On Demand Delivery
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about On Demand Delivery, every show
Liu: Scheduled Batch Delivery Enables Viable Unit Economics Over Expensive On-Demand
“From day one, we knew that we couldn't do the on-demand delivery, because on-demand delivery is so expensive. So we did what we call scheduled delivery. That way we can aggregate a lot of orders, and we can do the route planning.”
Caldbeck: Local delivery on-demand models have inherently flawed unit economics
“And the challenge is when you add an infrastructure of local delivery people, the unit economics can get very, very challenging. And so you end up either in a situation where you have to charge a significant premium to what the goods normally cost, in which ca…”