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FedEx Ground Selects Northern Kentucky Site for New Central Region Distribution Hub

Posted by | Aug 26, 2003 | |

FedEx Ground, an operating unit of FedEx Corporation has chosen a 96-acre site in Boone County, Ky., as the location for a new 335,000 square-foot distribution hub to be opened in 2005. The new distribution center will feature the latest automated package sortation technology and will be the third of 10 such facilities built over the next six years as part of the company’s USD1.8 billion network expansion plan. Announced in September 2002, the plan also calls for the expansion of 23 existing hubs and the relocation of more than 300 pickup and delivery terminals. The nationwide expansion will nearly double the company’s average daily volume capacity from 2.5 million to 4.8 million packages in response to increasing customer demand.

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UPS Introduces Enhanced Service To Synchronize Overseas Supply Chain

Posted by | Aug 26, 2003 | |

UPS today announced a newly enhanced service, called Supplier Management, that coordinates the logistics activity of international vendors and suppliers on a customer’s behalf for a seamless supply chain. The service was introduced today at MAGIC, an international apparel show. “UPS has once again made it easier for customers to conduct commerce globally with an innovative international service that manages multiple vendors and suppliers despite varying languages, cultures, time zones and distances,” said Bob Garrison, UPS Supply Chain Solutions.

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FedEx, UPS Challenge May Slow Deutsche Post's U.S. Expansion

Posted by | Aug 26, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post AG’s expansion in the USD50.2 billion U.S. ground and air parcel delivery market may be slowed by a regulatory review sought by United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp., which dominate the U.S. market.

A U.S. judge today begins a hearing to determine whether Astar Air Cargo Inc., a Miami-based airline that flies for Deutsche Post’s DHL unit, violates a law barring foreign control of a carrier. UPS and FedEx lobbied for the Transportation Department hearing, required by a law signed by President George W. Bush four months ago. The judge’s decision, due by Dec. 1, may result in Deutsche Post having to change the way it does business in the U.S.

A win by UPS, the world’s largest package-delivery company, and FedEx, the largest overnight-delivery company, would slow or raise costs for Deutsche Post’s advance in the U.S., the biggest delivery market, said Brian Clancy, principal at MergeGlobal Inc., a freight-consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia.

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United States Postal Service looks to get lean

Posted by | Aug 20, 2003 | |

To anyone stringing together the words “post offices” and “closings,” postal officials have special instructions: Handle With Care.

Congress will begin examining the U.S. Postal Service’s USD92 billion hole next month, led by Maine U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

No one knows what the impact on the rest of the nation will be. But if a presidential commission’s suggestions to make the service “smaller and stronger” are followed, clearly some facilities, somewhere, will close.

Although such a move may be years away, postal officials are already skittish about the public panicking over the potential of their local post office closing before all the facts are out.

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Inspector general quits US Postal Service

Posted by | Aug 20, 2003 | |

The U.S. Postal Service’s inspector general has resigned after members of Congress and a government report questioned her personnel practices and her spending for team-building staff retreats.

Postal Inspector General Karla Corcoran, whose office is supposed to guard against fraud, waste and abuse, “has expressed her intention to retire immediately,” the governors of the Postal Service announced.

Corcoran conducted retreats where her employees had to dress up in costumes, participate in mock trials and tape testimonials for the inspector general.

Corcoran was unavailable for comment, her office said.

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