, lost productivity, service failures etc that result from taking decision-making authority away from front-line management and placing it in the hands of cubicle-dwelling metric chasers in another time zone. In short, I think it is inaccurate to blame a purported 30% loss of market share solely on the 1997 contract. [/QUOTE]
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