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2013-02-14 UPS and Jabil to Provide Global Reverse Logistics Services
United Effort Leverages Logistics and Parts Planning Expertise to Provide Optimized Reverse Logistics Solutions

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced that it has formed a strategic collaboration with Jabil Circuit, Inc. (NYSE: JBL). UPS's logistics and distribution business unit and Jabil Aftermarket Services will provide optimized reverse logistics solutions for return and repair programs to high-tech original equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises on a global scale.
Press Release
2012-11-13 UPS Introduces New Cloud-Based Technology Platform to Improve International Supply Chain Management
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced enhancements to its global ocean and air freight forwarding product, UPS Supplier Management, with the introduction of UPS Order WatchSM, a cloud-based technology platform that allows customers to more efficiently collaborate with international suppliers and better manage their inbound supply chains.
Press Release
2012-04-17 Charting a New Supply Chain Course: Cutter & Buck Partners with UPS to Optimize Fulfillment Operations on the East Coast
When Jens Petersson, CEO of Seattle-based, premium branded apparel supplier Cutter & Buck, asked his sales force what they needed to accelerate sales, the answer was clear: cost-effective fulfillment to the East Coast.
Case Study
2012-04-17 UPS Helps Hewlett-Packard Revamp Its Repair and Returns Process
HP manufactures & distributes electronic equipment across the globe. Part of this process includes facilitating the return and repair of products when necessary. This is the "reverse logistics" part of the supply chain, which can prove a challenge for even the most successful of companies.
Case Study
2011-09-28 UPS Solves "Hot" Issue in Pharma with New Cold Chain Container
PharmaPort™ 360 Delivers Unmatched Product Protection

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it will offer an innovative air freight container for healthcare products, providing an unparalleled level of shipment monitoring and product protection for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, vaccines and biologics.
Press Release
2011-09-27 UPS PharmaPort 360 video
UPS's PharmaPort 360 air freight container provides a new degree of protection and shipment monitoring of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and biotech products.
Video
2011-08-12 UPS Supply Chain Facility Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
2011-06-28 UPS and Merck Expand their Distribution and Logistics Agreement
UPS (NYSE: UPS) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the companies have significantly broadened their existing distribution and logistics agreement to include aspects of Merck's global supply chain around the world. UPS currently manages the distribution, warehousing and transportation of Merck's medicines and vaccines in North America.
Press Release
2011-06-13 New UPS Service Improves Process for Returning High-Value Products
Industry-First Option for Customers in North America

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today unveiled UPS Returns® Exchange, a combined delivery and pick-up service that gives businesses more control over their reverse logistics for high priority products.
Press Release
2011-06-07 Supply Chain Podcasts Offer Businesses Expert Insight
Three-part series provides advice on how to optimize global supply chain management

Canadian businesses looking for ways to broaden or streamline their import/export practices will be getting some advice from one of the foremost experts of global logistics this summer.
Press Release
2011-06-07 Capsules d'information sur la gestion logistique
Une série de trois épisodes en baladodiffusion pour aider les entreprises à optimiser la gestion de leur chaîne d’approvisionnement internationale

Les entreprises canadiennes qui souhaitent développer ou réorganiser leurs activités d’import-export pourront trier parti des conseils prodigués par des spécialistes en logistique internationale.
Press Release
2011-01-18 Intralox and UPS: Streamlining Efficiencies South of the Border
With four global business units, three major R&D; centers, 1,200 employees and nearly 80 customer service representatives - who collectively speak 14 languages - Intralox, LLC, of Harahan, La., is no stranger to doing business across borders.
Case Study
2011-01-04 UPS Expands Healthcare Network with New Facilities in Asia, Europe, U.S. and Canada
Increased Outsourcing, Global Partnerships Drive Growth for UPS Healthcare

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced a significant expansion of its global healthcare distribution facility network to accommodate continued rapid growth in its healthcare business. Driven by expanding relationships with healthcare companies and an increasing trend toward outsourcing, the new facilities in Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States bring to 30 the total number of global UPS healthcare-dedicated facilities.
Press Release
2010-10-01 UPS Freight Announces Rate Adjustment
UPS Freight (NYSE:UPS), the nation's fourth-largest Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) carrier, today announced a general rate increase averaging 5.9 percent covering non-contractual shipments in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Press Release
2010-09-15 UPS Makes Waves with New Preferred LCL Ocean Freight Service
Bridges Gap Between Air and Ocean Freight Services

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today launched a new ocean freight service that provides up to 20 percent faster door-to-door delivery than other less-than-container-load (LCL) services on the market.
Press Release
2010-09-13 New UPS Campaign Spotlights the Power of Logistics
There is Huge Competitive Advantage in Logistics, And No One Can Harness That Power Like UPS

After a decade of work and the investment of billions of dollars to successfully transform the company, UPS (NYSE:UPS) today launched a communications program to demonstrate how it has vaulted past competitors to offer the broadest range of logistics services in the industry.
Press Release
2010-08-12 UPS Makes it More Convenient to Return Goods
UPS Joins U.S. Postal Service to Enable Consumers To Return Packages via Home Mailbox

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it is launching UPS Returns Flexible Access, a new service with a unique label that allows consumers to drop returns at any U.S. Postal Service (USPS) location or personal mailbox in addition to the thousands of UPS locations nationwide.
Press Release
2010-05-11 UPS and P & T Express Establish Company to Expand Operations in Vietnam
UPS (NYSE:UPS) and P & T Express have established UPS Vietnam as a joint stock company to expand UPS's footprint and better serve customers in Vietnam.
Press Release
2010-02-03 UPS Takes Top Honors in Datamonitor's The Black Book of Outsourcing
Fact Sheet
2010-01-20 UPS erweitert weltgrößtes Logistiknetzwerk für Ersatzteile um 101 Standorte in China
UPS hat Pläne für einen deutlichen Ausbau seines weltweiten Netzwerks für Ersatzteillogistik (SPL) bekannt gegeben. Dabei sollen in China 101 neue Außenlagerstandorte (Field Stocking Locations, FSL) entstehen.
Press Release
2010-01-14 UPS Adds 101 Locations in China to World's Largest Service Parts Logistics Network
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced plans to significantly increase its global service parts logistics (SPL) network by establishing 101 new field stocking locations (FSLs) in China.
Press Release
2010-01-08 UPS Delivers for Sprint
See how thousands of orders are fulfilled daily as UPS handles 85% of Sprint's consumer orders in the U.S. using 375,000 square feet of dedicated storage space in Louisville, KY.
Video
2009-06-26 Joint Venture Positions UPS for Growth in Middle East, Turkey and Central Asia
Service Contractor in Turkey to be Acquired

UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced a new joint venture headquartered in Dubai to coordinate management and growth of UPS express package, freight forwarding and contract logistics services across the Middle East, Turkey and portions of Central Asia.
Press Release
2009-06-19 UPS Post-Sales Order Management System Fact Sheet
Benefits to Post-Sales OMS Technology:
  • Real-time visibility to orders and inventory around the globe
  • Customizable order system, configured to meet specific business needs
  • Greater flexibility in proactively placing and monitoring critical service orders
  • Decreases order entry detail with “cloning” capability
  • Double byte/Unicode supports Japanese and Chinese characters
  • Selects ideal routing from warehouse to end-user to meet deadline.
Fact Sheet
2009-06-16 UPS Unveils Global Technology for Critical Parts Fulfillment
Enhances End-to-End Post Sales Solution Delivering Competitive Advantage, Improved Customer Service

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the launch of a new Web-based system that manages global service orders and inventory for critical parts fulfillment.
Press Release
2009-05-08 UPS Ramps Up Post Sales Capabilities in Asia
Forges Strategic Alliance in India and Opens Call Centre in the Philippines
Press Release
2009-05-05 UPS Expanding Global Network of Field Stocking Locations
Forges Strategic Alliance in India; Opens Customer Support Center in the Philippines

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced plans to boost its global post sales service options by significantly expanding its field stocking location (FSL) network in India and by establishing an Asia Post Sales Customer Support Center in Clark, Philippines.
Press Release
2009-04-29 UPS Serves as Logistics Partner for Prada Transformer Project
UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced today that it has been selected by Prada, one of the world leaders in the luxury goods market, as the logistics partner for its non-profit cultural project Prada Transformer, which opened on 25th April in Seoul, South Korea. UPS worked closely with Prada to manage the transportation of materials critical to the opening events.
Press Release
2009-04-28 Logistics and Distribution
Plan, execute, control. Bring hamony to your supply chain.
Media Kit
2008-07-07 Distribution Backgrounder
UPS Fulfillment Capabilities:
  • Cross-Docking
  • Pick and Pack
  • Kitting
  • Final Stage Assembly, Configuration and Programming
  • Store-Ready Services
  • Order Management
  • Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI)
  • Critical Order Fulfillment
Fact Sheet
2008-03-20 UPS Supplier Management

Trends Driving Need for Supplier Management:

  • Sourcing from more locations around the globe
  • Increasing complexity of  regulatory compliance management
  • Demand-driven supply chains and just-in-time inventory management
  • Overseas sourcing by companies with little or no experience in a particular country or region
  • Language and time zone barriers
  • Need for seamless visibility of goods from origin to destination
  • Market competition based on customer service rather than product
Fact Sheet

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