Yeah, I wasn't thinking of the 30 minute delivery in this scenario, but rather an efficient next-day or same-day parcel delivery system. It'd presumably be much

Yeah, I wasn't thinking of the 30 minute delivery in this scenario, but rather an efficient next-day or same-day parcel delivery system. It'd presumably be much more efficient than door-to-door service. If we can perfect driverless vehicles also (driverless delivery trucks, anybody?), this would probably be the ideal delivery scheme. Heck, with that level of automation, if you time things right your trucks may never even need to come to a complete stop. That said, you could probably extend the range of the 30-minute service with a strategy similar to this. Just bundle orders for 10 minutes, send vehicles 10 minutes out and then the drones fly 5-10 minutes to deliver the package. Additionally, you could probably keep delivery trucks stocked with some of the top items as well and surprise/delight the customer with "Hey, we just so happen to have 30 minute delivery available now if you want it." I'm no SCM expert, though, so that could very well be a waste of more-valuable space.