Check out this video that gives a behind-the-scenes look at how thousands of orders are fulfilled every day for Sprint customers. UPS handles 85% of direct-to-consumer orders in U.S. after competing with 8 other companies to win the business.Some 5 1/2 miles of high-speed conveyors and 375,000 square feet of storage and fulfillment space in [...]
This weekend was busy for UPSers focused on helping Haiti:*In Miami, more than 50 UPS volunteers boxed up over 2,000 cartons full of blankets, sleeping mats and towels in a UPS warehouse *In Carteret, NJ volunteers from UNICEF and UPS boxed up 2,000 sets of underwear, shirts, shorts, sandals, toothbrushes and toothpasteBoth shipments will be [...]
One of the things I admire about UPS is its willingness – despite a very strong, structured culture – to embrace change when necessary.* UPS will turn 103 years old this year and in that time, it’s developed and pursued five different business plans that required transformation.In the beginning, company founder Jim Casey set out [...]
