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Logistics partnership provides school supplies to students and educators at home

It’s back to school season – time for millions of students to start another year of reading, writing and arithmetic. It’s also time for UPS (NYSE: UPS) and online education company K12 Inc. (NYSE: LRN) to receive, ready and render millions of school supplies to students and educators around the globe.

K12, the nation’s leading provider of K-12 proprietary curriculum and online education programs, delivers digital learning platforms and curriculum to over 70 public and private schools and more than 2,000 school districts in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. With the help of UPS, each year the company sends kits to thousands of students and staff, customized with everything they need to complete their lessons — from textbooks and laptops to science lab supplies like gravel, sand and soil.

As the medical industry faces significant disruptions, experts on Sept. 18 will discuss drones and other advancements to meet specimen transport demands

Drones and emerging technologies, lab site selection to improve turnaround times, and improving the clinician/lab tech experience will be among the topics explored in the UPS (NYSE:UPS) healthcare webinar “Innovations, drones and the future of specimen logistics,” taking place on Sept. 18.

Several industry experts will share insights on how innovations – think drone deliveries of medical samples across hospital campuses – are shaping up to be industry game-changers. Care facilities and diagnostic laboratories are being confronted with mounting cost pressures and a need for faster turnaround times. This means the demand for greater efficiencies and advanced logistics will only grow.

• Industry-first platform serves the needs of small and medium-sized businesses
• Gives SMB shippers and receivers visibility and control over inbound and outbound UPS deliveries
• Available now to U.S. customers; international expansion planned for early 2020

Today, UPS (NYSE:UPS) began onboarding customers for its new UPS My Choice® for business service, the first visibility and tracking solution in the U.S. designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Key features include an Internet-based tracking dashboard; advance delivery notifications, including day-before and day-of delivery notifications; and estimated time of delivery within two-hour windows for the majority of US postal codes.