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    Published on 05-17-2013 07:55 AM
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    UPS Info for UPSers Leave the Driving to Us Robots - Yahoo

    By now, most people have heard about Google's driverless cars with spinning "top hats" on the roof. Nevada was the first state to authorize such vehicles, and at least four others have followed. The reason why you're not likely to see a car with full driverless capability in 2014 is cost.

    Transportation companies that might benefit from reduced employee costs include UPS, FedEx and Roadrunner Transportation Systems.

    If you can have a driverless truck on the clock an extra 12 hours a day, essentially cutting the fleet cost in half, the total investment may be lower than for a driver-truck fleet, even with a higher cost per truck. Also, for air-and-land carriers like UPS and FedEx, some packages can travel by land that now have to fly to arrive on time.

    UPS App For iPad Advances Suite Of Customer Technology Offerings 

    Published on 05-16-2013 08:15 AM
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    UPS Info for UPSers Enhanced map and tracking features enable consumers to closely monitor shipment status

    UPS today announced a new UPS App for iPad, to let users easily track packages, find UPS shipping locations, and access UPS My Choice®, all with enhanced mapping features. The free app is now available for download on iTunes and in the Apple App Store.

    The UPS App for iPad enables customers to track packages and find locations where they can send shipments. Additionally, the app allows users of UPS My Choice to access all of the features of the service including the ability to reroute or reschedule delivery. UPS My Choice Premium members can also view their delivery planner within the app.
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    Published on 05-15-2013 09:54 AM
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    UPS Info for UPSers Investigators: Brooksville UPS superviser charged with burglary, grand theft in inside job - ABC Action News

    A United Parcel Service senior supervisor at a Brooksville Florida center knowingly supplied his keys and information that led to the theft of thousands of dollars in high value goods waiting to be shipped to Central Florida customers, according to a police statement.

    After a six-month investigation, investigators determined that Scott Joseph Astringer of Spring Hill was behind the burglaries.

    Astringer was arrested Wednesday at the UPS facility where he worked. He was charged with burglary and grand theft.
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    Published on 05-10-2013 09:33 AM
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    UPS Info for UPSers Postal Loss May Lead to Extreme Action, Postmaster Says - Bloomberg

    Donahoe said that without legislation to change the service’s business model, mounting losses will necessitate heeding the postal board’s call to ask labor unions to reopen contracts and to consider raising postal rates.

    “At some point our financial liabilities become so large that they cannot be fixed without taking extreme action,” Donahoe said today at a board meeting in Washington. “We don’t want to get to the point where extreme action is the only option.”
    Published on 05-09-2013 09:13 AM
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    UPS Info for UPSers UPS Says New Social Platform Shows Openness to ‘Critiquing Ourselves’ - Wall Street Journal

    United Parcel Service Inc. is rolling out a social networking platform that will allow many of its workers to discuss work-related safety and health issues.

    The system is intended to help truckers, packers and management post questions and comments on health and safety concerns. Workers will also be able to bring safety hazards to the attention of supervisors and discuss best practices for avoiding health and safety issues such as repetitive stress injuries and driver fatigue. Workers will be encouraged to offer criticism–feedback that the company refers to as “constructive dissatisfaction,” UPS CIO Dave Barnes told CIO Journal.

    Getting employees to use enterprise social networks has proven difficult in many companies, but it may be even more challenging for UPS to get employees to adopt the tool broadly because of earlier tension between management and labor on safety issues.
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