Tag: North America

Worldport Project’s Diversity Goal Again Set at High Level

Posted by | Dec 4, 2006 | |

When UPS opened its WorldportSM international air hub here in September 2002, it marked the culmination of the largest construction project in UPS’s history. It also produced a remarkable opportunity for Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) firms because of a commitment by UPS to involve them in the project.

Today, as UPS prepares to start a massive expansion of Worldport, the company once again has set a goal of awarding to minority and women contractors at least 20% of the USD250 million it expects to spend on general construction. That goal is in addition to UPS’s determination to involve minority and female firms in securing components from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM).

UPS set an identical goal for the original construction of Worldport, ultimately awarding USD98 million to minority and female firms. The new expansion project, which calls for the first phase to open in 2009, will be completed in 2010.

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UPS to increase air freight capacity

Posted by | Dec 1, 2006 | |

United Parcel Service Inc. expects to increase its air freight capacity and save millions of dollars in fuel costs, with new cockpit technology that makes pilots more aware of a plane’s surroundings, a UPS executive said.

The system called SafeRoute, developed by ACSS, a joint venture between defense companies L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. of the U.S. and Thales SA of France, allows pilots to cruise in to the landing strip reducing fuel burn, noise, and noxious emissions as well as increasing the frequency of arrivals.

The system gives pilots access to data created by a new generation of transponders that provide a continuous feed of information about an aircraft’s position. Current transponders, by contrast, provide that information only when it’s requested.

UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, expects to be able to save initially USD3 million to USD4 million a year in fuel costs, by reducing unnecessary miles flown on landing approaches.

The company also expects to increase arrivals at its key Louisville hub, which is undergoing a USD1 billion expansion, to up to 57 landings an hour, about 10 more than currently, Lee said.

UPS is readying its fleet of Boeing planes for the system and expects to begin implementing on a full-scale in August.

UPS expects the initial introduction of the system to take three to five years.

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Winterberry Group's White Paper – Vertical Market Trends in Direct Mail 2006

Posted by | Dec 1, 2006 | |

The direct mail marketing industry enjoyed another year of robust growth in 2006 as total spending on U.S. direct mail services reached USD 60.6 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from 2005 estimates. A number of factors—including the relative ease with which mailers absorbed a 5.4 percent postal rate hike and the lack of high-performing alternative channels—helped maintain this solid pace of growth, despite the emergence of several significant marketplace constraints, including increases in raw material and logistics costs.

Winterberry Group (WG) projects that direct mail investment growth will continue to outpace growth in traditional “above-the-line” advertising, but will slow slightly in 2007 and beyond. We project overall spending on direct mail services will reach USD 73.6 billion by 2009, reflecting a compound annual growth of 6.8 percent per year for the 2005 to 2009 period.

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