Why Doesn't UPS Have Same-Day Delivery Yet?

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Why Doesn't UPS Have Same-Day Delivery Yet? - Motley Fool

Big Brown will have to play catch-up if it wants to compete on the next frontier of logistics.

UPS shareholders may be thinking, "Well, it's about time." The shipping giant is considering offering a same-day delivery option, though whether it would be an in-house operation or run via a third-party partnership is still undecided.

Considering that same-day delivery has become an essential service for retailers looking to meet consumer demand for near-instant gratification on purchases, it's almost scandalous that UPS hasn't launched it already.

An essential service

Last-mile delivery is a critical component of the sales process for retailers now. While two-day delivery largely became the norm after Amazon.com made it a key (and free) pillar of its Prime membership program, the e-commerce giant continued to push the envelope, adding one-day and same-day delivery -- and even, in some markets, delivery of certain items within an hour.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

They need to work on getting the next day airs here on time, then they can work on the same day delivery...

 

[NAHimGOOD]

Swizzle is going to fix this.

You just watch and see

 

[Jkloc420]

Because of fat drivers like @IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U

 

[Wally]

What retailers would use this service and how would it work?

 

[Non sequitur]

With A.I. the stuff gets there before you knew you wanted it

 

[rod]

FedEx ground was at my house at 7:50 a.m. today. Those guys have their act together.

 

[BrownFlush]

FedEx ground was at my house at 7:50 a.m. today. Those guys have their act together.

They probably had you and 6 more stops before they were done.

 

[Wally]

FedEx ground was at my house at 7:50 a.m. today. Those guys have their act together.

Ah, it was yesterday's stuff.

 

[BrownFlush]

It will take some well written labor language to get the flexibility needed with no scab labor.

 

[rod]

Ah, it was yesterday's stuff.

With UPS yesterdays stuff still don't get here until 7 p.m. the following day.

 

[NAHimGOOD]

FedEx ground was at my house at 7:50 a.m. today. Those guys have their act together.

USPS was alarming the dogs just after 8am.

They are showing us how it's done.

 

[rod]

They probably had you and 6 more stops before they were done.

He did have a helper doing the running. Looked like his truck was about to split at the seams it was so full.

 

[rod]

Ah, it was yesterday's stuff.

So what is UPS start time now? About 9:30 a.m.?

 

[BrownFlush]

He did have a helper doing the running. Looked like his truck was about to split at the seams it was so full.

They have two that put together make less than one UPSer.

 

[Jkloc420]

FedEx ground was at my house at 7:50 a.m. today. Those guys have their act together.

FedEx don't have Amazon either

 

[BrownFlush]

FEDX GROUND was the bastard child born out of our strike.

 

[rod]

FEDX GROUND was the bastard child born out of our strike.

The way UPS has gone downhill with their service FedEx Ground would have came along without a UPS strike.

 

[BrownFlush]

The way UPS has gone downhill with their service FedEx Ground would have came along without a UPS strike.

I don't know.
I've always had a gut feeling they have always been glad they came along. They couldn't handle the volume back then, much less the future, think how much money they would have spent and been spending to keep up (new centers, trucks, etc.) Instead, they are still blowing out the same building here they have had since 1973.

 

[rod]

I don't know.
I've always had a gut feeling they have always been glad they came along. They couldn't handle the volume back then, much less the future, think how much money they would have spent and been spending to keep up (new centers, trucks, etc.) Instead, they are still blowing out the same building here they have had since 1973.

Same here. Our UPS building is the laughing stock of the local industrial park. Nobody can figure out how UPS gets away with all the stuff other businesses are called on. Parking semis in the street-temporary roll on additions to the building that never go away-- junk all over the place. Its really an eyesore.