Re: [Pen-l] shipping (was Charter schools)

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matt wrote:
> Of course, whether FedEx's *delivery process* is efficient has nothing
> to do with your one anecdote.  From a perspective of statistical
> process control, the issue is what percent of FedEx clients enter
> wrong addresses and whether this quantity is enough to require them to
> prevent it in the first place so they meet their delivery commitments.

isn't one reason for FedEx's vaunted "efficiency" that it doesn't have
a unionized workforce (unlike the USPS or UPS)? aren't FedEx workers
paid less (in wages and benefits) as a result? or is it just a matter
of fewer union rules on the job and thus more dictatorial power for
FedEx management?

A lot of privatized services (that were once offered by government)
have lower costs due to paying lower wages & benefits  or having more
control over employees.

(BTW, low costs do not reflect efficiency if they're due to low wages.
It's more a matter of redistribution.)
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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