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<blockquote data-quote="Channahon" data-source="post: 175989" data-attributes="member: 7666"><p><strong>Business Week - March 26, 2007 - online edition</strong></p><p>The Best Performers</p><p></p><p>This year's list is chock full of companies that are rewriting the rules in their industries. They are the agitators, the pioneers, and the game-changers that are leading the way in the 21st century</p><p></p><p><strong>OUTSTANDING CLASS</strong></p><p>The result may be one of the strongest groups of companies in the 11 years that we've conducted this annual search for the best performers. The Class of 2007 is chock full of companies that are rewriting the rules of engagement in their industries.</p><p></p><p>Zook points to United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS ), which clocked in at No. 33 in this year's rankings. With its basic business of delivering packages turning into a mature business growing in the mid-single digits, Atlanta-based UPS conducted extensive customer research that revealed that many of its corporate shippers were looking to offload the chore of managing their supply chains, which would free them to focus on their core businesses. <strong>So UPS went on an investment binge that today enables it to do everything from managing warehouses for customers to helping run clients' entire global transportation network</strong>. For some customers, it even handles repairs: If you own a Toshiba Corp. (TOSBF ) laptop that needs fixing, Toshiba provides an 800 number that's actually manned by UPS, which dispatches a UPS driver to pick up the broken laptop for shipping to a UPS warehouse in Louisville, <strong>where UPS-trained technicians</strong> fix it before shipping it back, via UPS, of course. That diversification has enabled Toshiba to focus on its core business of designing and building computers, and <strong>helped UPS boost its sales an average 13% over each of the past three years</strong>. "UPS is not just a transportation company anymore. It's an information technology company focusing on transportation," says David Simchi-Levi, a professor and <strong>supply-chain expert</strong> at <strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</strong>. "There is going to be a lot of demand for such services, and UPS is perfectly positioned to deliver them efficiently."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channahon, post: 175989, member: 7666"] [B]Business Week - March 26, 2007 - online edition[/B] The Best Performers This year's list is chock full of companies that are rewriting the rules in their industries. They are the agitators, the pioneers, and the game-changers that are leading the way in the 21st century [B]OUTSTANDING CLASS[/B] The result may be one of the strongest groups of companies in the 11 years that we've conducted this annual search for the best performers. The Class of 2007 is chock full of companies that are rewriting the rules of engagement in their industries. Zook points to United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS ), which clocked in at No. 33 in this year's rankings. With its basic business of delivering packages turning into a mature business growing in the mid-single digits, Atlanta-based UPS conducted extensive customer research that revealed that many of its corporate shippers were looking to offload the chore of managing their supply chains, which would free them to focus on their core businesses. [B]So UPS went on an investment binge that today enables it to do everything from managing warehouses for customers to helping run clients' entire global transportation network[/B]. For some customers, it even handles repairs: If you own a Toshiba Corp. (TOSBF ) laptop that needs fixing, Toshiba provides an 800 number that's actually manned by UPS, which dispatches a UPS driver to pick up the broken laptop for shipping to a UPS warehouse in Louisville, [B]where UPS-trained technicians[/B] fix it before shipping it back, via UPS, of course. That diversification has enabled Toshiba to focus on its core business of designing and building computers, and [B]helped UPS boost its sales an average 13% over each of the past three years[/B]. "UPS is not just a transportation company anymore. It's an information technology company focusing on transportation," says David Simchi-Levi, a professor and [B]supply-chain expert[/B] at [B]Massachusetts Institute of Technology[/B]. "There is going to be a lot of demand for such services, and UPS is perfectly positioned to deliver them efficiently." [/QUOTE]
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