Courtesy of Associated Press: UPS and FedEx are still working in overdrive to deliver packages promised by Christmas that never made it.a Customers are livid and industry analysts are looking at what it could mean for next year’s shopping trends. The companies say poor weather earlier this week and overloaded systems are partly to blame for […]
Driven by the growth in e-commerce, the UPS fleet expects to pick up more than 34 million packages on Monday, Dec. 16, and expects to deliver 29 million packages globally on Tuesday, Dec. 17, a record for a single day at the world’s largest package delivery company. During UPS’s 107th holiday season, Dec. 16 – […]
The cost of shipping with UPS (NYSE: UPS ) just went up. The major parcel shipper has announced plans for a 4.9% average-rate increase in 2014 on packages delivered by UPS Ground, Air, and International. Air Freight deliveries within and among the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico — including UPS Next Day Air Freight, UPS […]
UPS® (NYSE:UPS) has announced the launch of its route optimization software known as ORION, which stands for On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation. ORION has a team of 500 dedicated resources to move the U.S. deployment forward as UPS nears its busy holiday season. The rollout of ORION will optimize 10,000 delivery routes by the end […]
UPS® (NYSE: UPS) announced the launch of UPS Standard to Mexico, a general service offering that provides customers with a guaranteed economical option for ground package delivery south of the U.S. border. According to the company, UPS is the only logistics provider in the U.S. to offer to its customers guaranteed, door-to-door, small package ground […]
UPS (NYSE:UPS) has announced new service levels for managing the full range of temperature-sensitive healthcare product as part of its UPS Temperature True® portfolio at the 11th Annual Cold Chain GDP & Temperature Management Logistics Global Forum. According to the company, with tremendous global growth in the transportation of cold chain products, healthcare companies can […]
