The Rebound: What’s Ahead for Small Package Delivery

Listen in as Alan Amling discusses the future of small package delivery as e-commerce fulfillment heats up. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

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The Rebound: What’s Ahead for Small Package Delivery
Recording Date
September 10, 2020
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00:25:54 hrs/min/sec


For years, UPS, FedEx and USPS have owned small package delivery. With more e-commerce orders to deliver than ever, and increasing demand for next day and same day delivery, the parcel delivery world is ripe for a transformation. 

On this episode of The Rebound, Alan Amling, a former UPS executive and now a fellow at the University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute, looks at how the small package delivery model is changing and what might come next.

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Bob Trebilcock
Bob Trebilcock is the executive editor for Modern Materials Handling and an editorial advisor to Supply Chain Management Review. He has covered materials handling, technology, logistics, and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at 603-852-8976.
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