Micro Fulfillment: A Solution to Last Mile Delivery Obstacles

SupplyChainBrain
20 Jan 202212:26

Summary

TLDR在这段视频脚本中,Bill Catanya,OneRail的首席执行官,讨论了微履行中心如何成为解决最后一英里配送障碍的解决方案。Catanya指出,由于COVID-19加速了消费者行为的变化,传统的配送中心通常位于远离市场30至50英里的地方,这导致库存与消费者之间的距离过远。为了实现当日达或更快的配送服务,需要将库存更靠近消费者。微履行中心因此被提出,它们是小型的配送节点,可以位于零售店内、所谓的暗店或者独立的配送中心。这些中心可以加速现金流,通过更接近需求的库存和实时补货来提高配送效率。OneRail作为一个履行解决方案,帮助各种类型的发货人更可预测、更经济、更快速地移动他们的最终一英里库存。该公司通过软件和实时库存可见性,以及与约九百万司机的网络连接,自动化整个订单流程,从而提高配送效率。

Takeaways

  • 📦 **微履行中心的兴起**:由于供应链压力和消费者行为的加速,传统的配送中心(DC)距离消费者较远,需要引入微履行中心(micro fulfillment centers)来提高最后一公里配送的效率。
  • 🚚 **配送效率的提升**:微履行中心可以更接近消费者,支持同日或几小时内配送,满足消费者对快速配送的需求。
  • 🏢 **多种实现形式**:微履行中心可以位于零售店内、所谓的“暗店”(dark stores)或者作为独立设施,甚至可以利用购物中心或自存储设施(self storage)的空间。
  • 📈 **库存管理的挑战**:微履行中心的引入增加了库存管理的复杂性,需要精准的库存分布和实时库存可见性。
  • 💰 **现金流的加速**:通过微履行中心,库存更接近消费者,可以加快产品补货速度,从而加速现金流。
  • 📊 **减少缺货风险**:微履行中心可以减少缺货情况,避免消费者因找不到所需商品而转向竞争对手。
  • 🛒 **零售店的双重角色**:零售店本身可以作为微履行中心,但需要适当的基础设施和订单管理系统来支持。
  • 📱 **技术的重要性**:为了有效管理多个微履行中心,公司需要投资于实时库存可见性和需求预测技术。
  • 📈 **运营转型的需求**:企业需要进行运营转型,以适应新的配送模式,包括订单管理、配送时序和与配送员的沟通。
  • 🌐 **OneRail的服务**:OneRail提供履行解决方案,帮助各种类型的发货人更可预测、更经济、更快速地移动最后一公里的库存。
  • 📈 **OneRail的增长**:OneRail自2018年成立以来,业务增长迅速,反映了市场对高效配送解决方案的需求。

Q & A

  • 什么是微履行中心(micro fulfillment center)?

    -微履行中心是一种新型的物流中心,它比传统的配送中心小得多,通常位于靠近消费者需求区域的位置。它们可以位于零售店内部、所谓的暗店(dark stores)或者作为独立设施存在,目的是减少库存与消费者之间的距离,以提高最后一公里配送的效率。

  • 为什么需要微履行中心?

    -微履行中心的出现是为了解决供应链中的“最后一公里”配送问题。由于消费者对快速配送的需求增加,传统的配送中心往往距离消费者较远,无法满足当日达或几小时内送达的服务要求。微履行中心通过将库存放置在更靠近消费者的地方,可以更快地响应订单,提高配送效率。

  • 微履行中心有哪些可能的物理位置?

    -微履行中心可以位于零售店内部,利用零售空间的一部分;也可以设在所谓的暗店,即不对外营业、专门用于在线订单处理的商店;还可能是独立的配送中心,或者利用自存储设施(self storage)作为微履行中心。

  • 如何确保微履行中心的库存不会缺货?

    -确保微履行中心不出现缺货需要有强大的基础设施支持,包括实时库存管理系统、需求预测技术和需求感知技术。这些系统可以帮助企业准确预测需求,及时补货,避免缺货情况的发生。

  • 微履行中心如何加速现金流?

    -通过将库存放置在更靠近消费者的地方,微履行中心可以更快地响应订单,减少产品从配送中心到商店的时间,从而加速产品的周转,加快发票开具和收款,进而加速现金流。

  • 微履行中心如何帮助零售商提高销售?

    -微履行中心通过提供更快的配送服务,可以提高顾客满意度,增加顾客忠诚度。例如,如果顾客去特定的商店购买某个品牌的产品,而产品缺货,这可能会导致顾客不再选择该商店,从而失去潜在的销售和附加销售机会。

  • 在多个小型位置分配库存会面临哪些挑战?

    -在多个小型位置分配库存会增加管理复杂性,需要精确地了解每个位置的库存情况,并能够在需要时将库存从一个位置转移到另一个位置。这要求有高效的库存管理和物流调配系统,以确保库存平衡和优化。

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  • OneRail 是什么公司,它的服务如何帮助不同类型的发货人?

    -OneRail 是一个提供履行解决方案的公司,它通过软件和操作系统帮助各种类型的发货人,包括电子零售商、实体零售商、批发产品分销商甚至医疗保健组织,使其最终的库存能够更可预测、更经济、更快速地移动到最后一英里。OneRail 的平台连接了约九百万名司机,并使用实时决策引擎来选择最佳的快递员。

  • OneRail 成立多久了,它的业务有何发展?

    -OneRail 成立于2018年1月,最初是一家数字快递公司。大约两年前,它从快递服务转型为平台服务。随着需求的增加,公司团队从2020年2月的9名成员增长到现在的100名成员,并有30个职位空缺,预计到明年这个时候团队将增长到近200名成员。

  • OneRail 如何应对 COVID-19 期间的快速增长?

    -尽管在COVID-19期间面临挑战,OneRail 还是成功地应对了快速增长。公司通过提供灵活的工作机会,吸引了那些在疫情期间寻找新职业的人,这不仅帮助了公司快速增长,也为个人提供了新的就业机会。

  • OneRail 的服务如何适应多渠道零售和客户需求的变化?

    -OneRail 的服务通过提供实时库存可见性和需求感知,帮助发货人适应多渠道零售和客户需求的变化。它的平台能够自动化订单流程,从订单管理到与消费者的最终交付,提供全流程的物流管理服务。

  • 为什么说实时库存可见性对于微履行中心的成功至关重要?

    -实时库存可见性对于微履行中心的成功至关重要,因为它可以帮助企业准确预测需求,及时补货,并实现库存的实时补货。这有助于企业提高配送速度,减少缺货风险,并提高客户满意度。

Outlines

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📦 最后一公里配送的挑战与微履行中心的解决方案

本段落讨论了最后一公里配送面临的主要问题,包括供应链的压力、消费者对快速配送的需求增加,以及地理上配送中心与消费者之间的距离问题。Bill Catanya,Onerail的首席执行官,介绍了微履行中心的概念,这是一种新型的小型配送中心,可以更接近消费者需求,从而提高配送效率。微履行中心可能位于零售店内、所谓的暗店,或者作为独立配送中心存在。强调了适当的基础设施和订单管理系统对于实现有效微履行至关重要。

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💰 微履行中心如何加速现金流并解决库存平衡问题

这段落深入探讨了微履行中心如何通过更接近需求地点的库存来加速现金流,减少缺货情况,提高销售预测的准确性,并通过实时补货来增加销售速度。同时,指出了分散库存到更多小型位置所带来的复杂性,包括库存平衡和需求预测的挑战。Bill提到,为了应对这些挑战,公司需要投资于供应链,利用实时库存可见性和需求感知技术,以及自动化软件来优化库存管理和配送流程。

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🚀 OneRail:提供更可预测、更经济、更快速的最终配送解决方案

在这一段中,Bill Catanya介绍了Onerail公司,它是一个帮助各种类型发货人更可预测、更经济、更快速地移动最后一英里库存的履行解决方案。Onerail通过结合软件和操作系统集成订单流程,并通过连接约九百万司机的网络来优化配送。公司还建立了55个微履行节点,使用自助存储空间作为配送中心,以便快递员可以无缝地提取库存并将其送到消费者或商店。Bill还提到了公司自2018年成立以来的快速增长,以及由于疫情导致的在线购物和即时配送需求的增加,公司团队规模的扩大。

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Keywords

💡微履行中心

微履行中心是一种小型的配送中心,与传统的大型配送中心相比,它占地面积更小,更接近消费者,从而可以更快速地完成商品的最后阶段配送。在视频中,微履行中心被视为解决最后一公里配送障碍的解决方案,特别是在需求加速和供应链压力增大的背景下。例如,洛杉矶可能拥有10到15个这样的微节点,它们靠近需求地点,使得配送更加高效。

💡最后一公里配送

最后一公里配送指的是将商品从最近的配送中心或仓库送到消费者手中的最后一步。这是物流过程中最具挑战性的部分,因为它直接关系到顾客满意度和配送效率。视频中提到,由于消费者对快速配送的需求增加,最后一公里配送的效率和质量问题变得尤为重要。

💡供应链压力

供应链压力指的是在供应链管理过程中遇到的各种挑战,如库存管理、物流延迟、需求预测等。视频中提到,由于COVID-19疫情的影响,消费者行为加速变化,导致供应链面临更大的压力,尤其是在快速配送和库存管理方面。

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💡库存管理

库存管理是指对企业持有的商品或原材料的数量和质量进行规划、组织、监督和控制的过程。在视频中,提到了微履行中心可以改善库存管理,通过将库存放置在更靠近消费者的地方,可以更快地响应市场需求,减少缺货风险,并加速现金流。

💡订单管理系统

订单管理系统是用于处理客户订单的软件或技术平台,它可以实时跟踪库存、管理订单流程,并与配送服务进行集成。视频中强调了拥有正确的订单管理系统对于实现从商店或微履行中心履行订单的重要性,它能够确保订单的准确性和及时性。

💡现金流

现金流指的是企业在一定时期内流入和流出的现金总额。在视频中,提到通过微履行中心更快地将商品送达消费者,可以缩短商品在仓库中的停留时间,从而加速现金流,提高企业的财务效率。

💡需求预测技术

需求预测技术是一种分析工具,用于预测市场对产品或服务的需求。在视频中,需求预测技术被提及作为微履行中心成功运营的关键部分,它帮助企业更好地规划库存和配送,以满足消费者的期望。

💡OneRail

OneRail是一家提供履行解决方案的公司,它通过软件和运营系统帮助各种类型的发货人更可预测、更经济、更快速地移动他们的最后阶段库存。视频中提到,OneRail的平台连接了大约九百万名司机,并能够通过实时决策引擎选择最佳的配送人员,从而提高配送效率。

💡多渠道零售

多渠道零售指的是零售商通过多个销售渠道与消费者互动,包括实体店、在线商店、移动应用等。视频中提到,多渠道零售的发展增加了对快速和可预测配送的需求,这也是微履行中心变得重要的原因之一。

💡配送中心

配送中心是物流网络中的关键节点,负责存储商品并将其分发到零售店或直接到消费者手中。视频中提到,传统的配送中心通常位于离市场较远的地方,而微履行中心的引入是为了将库存放置得更靠近消费者,以满足快速配送的需求。

💡自存储设施

自存储设施是一种提供个人或企业租用存储空间的服务。在视频中,提到自存储设施由于其广泛的分布和基础设施,可以被改造成微履行中心,以支持更快速的商品配送服务。

Highlights

微履行中心(micro fulfillment center)可能成为解决最后一公里配送障碍的解决方案。

由于COVID-19,供应链受到压力,消费者行为加速变化,对即时配送的需求增加。

传统的配送中心通常位于离市场30到50英里远的地方,这使得库存与消费者距离过远。

微履行中心可以作为配送中心的补充,具有更小的占地面积,更接近消费者需求。

微履行中心可能位于零售店内部、所谓的暗店或独立的配送中心。

商店本身可以作为一个自然的微履行中心,如果具备适当的基础设施。

商场空间和自存储设施可以被转换为微履行中心,以满足配送需求。

微履行中心可以加速现金流,通过更接近需求的库存实现更快的补货和销售。

微履行中心的实施需要强大的订单管理系统和实时库存可见性。

OneRail提供的履行解决方案帮助各种类型的发货人更可预测、更经济、更快速地移动最后一英里的库存。

OneRail通过软件和大约九百万司机的聚合能力,自动化整个订单流程,从发货到消费者收货证明。

OneRail的实时决策引擎可以自动选择最佳的配送员,并管理整个配送过程。

OneRail最近启动了55个微履行节点,利用自存储空间,使配送员能够无缝地提取库存并将其带给消费者。

OneRail自2018年1月开始运营,最初是作为数字配送员,后来转变为平台。

OneRail的团队从2020年2月的9名成员增长到100名,并且预计到明年将有近200名团队成员。

由于全渠道零售和客户需求的变化,OneRail提供的服务需求有所增加。

微履行中心的实施带来了操作转型的挑战,需要对订单管理、库存可见性和需求预测进行精确控制。

Transcripts

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is micro fulfillment the solution to

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last mile delivery obstacles

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my guest is bill catanya he is ceo of

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onerail hi bill

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hello robert how are you today i am good

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thank you very much for being with me

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i'd appreciate it if you could just

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outline for me what are the big issues

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right now that are affecting the

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efficiency and quality of last mile

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delivery

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well if you think back you know even

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five years before we had this supply

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chain pinch and before behaviors were

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accelerated you know three to five years

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because of covid um

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distribution centers you know we're a

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primary source of origin for products

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and if you think about you know

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distribution centers where they are

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geographically a lot of times they're

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located 30 to 50 miles outside of

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outside of a general market area so that

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places the inventory too far from the

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consumer so if we look at this

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acceleration and we look at what's

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required now to deliver something same

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day

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2 hour 30 minutes or better you know in

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some cases there's a requirement to get

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that inventory even closer to the

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consumer and you know there was sort of

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a period and still is a period you know

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based on the order management system of

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the shipper if it's a retailer for

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example they can fulfill from store but

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they have to have the right

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infrastructure to do that so what we see

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is a need to introduce another type of

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distribution center we're calling it a

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micro fulfillment center and what we're

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doing you know what i'm seeing is

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nodes think of it as like a dc but a

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much smaller footprint

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you know in the in the case of like los

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angeles there might be 10 of these or 15

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of these micro nodes

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that are close to the demand okay

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where shippers need them where are they

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exactly sometimes we hear that micro

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micro fulfillment centers are actually

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in retail stores they take up a part

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portion of the retail space sometimes we

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hear they're in so-called dark stores

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sometimes they're standalone

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distribution centers where are micro

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fulfillment centers well i think you you

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really classified the store the right

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way we've always talked about the store

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being a warehouse

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um and so the store is is a natural

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micro fulfillment center again if you

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have a if you have the right

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infrastructure for that an order

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management system that can contemplate

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real-time inventory uh

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accurately you know along with some

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forecasting technology demand sensing

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technology you can use the store uh the

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thing you don't want to do though the

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risk to the store can be out of stock so

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again can't overempty i can't emphasize

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enough how important that infrastructure

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is what we've also seen are malls you

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know brookfield's been been i think an

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innovator in that space um taking mall

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space and leveraging the mall

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uh taking maybe an anchor tenant out you

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know that that may be having some

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difficulty and converting some of that

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space and that's happening in latin

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america as well using it as a as a

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fulfillment center and then uh you

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mentioned dark stores you know that's

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certainly an option but i'll tell you

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what we're also seeing is self storage

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you know self storage has gone through a

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boom

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the last five or six years you know

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every neighborhood you know has a public

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storage or an extra space uh and what's

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happening is self storage now has that

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infrastructure to serve as a micro

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fulfillment center really

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interesting

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in the case of where it happens in the

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stores i mean in the early days of the

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omni channel there was thinking that

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well you could just fulfill from store

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shelves when you're fulfilling it from a

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store now we're hearing sometimes the

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micro fulfillment center is maybe in the

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store walls but it's separate from the

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shelves because then you don't have like

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store associates and and shoppers

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getting in each other's way you have a

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complete different operation behind a

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wall so to speak is that the case or is

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going to be either

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it can be both yeah it could be either

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um you know we have a lot of customers

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at one rail that are leveraging shelf

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inventory you know and they're actually

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there's a pick and pack just right off

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the shelf and fulfill from there again

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you can't do that without the right

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order management system and the right

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in-store operation system and you know

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there's also the notion of when the

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order comes from the customer do you

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trigger the delivery then or do you wait

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you know until the until it's ready you

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know it's cute as ready in the in the

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order management system because then you

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can have a problem where a courier is

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showing up but the item's not ready and

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that's not good either you know that

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really upsets these couriers so the

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timing the sequencing there's a complete

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operational transformation that has to

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happen

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um if you're going to use the store and

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and and also if you're if you're going

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to leverage a third party facility

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now i want to talk about the benefits of

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micro fulfillment you alluded to one

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right at the top of this discussion that

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is that they are you know shorter

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distance from there to the customer but

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in what other ways like for instance how

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can a micro fulfillment center

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accelerate cash flow

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yeah so so there's two things cash flows

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a lot of stocks

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you know what we're seeing is

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by taking and having forward

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inventory

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inventory that's in what they call an

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fsl or forward stocking location which

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would be like a self storage facility or

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a dark store

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or even as you as you mentioned a node

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within a within a building that's not

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part of the store but it's kind of a

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back office store by having that you now

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have inventory that's closer to

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replenishment it's close it's a closer

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um uh

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distance to to where the demand is and

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if there is an out of stock that product

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can be pulled forward and what's

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happening is we see customers in the

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space you know that have a uh you know

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six week time period to go from dc

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to the to to in the store

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and so that's six weeks of cash flow

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that's six weeks of time

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that that's that that peg if it's an

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electronics product that's on a peg that

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it's not there

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and

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there there are some financial

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implications to that that's all time

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that that inventory is sitting in a

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warehouse not being consumed

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and so

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by moving inventory by creating more

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velocity

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and by creating predictability and by by

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by creating kind of a real-time

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replenishment scenario

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cash flow accelerates because the

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invoicing uh can happen quicker and most

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importantly you know we all know

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whether you're a manufacturer or a

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retailer there's a cost to other stocks

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you know especially a category leader if

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i go to walmart to buy something

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and that's a it's a destination category

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and i'll tell you a good example the

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dollar channel cleaning products are a

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destination category for the dollar

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channel people go into dollar stores to

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buy candy and cleaning products so if i

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go there to buy my windex and it's not

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there

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i may not ever go back to that store you

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know the ancillary sales you know from

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that visit will be lost

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and i may not go to that chain again and

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and that's the that's the impact

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but okay

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i get that but if you are distributing

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inventory over a greater number of

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smaller locations

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are you not presenting yourself with the

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challenge of balancing that inventory

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among all those different locations

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knowing what is what at what location

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making sure it's all in the right

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location being able to shift one

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location to the other when it's needed

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it's you're creating a big challenge

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there are you not it's a lot more

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complexity robert you know yeah the the

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the days of having 10 dc's and just push

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it all through 10 dc's are are gone you

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know the the

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i always like to think about it as

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upstream and downstream so when i think

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of downstream i'm thinking about

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whomever is interfacing directly with

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the buyer so in a b2b environment if i

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go into a tire shop you know that's

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downstream if i walk into a target store

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that's downstream

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as the consumer becomes more demanding

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downstream which they are they want

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things faster and there's more people

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that want things faster than ever

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because of the acceleration that's

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happened in the last 18 months and they

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want it predictably and they want to

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know where it is and when it's going to

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be to them they don't want it to be a

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mystery they want visibility to that

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they want communications and they want

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what they want when they want it and

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what's happened is

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as that all accelerates upstream

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distribution centers

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have to have the pressure the supply

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chain has pressure and that pressure

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reaches a boiling point where you can't

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possibly fulfill things the way you used

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to right so the answer to your question

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is absolutely it's more complex

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and the companies that are winning and i

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have to point out companies like target

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you know target has made some

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investments in their supply chain but a

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lot of other retailers haven't they've

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made acquisitions they've made

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investments they've brought in people

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and they've built the supply chain

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organization to be able to fulfill and

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they're rewarded for that every time

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earnings come out so when you look at

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that

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that dynamic you have to have the

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software you have to have real-time

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inventory visibility and if you have

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real-time inventory visibility you have

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some sense of demand

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sensing so that you understand

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forecasting you understand what's going

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to happen at the store level you

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understand your skew velocity and what

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you're going to sell but you also have

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some fidelity around what you're going

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to sell online then you can do it and

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it's actually easier because you can

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automate you can automate it okay

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well bill i want to thank you so much

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for helping us to understand just what

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is micro fulfillment

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why it's important now and what are the

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benefits thanks for that conversation i

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appreciate it thank you i want to turn

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now though to a brief discussion of one

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rail itself

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bill what is one rail

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so one rail is a fulfillment solution

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that helps all types of shippers whether

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it's an e-tailer a bricks and mortar

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retailer a wholesale product distributor

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even a healthcare organization like a

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healthcare network

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move

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their final mile inventory more

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predictably

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more affordably and faster

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and so we do that we do that with a

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combination of software we have an

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operating system that our shippers use

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that that automates the complete order

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flow all the way through to proof of

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delivery to the consumer all the

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communications

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that platform is connected to a capacity

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of around nine million drivers we've

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aggregated doordash lift postmates uber

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go puff is now part of the network

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shipped and so we can take

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and decide we have a real time decision

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engine that decides which courier is the

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best courier we just we

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automatically send the job or dispatch

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it to the right courier and then we

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manage that with our logistics

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management team all the way through to

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hopefully a smiling face

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we manage exceptions on behalf of our

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shippers and then finally we've just

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spun up 55 micro fulfillment nodes we

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just talked about that a little bit we

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we're leveraging self storage today uh

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in such a way that our couriers can

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seamlessly go

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uh to and from self storage to pull

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forward stock and bring it to consumers

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or to stores how long you've been in

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business

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we've been doing this for almost four

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years we we started up uh january of

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2018

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and uh we started out as a digital

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courier and then about almost two years

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ago now we pivoted pretty pretty big

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from being a courier to being a platform

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and needless to say i'm assuming you've

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seen quite an uptick in demand for the

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type of service you offer based on

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what's happening in the omni channel and

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based on the issues that

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that uh customers are having now and

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getting their stuff

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you know at the right time our team we

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have nine team members

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in february of 20 today we have 100 and

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we have 30 jobs open and you know we

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expect to have a team of almost 200 by

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next year at this time and that's all

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demand

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very proud of that and and uh it's been

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it's been difficult to grow that fast

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during cove you know everybody's

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shifting around and but it also has

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created some opportunities as people are

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looking for new careers and they don't

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have to be in the same place so it's an

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interesting time to say the least bill

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catania of one rail i want to thank you

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once again for this discussion about

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micro fulfillment and its benefits as

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well as something about one rail itself

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thank you very much for being with me

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today

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thank you robert i really appreciate it

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you

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