United Parcel Service (UPS)

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Intoduction • Service (UPS) is known around

the global as a leader in package delivery. They have achieved this position in the industry through years of dedication to their operation as well as a keen sense of the wants and needs of their customers .

1 - How does the intentional focus of UPS on sustaining the natural environment relate to goal setting for the entire UPS organization?

Management and Organization: Their management approach to the environment is to

make responsible business decisions based on accurate, comprehensive information about their use of natural resources and fossil fuels and the by-products they generate this includes detailed data regarding:

• The fuels used in their air and ground vehicles .• Many other types and categories of data .• CO2 emissions related to both mobile and fixed sources.• Their use of water and mapping of water risk

assessment.

Carbon Neutral Shipping:

• UPS’s carbon neutral option is the first of its kind in the United States, enabling customers to mitigate the climate impact of their shipping .

. Carbon Impact: They can help to measure, manage, and mitigate the

climate impact without sacrificing productivity. A UPS Carbon Footprint Analysis calculates the carbon emissions of UPS shipments so they can be more precisely measure the climate impact of their shipping .

What do you fell is the motivation behind UPS and its attention to the natural

environment in which it exists?

From Small Business to Big Business The motivation behind UPS is Because building a

business is about having a vision and the will to succeed. The businesses started as small and

have since become icons of the business world.

1. UPS continues to seek ways to improve its sustainability efforts and respect the natural environment in which it

operates. 

2. UPS is not only impacting its own operations but is also displaying a sincere interest in protecting the natural

environment and providing its customers with an opportunity to do the same.

UPS is an Efficient Supply Chain is a Great business has its own unique needs and challenges. To remain competitive, you need a design for your supply chain that capitalizes on the most efficient methods available for sourcing, manufacturing, transporting, fulfilling orders, and managing returns.

Whether you own your network assets or outsource your logistics and transportation, UPS can make their supply chain, more efficient, saving your time and money.

UPS offers a variety of services that tie distribution tactics to their company's strategic goals. They are looking for

ways to reconfigure their distribution network to accommodate carbon-reduction strategies.

1. To maintain efficiency on the ground they use a variety of strategies like telematics a set of technologies innovated by UPS to monitor vehicle performance; mile-reduction plans; and testing and implementation of alternative technology vehicles like composite car.

2. As the world's largest package delivery company, they have a lot of experience with packaging and can help their customer to become more environmentally efficient with their own packaging. Their Package Design and Test Lab can help to make their shipping materials more environmentally responsible. They look at content, configuration and even the closure method and measure their effectiveness.

The companies involved specialize in the time definite delivery of packages and documents throughout the world. UPS is able to compete by differentiating its product while maintaining cost effectiveness. UPS strength is in its ability

to integrate its distribution and information systems to provide unique transportation solutions at competitive prices UPS has established itself as a leader in this field, which has allowed the company to expand its expertise.

 

UPS and downturn of economy

UPS could effectively manage its operations through such significant downturn in the

economyKurt Kuehn(CFO)says: (it was really just a process of having every function and every business unit realize that they've got to find a way to manage

their costs to whatever level the revenue is going to come in. Finance stepped up and took a strong

leadership role and helped every business and every function begin to read and develop plans to

stay afloat and be prudent during this big downturn).

• In 2009 UPS joint ventures with a Turkish partner to more effectively reach the markets in the Mediterranean republic.11

• Scott Davis( UPS CEO) revealed a major restructuring that included 1,800 management and administrative layoffs.

• Announcing plans to furlough at least 300 of the company's 2,800 pilots. These cuts com on the heels of a 4% reduction in UPS's 408,000 strong global workforce in 2009.

• UPS has positioned itself to withstand the recent economic downturn and continue to operate efficiently and at a profit.

• The company says it is also cutting spending on strategic investments by an additional $200 million, bringing the total to just below $2 billion in 2009.

• While the downturn of economy, UPS was expansion its market domestically. UPS chairman and CEO Scott Davis said, “As economic activity deteriorated throughout the world during the quarter, we managed costs while maintaining our excellent service to our customers

Challenges that UPS faced in establishing itself in new market:

•UPS began the process of transformation.

•UPS started at the basic level—taking a hard look at their core competencies and expertise.

UPS was prepared to meet challenges

•UPS has been able to make tremendous strides because of their open and consensus-based company culture.

Conclusion

• UPS has done a remarkable job of leveraging their core competencies for the new world of e-commerce.

•UPS has been aggressive in finding new revenue streams with existing and new customers.