Table of Content 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction to UPS 3. History of UPS 4. SWOT Analysis and Porter’s five forces 5. UPS distribution network 6. Competitors of UPS 7. UPS trade direct portfolio of services 8. Importance of supply chain management 9. The way UPS interacts with its supply chain partners to improve the outcomes for customers. 10. Limitations 11. Features of the company’s operations which clearly reflect common practice in supply chain management. 12. UPS Sustainability Concept
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United Parcel Service Background History: Founded in Seattle‚ Washington in 1907 by Jim Casey and Claude Ryan. Products/Services: Courier Express Services‚ Freight Forwarding Services & Logistics Services. Turnover: US$54.10 billion (2012) Pre-tax Profits: US$1.34 billion (2012) Total Assets: US$38.86 billion (2012) Total Equity: US$4.73 billion (2012) Employees: > 400‚000 Headquarters: Atlanta‚ Georgia Business Area: Worldwide Current Standing: - World
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United Parcel Service (UPS) Song zhenbo G00268544 Introduction： United Parcel Service (UPS) is the world ’s largest express company。Also exposed to air transportation‚ logistics and information services。Under the expanding global information service background，UPS can provide more than 13 million packages every working days。Their unique secret is ＂the Big Brown＂which means every delivery truck and employee uniform from UPS is brown。The uniform regulations
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United Parcel Service UPS faced a variety of problems in the near future. UPS had to consider how to develop and grow it’s technology and information services‚ in order to remain competitive in the market. With that challenge‚ UPS had to face the challenge of balancing its intent to develop and promote from within‚ with the need to advance quickly using outside resources. Along a similar vein‚ UPS struggled with the strategic problem of how to grow their air services business. UPS has to consider
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Porter’s five forces model is designed to show the profitability potential of a company. This is very important when designing ones international strategy. While this is not an all encompassing model‚ it is essential that these five forces be considered because they drive the profit margins of a product and before going global‚ a company must know if it even has a chance to succeed in that specific market. These forces are: 1. Rivalry. Rivalry effects how much a company is able to charge
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Porter’s 5 forces analysis is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development developed by Michael E. Porter in 1979 of Harvard Business School. It uses concepts developed in Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive 5 forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter referred to these forces as the microenvironment‚ to contrast it with the more general term macro environment. They consist of those forces close to
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United Parcel Service Marcel Warren International Transportation & Logistics Scott Lawrence 3/5/12 Founded in 1907 as a messenger company in the US‚ UPS has grown substantially into a multi-billion dollar corporation. Today UPS is a global company with one of the most recognized and admired brands in the world. They are the world’s largest packaging and Delivery Company and a leader of transportation and logistics services. Every day they manage the flow of goods to more than 200 countries
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What Is It? The Porter five force analysis was formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in the year 1979‚ this model identifies and analyses 5 competitive forces that shape every industry‚ and helps determine an industry’s weaknesses and strengths. This analysis shows the overall attractiveness of an industry meaning how profitable it is. For example an unattractive industry would be the pure or perfect competition‚ because all profits turn to normal profit in the long run which means
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Slide 1-Current efforts United Parcel Service (UPS) is very involved within the communities in which the company operates‚ and promotes the importance of volunteerism and philanthropy. UPS fosters a persona of being more than another company that is known for just delivering packages. The company has launched several different programs to help the communities not only where the company operates but also where employees and their families live. The company promotes the importance of community
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United Parcel Service Case Study United Parcel Service Case Study United Parcel Service‚ Inc. (“UPS”) was founded in 1907 as a private messenger and delivery service in Seattle‚ Washington.UPS is the world ’s largest package delivery company‚ in terms of revenue and volume‚ and a global leader in supply chain solutions. UPS deliver packages each business day for 1.1 million shipping customers to 7.7 million consignees in over 200 countries and territories. In 2011‚ UPS delivered an
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