Exel to benefit from investment in Sirva
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Pitney Bowes to cease manufacturing in Stamford US
Pitney Bowes Inc.’s changing business model will once again hit Stamford workers as the postage-meter maker ceases manufacturing within the city by the end of 2004.
Michael Critelli, Pitney Bowes’ chief executive officer, said by the close of 2004 the company will halt all assembly work at its South Side Stamford factory. Pitney Bowes has already said it will shed its component manufacturing operations as part of a two-year $100 million restructuring plan it announced in January.
Read MoreUPS subsidiary helping customers realign delivery routes, save mileage
A small subsidiary of UPS is making a big impact on behalf of its customers through the deployment of computer software that allows exquisitely precise planning of delivery routes.
The software, known as the Roadnet™ Transportation Suite, is offered by UPS Logistics Technologies and is being used by grocery stores, beverage bottlers and snack food companies, among others, to shave miles off their delivery networks.
Read MoreUPS announces rates for 2004
UPS has announced new rates for most U.S. services effective Jan. 5, 2004. UPS commercial ground services will increase 1.9% with U.S. air and UPS Worldwide Express services increasing an average of 2.9%. The premium for packages and letters delivered to residential addresses will rise from $1.15 to $1.40.
UPS also will introduce a $1.00 delivery surcharge to commercial shipments headed to more remote ZIP codes. These ZIP codes are the same as those covered by the current residential delivery area surcharge, which was first applied in 1999 and remains at $1.75. The majority of UPS’s accessorial charges stay the same.
Read MoreInternational Science Group honors UPS for tying research to management
A prominent international scientific society has awarded UPS the 2003 INFORMS Prize for integrating operations research and managerial decision-making.
The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) said it was honoring UPS because the company had so embraced the application of operational research and managerial science as to affect the overall success of the entire organization.
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