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Mackenzie of UPS Freight to retire. Jack Holmes named President

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Jack Holmes, a 28-year UPS veteran who has headed the operations of UPS Freight for the past year, has been promoted to president of the trucking unit to replace the retiring Gordon Mackenzie.

Holmes, 47, headed the UPS transition team after the company acquired the former Overnite Transportation Co. in 2005. For the past year, he has served as the senior vice president of operations at UPS Freight.

Mackenzie is a veteran of more than 40 years in the transportation industry, including the last 12 at UPS Freight and Overnite. Mackenzie has served as president of UPS Freight since Aug. 1, 2006, and will step down Sept. 10.

“Gordon Mackenzie played a critical role in the development of Overnite Transportation and then stayed on board with us to ensure a smooth integration and to help set the stage for the growth we’re seeing now,” said Mike Eskew, UPS’s chairman and CEO. “All of us at UPS appreciate his contributions and wish him the very best in retirement.”

Before joining Overnite in 1996, Mackenzie served as senior vice president and chief operating officer of the Preston Trucking Company. He also held various executive positions with Standard Trucking Company; Ryder/PIE Nationwide, Inc., and Transcon Lines, Inc. Prior to assuming the post of president of UPS Freight, Mackenzie served as the unit’s chief operating officer.

Holmes began his UPS career in 1979 in West Chester, Pa., as a part-time employee. He became a package car driver in 1982 and was promoted to management in Philadelphia in 1983. He served in various operations, engineering and safety assignments in Alabama, Georgia, Utah and in the Chicago area before being named head of the UPS Freight transition team.

According to the American Trucking Associations, UPS Freight now is the nation’s fourth-largest less-than-truckload (LTL) company.

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Pitney Bowes makes money, cuts people

Posted by | Jul 31, 2007 | |

Pitney Bowes reported an increase in revenues for the second quarter of 2007 on Monday while net income, which in the year-ago quarter showed up as a loss due to accounting for discontinued operations, moved into the black.

Because the quarter included an accounting alignment for MapInfo Corp., which Pitney Bowes bought for about USD 408 million in April, the company’s statement reported a variety of earnings, including adjusted and those from continuing operations.

“The natural extension of an address is its physical positioning,” which ties directly into Pitney Bowes’ software products, Martin said when asked by an analyst how MapInfo fits into the company. For the second quarter of 2007, Pitney Bowes reported net income — excluding discontinued operations — of USD 152 million, or 68 cents per diluted share, on revenues of USD 1.5 billion. In the year-ago period, Pitney Bowes reported a loss of USD 356 million, or USD 1.59 per diluted share, on revenues of nearly USD 1.4 billion.

The mid-level estimate by analysts polled by Thomson was 70 cents per share.

About two weeks ago, Pitney Bowes announced plans to lay off approximately 200 internal information technology workers, including approximately 96 in Danbury, 24 in Shelton and 12 in Stamford. The company is in the process of negotiating to move that internal work to Wipro Technologies. The workers would be moved over to Wipro where some would resume working on Pitney Bowes systems while others, after a transition period, might be offered other work within Wipro.According to documents Pitney Bowes supplied affected workers, the company will not pay severance to anyone refusing to make the move.

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UPS Extends Health Benefits to N.J. Civil Union Partners

Posted by | Jul 30, 2007 | |

UPS today announced it would offer health care benefits to all civil union partners of hourly employees in New Jersey who are covered under collectively bargained union plans. Management and administrative employees in the state already have such benefits.

The extension of benefits to civil union partners of hourly employees in New Jersey will affect approximately 8,700 workers, although it’s impossible to know how many of those employees have joined in civil unions. About 5,400 non-union UPS workers in New Jersey already are eligible.

UPS, which has provided same-sex benefits since 2004 to all non-union employees throughout the United States, has been committed to treating all of its hourly employees similarly. But until a new contract is negotiated and implemented with the Teamsters in 2008, the company must follow individual state definitions of “spouse.” In New Jersey, UPS has been grappling with the legal question of whether a “civil union” can be equated to “married spouse” when the state’s law does not explicitly use that language.

The extension of benefits is based on discussions and input from state officials, including the attorney general and governor, within the past few days.

UPS intends to address the issue of same-sex benefits for all its hourly workers – no matter where they reside – during negotiations with the Teamsters on a new 2008 contract. Currently, about 85,000 non-hourly workers are eligible for such benefits.

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DHL Express names Tom Snowberger as senior Vice President of Human Resources

Posted by | Jul 30, 2007 | |

DHL announced the appointment of Thomas D. Snowberger to Senior Vice President of Human Resources for DHL Express USA. Responsible for managing the company’s human resources strategy and functional teams in the U.S., Snowberger will report to Hans Hickler, Chief Executive Officer of DHL Express USA, and also serve as a member of the DHL Express U.S. Management Board.

Prior to joining DHL, Snowberger was Senior Vice President, Human Resources for University Hospitals Health System, a USD 2.5 billion healthcare delivery system employing over 23,000 physicians and staff across northern Ohio. Previously, he spent six years with Germany-based E.ON AG, the world’s largest investor-owned utility company with over 65,000 employees, where he served in various leadership positions in the U.S. and Europe, including Senior Vice President, Human Resources, E.ON Nordic and Vice President, Human Resources, Integration and E.ON Academy. Snowberger also held senior HR positions with National Service Industries, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, and PPG Industries, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Snowberger will be based out of DHL’s corporate headquarters in Plantation, Florida.

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GAO looks into USPS realignment plan

Posted by | Jul 30, 2007 | |

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the United States Postal Service needs to improve the quality of public notices and engagement, and increase transparency in decision making.

Major changes within the mailing industry have brought on the need for the USPS to reduce costs and increase efficiency. In light of this, the GAO conducted the study. It found that the USPS has made some positive moves, developing several initiatives to achieve its overall goal of reducing costs while at the same time maintaining quality of service.

To address current trends and other major changes affecting its processing network, the USPS developed a Transformation Plan in 2002 that outlined its vision for the future. In the USPS’ Strategic Transformation Plan Update 2006-2010, the USPS stated its commitment to removing USD 1 billion from its cost base each year. These plans describe how the USPS intends to reduce costs and increase efficiency by making changes to its mail processing network.

The USPS has four major initiatives in progress, according to GAO. The first is area mail processing consolidations to increase efficiency and use of existing automation by consolidating mail processing operations into facilities with excess capacity. Next, the USPS wants to provide essential infrastructure for a more efficient processing network. Thirdly, the USPS wants to increase efficiency by automating the sorting of flat mail, such as large envelopes and catalogs. And finally, the USPS hopes to improve its transportation network flexibility and efficiency.

In response to GAO’s draft report, the USPS agreed with the GAO’s findings and recommendations and plans to take steps to improve its communication and transparency.

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