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US FedEx way past 'go' with latest Monopoly

Posted by | Sep 8, 2006 | |

Talk about a game face.

The 71-year-old Monopoly board has its new one on. And with a page from its 2003 Harry Potter delivery triumph, FedEx Corp. will have 164,000 copies of “Monopoly: Here & Now” in 7,200 stores Wednesday for the long-anticipated unveiling Thursday.

“This is the first time in history we’ve had an on-shelf date for a game,” said Pat Riso, spokeswoman at Hasbro.

The board, designed this summer with the input of 3.6 million online voters, is shrouded in so much secrecy, the games are being shipped in black plastic with strict orders that it not be removed until the games are on store shelves.

In the world of the supply chain, the project is a perfect example of just-in-time logistics.

FedEx is shipping the order entirely through its ground network, the same crew that got 250,000 Internet orders of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” to homes for Saturday delivery on June 21, 2003.

It will take about 5,500 employees and contractors. On delivery day, more than 5,000 FedEx Ground drivers will have the Monopoly games in the back of their trucks.

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UPS Technology making it simple to “see” around the world

Posted by | Sep 6, 2006 | |

Modern business can’t function without knowing where everything is, and that task just got a little easier.

UPS today announced several enhancements to the virtual side of its network to give customers an integrated view of the progress of their shipments, no matter what mode of travel. The changes are a result of the company integrating acquisitions to expand the geographic reach and shipping options for its customers.

One of the more visible improvements, to be unveiled later this month, will be a single Web page on ups.com where customers can track air freight, ocean freight and ground freight in addition to small package shipments. Customers can use this new page to track freight and small package shipments using either a tracking number or a customer-created reference number, such as a purchase order number.

On the freight side, customers using Flex Global View® software, a powerful supply chain management tool, will have access to the tool directly from the new tracking page at ups.com. Flex Global View users will be able to send, from this page, proactive delivery and exception notifications for freight shipments as well as get detailed visibility into the customs clearance process.

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UPS completes global launch of billing analysis tool

Posted by | Sep 6, 2006 | |

UPS has completed the launch of the UPS Billing Analysis Tool, an industry-leading global expense management technology for customers that converts transactional billing data into a powerful solution for analyzing and managing global transportation costs.

UPS’s billing technology portfolio now provides customers around the world the ability to analyze detailed financial information about their package shipping activity in 36 of the world’s most active trading countries, all in a single data file. The information is available to customers in 21 languages and can be converted into the customer’s preferred currency. The tool was demonstrated today during UPS’s annual Technology Summit for reporters, held here at the home of UPS’s global all-points air hub.

The Billing Analysis Tool not only enables customers to segregate, view and produce reports on international, ground and express shipping charges, but also breaks out associated costs such as duties, taxes and total customs and brokerage fees.

The Billing Analysis Tool has enormous potential not only for logistics management but also for accounting and procurement functions. Because it provides some 180 shipping and billing data elements, both large and small enterprises can use it to analyze and allocate transportation expenses according to their individual needs.

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Army awards UPS, FedEX contracts

Posted by | Sep 5, 2006 | |

The Army has awarded multimillion dollar delivery orders to UPS Inc., and FedEx Corp. to support the Defense Logistics Agency’s surface small package program.
UPS, also known as United Parcel Service, was awarded a delivery order worth more than USD 13 million as part of a USD 51.4 million contract to support DLA’s small package program.

FedEx was awarded a delivery order worth nearly USD 11.5 million as part of a USD 48.2 million contract to support the same program.

Work under both deals, which were announced late Friday, is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2007.

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US FedEx completes USD 780 million buy of Watkins Motor Lines

Posted by | Sep 5, 2006 | |

FedEx Corp. has completed its purchase of private trucking company Watkins Motor Lines, adding long-haul services to its freight portfolio.

The Memphis, Tenn.-based package delivery company announced in May it would buy Lakeland, Fla.-based Watkins, a long-haul, less-than-truckload (LTL) business, for USD 780 million in cash.

Watkins has about USD 1 billion in annual revenue. FedEx’s LTL division, FedEx Freight, had revenue of about USD 3.6 billion last year.

The operations of Watkins Motor Lines and Watkins Canada Express, Watkins’ LTL carrier in Canada, will be rebranded as FedEx National LTL and FedEx Freight Canada, respectively, according to a news release.

FedEx rival United Parcel Service Inc. added LTL services last year with the acquisition of Overnite Transport for USD 1.25 billion. Overnite has been rebranded as UPS Freight.

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