UPS today announced a plan that will allow 3,300 Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) franchisees based in the 48 contiguous United States to convert their retail centers to The UPS Store. The program also enables store owners to considerably lower the prices they offer consumers for UPS air express, ground and international shipping services.
Read MoreSanmina-SCI Corporation and UPS announced today that UPS Supply Chain Solutions will provide global logistics services for Sanmina-SCI customers. By utilizing their worldwide networks, Sanmina-SCI and UPS will work to create significant savings through inventory reduction, rapid order delivery, and the reduction/elimination of fixed expenses such as dedicated warehousing assets for its shared customers.
The first joint project is to support Sanmina-SCI’s Supply Chain Services Agreement with IBM, announced earlier this month. This agreement expands Sanmina-SCI’s fulfillment flexibility and speed in the United States, Mexico, Scotland, Hungary, Holland, Dubai, China, Japan, Malaysia, and Australia.
Chief Information Officer: Ken Lacy
Number of technology employees: 4,500
Data Centers Mahwah, NJ and Atlanta, GA
Mainframes 14
Mainframe Capacity 20,061
(Millions instructions per second – MIPS)
FOUNDED August 28, 1907, in Seattle, Wash.
HEADQUARTERS Atlanta, Ga.
WORLD WIDE WEB ADDRESS UPS.com
CHAIRMAN AND CEO Michael L. Eskew
2002 REVENUE US$31.3 billion
United Parcel Service has introduced a new service that combines global express delivery with consolidated customs clearance.
UPS said the service, UPS World Ease, would enable customers to ship multiple packages to many destinations in the same country as a single shipment.
This allows goods to move directly through customs as a single unit, reducing the need for warehousing, inventory and shipping, UPS said.
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