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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 1124566" data-attributes="member: 23516"><p>A few other points to consider in regard to the costs and revenue...</p><p></p><p>There will be a certain number of recipients whose paid-for appointment time will contain whatever time the courier would normally deliver the package anyway. The fee for those is almost 100% profit. </p><p></p><p>A large concern is that breaking off to make an appointment window is going to negate whatever revenue the fee brings in. Yes, in some cases it will. No doubt. What it has is the <em>potential </em>to reduce are multiple delivery attempts, which are pure expense. The savings from the trial run of reducing delivery attempts from 3 to 2 have not been forgotten and are part of this program. </p><p></p><p>What this accomplishes in many cases is the elimination of additional non-rev labor and replaces it with revenue that wasn't possible prior. There will be those special cases where it will cost more to make the appointment than the fee will cover. They <em>can </em>be offset by the savings from fewer reattempts and from those cases where the expense of making the appointment window are negligible.</p><p></p><p>People are expecting this to take off like wildfire. It won't. It isn't needed to that extent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 1124566, member: 23516"] A few other points to consider in regard to the costs and revenue... There will be a certain number of recipients whose paid-for appointment time will contain whatever time the courier would normally deliver the package anyway. The fee for those is almost 100% profit. A large concern is that breaking off to make an appointment window is going to negate whatever revenue the fee brings in. Yes, in some cases it will. No doubt. What it has is the [I]potential [/I]to reduce are multiple delivery attempts, which are pure expense. The savings from the trial run of reducing delivery attempts from 3 to 2 have not been forgotten and are part of this program. What this accomplishes in many cases is the elimination of additional non-rev labor and replaces it with revenue that wasn't possible prior. There will be those special cases where it will cost more to make the appointment than the fee will cover. They [I]can [/I]be offset by the savings from fewer reattempts and from those cases where the expense of making the appointment window are negligible. People are expecting this to take off like wildfire. It won't. It isn't needed to that extent. [/QUOTE]
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