Petersen: Two-day U.S. delivery requires five fulfillment centers, next-day requires 16
Ryan Petersen · Rearchitecting the Supply Chain with Ryan Petersen · Nov 29, 2022 · at 12:01
Ryan Petersen, founder and co-CEO of logistics platform Flexport, outlines the physical infrastructure requirements needed for various e-commerce delivery speeds.
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“You need about five fulfillment centers to get two-day delivery nationwide, and you need probably to do next day, it's more like 16 fulfillment centers, and you want to do same day, well, you need one in almost every zip code, right? If you want to have two-hour delivery.”
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