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Depending which verticals you're trying to target, and who you think your end customers will be, there's a much larger shadow market for these kinds of services
by eitally 10y ago
Depending which verticals you're trying to target, and who you think your end customers will be, there's a much larger shadow market for these kinds of services, currently being well served by a combination of "pure" logistics companies (UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc) and the largest contract manufacturers (Foxconn, Flextronics, Jabil, Sanmina, Pegatron, Quanta, Compal, and a couple more). If you haven't already researched this area, I think it would be a good way to spend a couple weeks.
- DelaneyM 10y agoIntegrated supply chains are incredibly complex once you get to that level, and not really candidates for a new entrant. The big logistics players you list go after those contracts rabidly, and newly signed contracts have payoffs measured in decades. It's a massive industry, nearly 1.8T$ this year. (Yeah, that's a T.) I'll be happy with carving out my little 50B self-serve niche before digging into integrated supply chains. :)