United Parcel Service Inc., trying to adapt its rigid culture to a slew of companies acquired during the past two years, is expected to unveil today a major restructuring of its sales force. The move is aimed at accelerating the package carrier’s growth in businesses that help companies manage their supply chains.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service Philippines (UPS) has launched a new service that gives local importers a handle on planning shipping budgets.
UPS, the world’s largest express carrier and package delivery company, goes one step further in easing importers woes by publishing rates for packages imported from abroad.
The service, first available in Hong Kong and Australia in 2000, is also being introduced in Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
Valuable items once tended to be carried in small numbers but through the advent of microtechnology. small, high value items are far more common. Mobile phones are a classic example and a lorry load presents a prized target for a heist. However, there would appear to be little reliable information worldwide concerning stolen cargo. The last worldwide survey conducted by the Fecher al Bureau of
Investigation in (FBI) and die National ( argo Security Council in I 99M estimated the value upwards of $50bn. However, as Ken Matthews, director of security at TNT express points out: “Both businesses arid express operato rs have recognised a signifi(alit increase since 1998 and between 1999 and 2000 recorded incidents in Europe rose to 55% .”
UPS and FedEx have announced rate increases averaging 3.5% for air and ground shipments. Furthermore, The U.S. Postal Service increased rates for international periodicals last month 3% to 5%.
Read MoreBritain is about to administer a much needed post-Sept. 11 pickup tonic to the global express and parcel delivery market by opening its postal market to full competition for the first time. And that means plenty of new business opportunities for private firms, from U.S. giants like United Parcel Service and FedEx, to aggressive European postal groups like TPG of the Netherlands and Deutsche Post World Net of Germany. Comment from the Journal of Commerce.
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