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Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (2005)

As much as 28 percent of all transportation costs occur in the last mile.

Geminus: Poland 2005

54% of online purchasers said secure home delivery was critical to their decision to buy from an online store. 40% said it was critical if buying from an auctions site.

E-Thematics EU: 2005

550 Million Euro per annum would be saved in the EU through a reduction of 50ù in first time delivery failures

Taiwan: Govt report 2006

The most common delivery methods are door-to-door by private courier (48.4%) and convenience store pick-up (30.0%), followed by postal service delivery (11.7%), and direct delivery by the online vendor (8.7%).

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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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UPS launches service from Incheon to Europe

Posted by | Jul 29, 2007 | |

The local division of UPS has announced the opening of its new direct flights between Incheon International Aiport and Germany’s Koln Bonn Aiport.

The new service, which will fly five times a week, began its first service Tuesday.

The cargo carrier marks the addition significant, as it is the first route service between Incheon and Europe and the largest jump in frequency that a foreign carrier has seen since the Incheon International Airport opened.

This new service is expected to find additional aircraft movements from 26 times a week to 31 times and the cargo traffic volume to rise to 36,000 metric tons a year.

“Cargo traffic between Incheon and Europe is 560,000 metric tons a year at 15 percent increase rate, and UPS’ diverse logistics operation will firmly establish a network connecting the two regions,’’ Lee Jae-hee, president and CEO of Incheon International Airport, said at the opening press conference.

The North Asia District Vice President of UPS Brian Cusson added, “Korean companies are looking for the most efficient and altruistic means of delivery for imports and exports to Europe. This new service is a show case of UPS’ efforts to meet the needs of customers which will allow UPS customers to benefit from the upgraded service.’’

Incheon International Airport, the second largest international cargo handling airport in the world, continuously grabs attention from global logistics companies.

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