UPS plans to layoff as many as 100 pilots, about four percent of its total, in the latest sign of the stubborn slump in package deliveries. The layoffs are the first since UPS launched its own airline in 1988. The Atlanta company, which said no additional job cuts are planned, hopes to avoid at least some layoffs by offering leaves of absence or “voluntary separation plans,” a spokesman said
Read MoreUPS 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
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