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Case Studies
Importing Changes An Accessory Company's Look
Jan 2009
Although Kristine Accessories started as a sideline at home, it now means big business. Kristine Accessories, based in Sarasota, Fla., imports watches, handbags and other accessories from Hong...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
A Pet Carrier Collars The Market
Jan 2009
From import to domestic distribution, a manufacturer relies on one shipping company. Founded in 1989, Sherpa's Pet Trading Co. of Rockaway, N.J. (recently renamed Sherpa Pet Group) manufacturers...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Meeting The Needs Of A Small Business
Jan 2009
By responding to a lighting manufacturer's growing freight needs, UPS keeps the future looking bright. After making a major acquisition, Teddico, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based lighting manufacturer,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Powering Up The Supply Chain
Jan 2009
A battery retailer focuses its energy on growth and counts on UPS to handle logistics. A national franchise that specializes in selling batteries of all types, Batteries Plus stays focused on the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Smart Cookies: Online Bakery Uses UPS To Ship And Track Sweet Treats Nationwide
Jan 2009
Bellows House Bakery owners find research, customer relationships and UPS important ingredients in their success. Bellows House Bakery of Walpole, N.H. ships baked goods to retail customers...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Success In The Works: An Industrial Manufacturer Gears Up For Global Expansion
Jan 2009
Rapidly expanding industrial manufacturer Hopewell Designs is serving customers in increasingly far-flung destinations - with field support from UPS. Hopewell Designs of Alpharetta, Ga. designs...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Bringing Up All About Baby: A Specialty Retailer Grows Up With UPS
Jan 2009
Allowing its vendors to drop-ship orders using a single account number reduces paperwork and streamlines the shipping process for All About Baby. All About Baby, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Reducing Guesswork: A Clothing Retailer Gets Shipping Buttoned Up
Jan 2009
Stores save time, improve service with online labeling and tracking. GUESS, a Los Angeles-based retailer, sends its hip, upscale jeans, shirts and skirts to stores and customers across the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Walk Tall: A Small-Town Medical Manufacturer Achieves Global Reach
Jan 2009
MD Orthopaedics sends its corrective footwear products to parents of children with clubfoot around the world. MD Orthopaedics of Wayland, Iowa, ships unique, customized foot braces for children....
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
An Expanding Business
Jan 2009
UPS Freight helps Firefly Balloons rise above the competition. The small North Carolina town of Statesville is home to FireFly Balloons, Inc., the world's largest - and the nation's oldest -...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Crafting Quicker Deliveries
Jan 2009
Baobab Inc. helps overseas artists reach U.S. buyers. Lanky Levy is very much a patron of the arts. Her support is logistical rather than financial, and the artists she supports don't sing at...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Art You Can Sink Your Teeth Into
Jan 2009
Finnish-born Anna, 25, was introduced to the craft by a Belgian chocolate maker while she was in college studying psychology. Shortly after, she was training with master chocolatiers in France's...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Getting A Slice Of The Pie
Jan 2009
Home Run Inn is still family-owned and operated, with seven restaurants, two manufacturing plants and one distribution facility that sends frozen pizzas out to grocery stores in more than 20...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Quick Printing And An Even Faster Delivery
Jan 2009
With lively text and easily digestible charts and graphs, books from Paramount Market Publishing, Inc., (PMP) make for a fun, enlightening read. But what makes PMP really different is how quickly...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Anatomy Of A New Business
Jan 2009
Yahoo! and UPS are helping Freedom-of-Teach export around 40 percent of its products, which are popular in such far-flung countries as Peru, Greenland and Sri Lanka. Some go to movie and...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Art Of Glass
Jan 2009
Anyone who creates fine art for a living would be choosy about who transports their work to their customers. But when the art in question is painstakingly created from several thousand pieces of...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Pool Lifts Make A Big Splash
Jan 2009
The ancient Egyptians bathed with essential oils for health, Hippocrates prescribed bathing in spring water for wellness, and the Romans built huge communal baths wherever they went. But there...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
How A Maker Of Caribbean Roasting Boxes Got Cooking
Jan 2009
UPS helps delivers a tried-and-true Caribbean roaster to customers of La Caja China. A key to the company's success has been its relationship with UPS. Since day one, La Caja China has used UPS...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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Case Studies
Start The Presses! Custom Books Printed - And Then Delivered By UPS Within A Day
Jan 2009
Looking for a new book? Digital book manufacturer Lightning Source prints books for more than 4,500 publishers - and UPS delivers to customers in the time guaranteed. Lightning Source, a LaVergne,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Containing Costs While Connecting With Customers
Jan 2009
Iron Pony, a multichannel retailer of motorcycle parts, apparel and accessories, has revived the hearts of cycling enthusiasts for 31 years. When Iron Pony restructured its superstore and catalog...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Red Wing Hits Its Stride With UPS
Jan 2009
Top boot manufacturer finds international turnkey solution in UPS Trade Direct. For a century, Red Wing Shoe Co. Inc., based in the Mississippi River town of Red Wing, Minn., has been turning out...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Shipping Science
Jan 2009
Founded in 1985, Medifacts International is a third-party lab on the cutting edge of medicine and the cusp of tomorrow's cures. The global operation specializes in cardiovascular research and core...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
A Sports Manufacturer Hits A Supply Chain Management Home Run
Jan 2009
With Flex Global View from UPS, Mizuno USA can track its freight shipments from Asia to North America - and any stop in between. Mizuno was established in Osaka, Japan, in 1906, by Rihachi Mizuno....
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Roses Are ... Brown? Flower Imports Showcase International Logistics
Jan 2009
UPS is the largest cargo carrier into Miami International Airport. For big holidays, UPS adds flights. For example, during the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, UPS adds 13 flights of its...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Your Everyday UPS Tools Can Manage Your Freight Shipments, Too
Jan 2009
The same technology you use for shipping and tracking your UPS packages can look after your freight shipments just as easily - without add-ons or retraining. You can create and manage UPS Freight...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Brown Deeply Rooted In Going Green: Some Of The Many Ways UPS Conserves
Jan 2009
UPS has been carving out ways to improve efficiencies for more than 100 years. It wasn't always called being "Green," but the idea of being a more environmentally responsible and efficient company...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
New International Returns Services And Electronic Commercial Invoices Streamline Global Shipping
Jan 2009
It's never been easier to sell globally, from Shanghai to Sheboygan. Now with the most comprehensive international returns service in the industry, UPS makes it easier for your company to sell...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Which Return Service Is Right For You?
Jan 2009
Pre-printed, electronic or online return labels? With UPS, you decide what helps you and your customers. Whatever the nature of your business, you have no doubt given much thought to your shipping...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Blueprint for Introducing Innovation Into the Wireless Networks We Use Every Day
Oct 2009
Few changes are occurred in the past couple of years in wireless industry: Handsets have become mobile computers running user-contributed applications on (potentially) open operating systems. It...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Oblivious Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks
Feb 2008
Wireless mesh networks have attracted increasing attention and deployment as a high-performance and low-cost solution to last-mile broadband Internet access. Traffic routing plays a critical role...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
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White Papers
Dynamic Data Compression in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Apr 2009
Data compression can save energy and increase network capacity in wireless sensor networks. However, the decision of whether and when to compress data can depend upon platform hardware, topology,...
Provided by University of Southern California (Marshall)
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Whitepapers
Supply Chain Management 2010 and Beyond
Jan 2010
Supply chain management is shifting, due to new technology, the competition and customer demands. In the IBM® white paper, "Supply Chain Management 2010 and Beyond WP," you'll see how the role of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Transportation Companies - Using Sensor Telemetry To Map Their Route
Jan 2010
Surprising though it may seem, for many organizations - from chemicals companies to manufacturers - transportation is the second largest cost of doing business. For transportation companies trying...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Top 10 Shipping Tips For 2010
Jan 2010
By consulting an experienced third-party logistics provider (3PL), the business can gain valuable expert guidance and access to world-class tools and services that might otherwise be beyond the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Fulfillment Mastery Achieving High Performance In Fulfillment Through Superior Order Execution
Sep 2009
The masters of fulfillment are far better than laggards at designing fulfillment operations that can effectively meet fast-changing demand globally. Masters are also superior at executing their...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
UPS WorldShip Takes To The Air: Meet Your Multipurpose Tool For Virtually Every Shipment
Jan 2010
Shipping a jet engine is as easy as shipping an Express envelope, with the full range of air freight solutions now available from the state-of-the-art shipping tool, UPS WorldShip. Are you making...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Don't Touch That Phone: There's A New Way To Get Shipping Support, Fast, At Ups.com
Jan 2010
It always happens at the worst possible moment. You encounter an unexpected shipping challenge, and you need answers, fast. There's important business for your company on the line, and you don't...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Everything You Wanted To Know About Customs Brokerage
Jan 2010
Confused about the role of customs brokers? Here are answers to your questions. The world is getting smaller. And international trade is booming. You may know that customs brokers can help get...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
With Packaging, Small Changes Can Add Up To Big Savings
Jan 2010
When most people think about packaging, they typically think about damages, claim problems or dimensional weight charges. Instead, let's think about solutions - ones that go beyond solving the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Let Customers Manage Their Own Shipping From Your e-Commerce Website
Jan 2010
In these days of shopping-oriented search engines and increasingly web-savvy customers, it's hard enough to get customers to arrive at your e-commerce website at all. When they do arrive, and if...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Collaborative Transportation Management - Creating Value Through Increased Transportation Efficiencies
Feb 2008
The latest concept in the fields of transportation, logistics and supply chain management is that of 'supply chain collaboration'. One of the recent extensions of the supply chain collaboration...
Provided by CPFR
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Whitepapers
We Want it All... Now: Global Reach, Fast Delivery and Cost Reduction
Oct 2010
This new Service Performance Insight white paper explores how remote service delivery enables you to expand your reach, provide faster delivery and reduce costs - all while increasing client and...
Provided by Citrix Online
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White Papers
A Solution For Transportation Planning In Supply Chain
Jun 2009
An advanced optimization system for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problems (VRSP), which is one of the Supply Chain Planning modules, is introduced. An object oriented system, Computer Aided...
Provided by Sharif University of Technology
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White Papers
Controlling Transportation Activity And Spend: A Checklist For Transportation Executives
Jun 2009
Transportation remains one of the top five expenditures for manufacturers and distributors. As companies look to be more responsive to marketplace demand and economic fluctuations, gaining control...
Provided by Hitachi Consulting
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White Papers
Global Supply Chain Management/Transportation: Building A Global Network Of Scholars And Educators
Mar 2009
Much is understood about risk assessment and management related to general business operations. However, our understanding related specifically to effective assessment and management of Supply...
Provided by U.S. Department of Transportation
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White Papers
Transportation And Logistics: Integrating Transportation Into Your Supply Chain
Dec 2009
There is much current talk about the importance and necessity of integrating the transportation function into the Supply Chain. It seems that, while there is much agreement on the value such...
Provided by Transite
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Downloads
BRMS Demo: Test and simulate rules using WebSphere ILOG Business Rules Management System
Aug 2010
Learn how WebSphere ILOG Business Rules Management System (BRMS) allows organizations to easily adapt business rules while ensuring compliance with policy requirements and analyzing the business...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Cargo Revenue Management With Allotments And Spot Market Demand
Jan 2010
The paper considers a problem faced by an airline that operates a number of parallel flights to transport cargo between a particular origin destination pair. The airline can sell its cargo...
Provided by Queen's University
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White Papers
Last Mile Vehicle Supply Chain In The International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Oct 2009
The authors study the last mile vehicle supply chain in the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The IFRC is one of the benchmark humanitarian organizations...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Field Vehicle Fleet Management In Humanitarian Operations: A Case-Based Approach
May 2010
Transportation is the second largest overhead cost to humanitarian organizations after personnel. The international 4x4 Field Vehicle Fleet size is estimated between 70,000 and 80,000 units with a...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport
Feb 2010
Purchasing goods from distant locations introduces a significant lag between when a product is shipped and when it arrives. These transit lags are trade barriers for firms facing volatile demand,...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Auto Transport Company - Things To Consider When Appointing A Transport Company
Apr 2010
When a particular person or an individual decides or is planning to ship his car abroad, the first thing what that individual accomplishes is that he does perform an extensive research. The car is...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Rising Ocean Freight Rates Time For Renegotiation
Mar 2010
With container transport ocean freight rates rising by an astronomical 55% in three months, it is easy to see that these rates will continue to climb further. Therefore, this is the optimal time...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Things To Know While Choosing An Auto Transport Company
May 2010
Are you having a hard time choosing the right auto transport company? It is obvious to face tough times as you think of moving your car from one place to another. It is important to understand few...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Vital Aspect Of Process Of Transportation Freight Forwarding Companies
Mar 2010
Freight forwarding companies are almost the backbone of the transportation industry. Without them, businesses would be at a loss to find ways to transport goods to various countries and their...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Freight Shipping Service - An Art Which Has To Be Mastered
May 2010
Freight shipping service is like an art form which takes years to learn and master. The best shipping companies have been in the industry for years and they have had enough time to build up on the...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Ocean Freight Forwarders- Guide II
May 2010
When you contact ocean freight forwarders for international shipping, there would be many factors which would decide the cost that you would have to bear. There are mainly two elements, the actual...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Ask The Expert: All About Packaging Materials
Jan 2010
Kraft paper may be torn off packages as they proceed through the hubs on conveyor belts. A package without its Kraft paper covering becomes a package without shipping information on it. That's bad...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Which UPS Shipping System Is Right For You?
Jan 2010
It's perhaps the most commonly asked question by shippers who have decided to ship with UPS: What's the best shipping system for my needs? And though there are many specialized shipping systems...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Know All About Shipping And Freight Forwarding Companies
Mar 2010
Any business, which has to ship its goods worldwide, will need services of freight forwarding companies irrespective of the industry vertical it operates. While the provider of freight forwarding...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Learn How Freight Forwarding Companies Can Benefit Your Import Or Export Business
Mar 2010
Many people wish to start their own business in import or export but few realize the importance of hiring professional freight forwarding companies. While such an approach might cost you money...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Let Customers Manage Their Own Shipping From Your e-Commerce Website
Jan 2010
In these days of shopping-oriented search engines and increasingly web-savvy customers, it's hard enough to get customers to arrive at your e-commerce website at all. When they do arrive, and if...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
With Packaging, Small Changes Can Add Up To Big Savings
Jan 2010
When most people think about packaging, they typically think about damages, claim problems or dimensional weight charges. Instead, let's think about solutions - ones that go beyond solving the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Everything You Wanted To Know About Customs Brokerage
Jan 2010
Confused about the role of customs brokers? Here are answers to your questions. The world is getting smaller. And international trade is booming. You may know that customs brokers can help get...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Don't Touch That Phone: There's A New Way To Get Shipping Support, Fast, At Ups.com
Jan 2010
It always happens at the worst possible moment. You encounter an unexpected shipping challenge, and you need answers, fast. There's important business for your company on the line, and you don't...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
UPS WorldShip Takes To The Air: Meet Your Multipurpose Tool For Virtually Every Shipment
Jan 2010
Shipping a jet engine is as easy as shipping an Express envelope, with the full range of air freight solutions now available from the state-of-the-art shipping tool, UPS WorldShip. Are you making...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Fulfillment Mastery Achieving High Performance In Fulfillment Through Superior Order Execution
Sep 2009
The masters of fulfillment are far better than laggards at designing fulfillment operations that can effectively meet fast-changing demand globally. Masters are also superior at executing their...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Top 10 Shipping Tips For 2010
Jan 2010
By consulting an experienced third-party logistics provider (3PL), the business can gain valuable expert guidance and access to world-class tools and services that might otherwise be beyond the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Transportation Companies - Using Sensor Telemetry To Map Their Route
Jan 2010
Surprising though it may seem, for many organizations - from chemicals companies to manufacturers - transportation is the second largest cost of doing business. For transportation companies trying...
Provided by Accenture
-
Case Studies
Survey Finds Widespread Use of Video Conferencing
Feb 2010
A survey commissioned by Global IP Solutions has found use of video conferencing technology to be widespread among business professionals. GIPS asked Research Now to survey 1,200 business...
Provided by Global IP Solutions
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Whitepapers
Supply Chain Management 2010 and Beyond
Jan 2010
Supply chain management is shifting, due to new technology, the competition and customer demands. In the IBM® white paper, "Supply Chain Management 2010 and Beyond WP," you'll see how the role of...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Dynamic Data Compression in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Apr 2009
Data compression can save energy and increase network capacity in wireless sensor networks. However, the decision of whether and when to compress data can depend upon platform hardware, topology,...
Provided by University of Southern California (Marshall)
-
White Papers
Oblivious Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks
Feb 2008
Wireless mesh networks have attracted increasing attention and deployment as a high-performance and low-cost solution to last-mile broadband Internet access. Traffic routing plays a critical role...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
-
White Papers
Blueprint for Introducing Innovation Into the Wireless Networks We Use Every Day
Oct 2009
Few changes are occurred in the past couple of years in wireless industry: Handsets have become mobile computers running user-contributed applications on (potentially) open operating systems. It...
Provided by Stanford University
-
White Papers
Which Return Service Is Right For You?
Jan 2009
Pre-printed, electronic or online return labels? With UPS, you decide what helps you and your customers. Whatever the nature of your business, you have no doubt given much thought to your shipping...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
New International Returns Services And Electronic Commercial Invoices Streamline Global Shipping
Jan 2009
It's never been easier to sell globally, from Shanghai to Sheboygan. Now with the most comprehensive international returns service in the industry, UPS makes it easier for your company to sell...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Brown Deeply Rooted In Going Green: Some Of The Many Ways UPS Conserves
Jan 2009
UPS has been carving out ways to improve efficiencies for more than 100 years. It wasn't always called being "Green," but the idea of being a more environmentally responsible and efficient company...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Your Everyday UPS Tools Can Manage Your Freight Shipments, Too
Jan 2009
The same technology you use for shipping and tracking your UPS packages can look after your freight shipments just as easily - without add-ons or retraining. You can create and manage UPS Freight...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Roses Are ... Brown? Flower Imports Showcase International Logistics
Jan 2009
UPS is the largest cargo carrier into Miami International Airport. For big holidays, UPS adds flights. For example, during the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, UPS adds 13 flights of its...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
A Sports Manufacturer Hits A Supply Chain Management Home Run
Jan 2009
With Flex Global View from UPS, Mizuno USA can track its freight shipments from Asia to North America - and any stop in between. Mizuno was established in Osaka, Japan, in 1906, by Rihachi Mizuno....
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Meeting The Needs Of A Small Business
Jan 2009
By responding to a lighting manufacturer's growing freight needs, UPS keeps the future looking bright. After making a major acquisition, Teddico, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based lighting manufacturer,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Powering Up The Supply Chain
Jan 2009
A battery retailer focuses its energy on growth and counts on UPS to handle logistics. A national franchise that specializes in selling batteries of all types, Batteries Plus stays focused on the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Smart Cookies: Online Bakery Uses UPS To Ship And Track Sweet Treats Nationwide
Jan 2009
Bellows House Bakery owners find research, customer relationships and UPS important ingredients in their success. Bellows House Bakery of Walpole, N.H. ships baked goods to retail customers...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Success In The Works: An Industrial Manufacturer Gears Up For Global Expansion
Jan 2009
Rapidly expanding industrial manufacturer Hopewell Designs is serving customers in increasingly far-flung destinations - with field support from UPS. Hopewell Designs of Alpharetta, Ga. designs...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Bringing Up All About Baby: A Specialty Retailer Grows Up With UPS
Jan 2009
Allowing its vendors to drop-ship orders using a single account number reduces paperwork and streamlines the shipping process for All About Baby. All About Baby, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Reducing Guesswork: A Clothing Retailer Gets Shipping Buttoned Up
Jan 2009
Stores save time, improve service with online labeling and tracking. GUESS, a Los Angeles-based retailer, sends its hip, upscale jeans, shirts and skirts to stores and customers across the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Walk Tall: A Small-Town Medical Manufacturer Achieves Global Reach
Jan 2009
MD Orthopaedics sends its corrective footwear products to parents of children with clubfoot around the world. MD Orthopaedics of Wayland, Iowa, ships unique, customized foot braces for children....
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
An Expanding Business
Jan 2009
UPS Freight helps Firefly Balloons rise above the competition. The small North Carolina town of Statesville is home to FireFly Balloons, Inc., the world's largest - and the nation's oldest -...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Crafting Quicker Deliveries
Jan 2009
Baobab Inc. helps overseas artists reach U.S. buyers. Lanky Levy is very much a patron of the arts. Her support is logistical rather than financial, and the artists she supports don't sing at...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Art You Can Sink Your Teeth Into
Jan 2009
Finnish-born Anna, 25, was introduced to the craft by a Belgian chocolate maker while she was in college studying psychology. Shortly after, she was training with master chocolatiers in France's...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Getting A Slice Of The Pie
Jan 2009
Home Run Inn is still family-owned and operated, with seven restaurants, two manufacturing plants and one distribution facility that sends frozen pizzas out to grocery stores in more than 20...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Quick Printing And An Even Faster Delivery
Jan 2009
With lively text and easily digestible charts and graphs, books from Paramount Market Publishing, Inc., (PMP) make for a fun, enlightening read. But what makes PMP really different is how quickly...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Anatomy Of A New Business
Jan 2009
Yahoo! and UPS are helping Freedom-of-Teach export around 40 percent of its products, which are popular in such far-flung countries as Peru, Greenland and Sri Lanka. Some go to movie and...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Art Of Glass
Jan 2009
Anyone who creates fine art for a living would be choosy about who transports their work to their customers. But when the art in question is painstakingly created from several thousand pieces of...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Pool Lifts Make A Big Splash
Jan 2009
The ancient Egyptians bathed with essential oils for health, Hippocrates prescribed bathing in spring water for wellness, and the Romans built huge communal baths wherever they went. But there...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
How A Maker Of Caribbean Roasting Boxes Got Cooking
Jan 2009
UPS helps delivers a tried-and-true Caribbean roaster to customers of La Caja China. A key to the company's success has been its relationship with UPS. Since day one, La Caja China has used UPS...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Start The Presses! Custom Books Printed - And Then Delivered By UPS Within A Day
Jan 2009
Looking for a new book? Digital book manufacturer Lightning Source prints books for more than 4,500 publishers - and UPS delivers to customers in the time guaranteed. Lightning Source, a LaVergne,...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Containing Costs While Connecting With Customers
Jan 2009
Iron Pony, a multichannel retailer of motorcycle parts, apparel and accessories, has revived the hearts of cycling enthusiasts for 31 years. When Iron Pony restructured its superstore and catalog...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Red Wing Hits Its Stride With UPS
Jan 2009
Top boot manufacturer finds international turnkey solution in UPS Trade Direct. For a century, Red Wing Shoe Co. Inc., based in the Mississippi River town of Red Wing, Minn., has been turning out...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
Shipping Science
Jan 2009
Founded in 1985, Medifacts International is a third-party lab on the cutting edge of medicine and the cusp of tomorrow's cures. The global operation specializes in cardiovascular research and core...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
Case Studies
A Sports Manufacturer Hits A Supply Chain Management Home Run
Jan 2009
With Flex Global View from UPS, Mizuno USA can track its freight shipments from Asia to North America - and any stop in between. Mizuno was established in Osaka, Japan, in 1906, by Rihachi Mizuno....
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Roses Are ... Brown? Flower Imports Showcase International Logistics
Jan 2009
UPS is the largest cargo carrier into Miami International Airport. For big holidays, UPS adds flights. For example, during the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, UPS adds 13 flights of its...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Your Everyday UPS Tools Can Manage Your Freight Shipments, Too
Jan 2009
The same technology you use for shipping and tracking your UPS packages can look after your freight shipments just as easily - without add-ons or retraining. You can create and manage UPS Freight...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Brown Deeply Rooted In Going Green: Some Of The Many Ways UPS Conserves
Jan 2009
UPS has been carving out ways to improve efficiencies for more than 100 years. It wasn't always called being "Green," but the idea of being a more environmentally responsible and efficient company...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
New International Returns Services And Electronic Commercial Invoices Streamline Global Shipping
Jan 2009
It's never been easier to sell globally, from Shanghai to Sheboygan. Now with the most comprehensive international returns service in the industry, UPS makes it easier for your company to sell...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Which Return Service Is Right For You?
Jan 2009
Pre-printed, electronic or online return labels? With UPS, you decide what helps you and your customers. Whatever the nature of your business, you have no doubt given much thought to your shipping...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Blueprint for Introducing Innovation Into the Wireless Networks We Use Every Day
Oct 2009
Few changes are occurred in the past couple of years in wireless industry: Handsets have become mobile computers running user-contributed applications on (potentially) open operating systems. It...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Oblivious Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks
Feb 2008
Wireless mesh networks have attracted increasing attention and deployment as a high-performance and low-cost solution to last-mile broadband Internet access. Traffic routing plays a critical role...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
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White Papers
Dynamic Data Compression in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Apr 2009
Data compression can save energy and increase network capacity in wireless sensor networks. However, the decision of whether and when to compress data can depend upon platform hardware, topology,...
Provided by University of Southern California (Marshall)
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Whitepapers
Supply Chain Management 2010 and Beyond
Jan 2010
Supply chain management is shifting, due to new technology, the competition and customer demands. In the IBM® white paper, "Supply Chain Management 2010 and Beyond WP," you'll see how the role of...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Survey Finds Widespread Use of Video Conferencing
Feb 2010
A survey commissioned by Global IP Solutions has found use of video conferencing technology to be widespread among business professionals. GIPS asked Research Now to survey 1,200 business...
Provided by Global IP Solutions
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White Papers
Transportation Companies - Using Sensor Telemetry To Map Their Route
Jan 2010
Surprising though it may seem, for many organizations - from chemicals companies to manufacturers - transportation is the second largest cost of doing business. For transportation companies trying...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Top 10 Shipping Tips For 2010
Jan 2010
By consulting an experienced third-party logistics provider (3PL), the business can gain valuable expert guidance and access to world-class tools and services that might otherwise be beyond the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Fulfillment Mastery Achieving High Performance In Fulfillment Through Superior Order Execution
Sep 2009
The masters of fulfillment are far better than laggards at designing fulfillment operations that can effectively meet fast-changing demand globally. Masters are also superior at executing their...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
UPS WorldShip Takes To The Air: Meet Your Multipurpose Tool For Virtually Every Shipment
Jan 2010
Shipping a jet engine is as easy as shipping an Express envelope, with the full range of air freight solutions now available from the state-of-the-art shipping tool, UPS WorldShip. Are you making...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Don't Touch That Phone: There's A New Way To Get Shipping Support, Fast, At Ups.com
Jan 2010
It always happens at the worst possible moment. You encounter an unexpected shipping challenge, and you need answers, fast. There's important business for your company on the line, and you don't...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Everything You Wanted To Know About Customs Brokerage
Jan 2010
Confused about the role of customs brokers? Here are answers to your questions. The world is getting smaller. And international trade is booming. You may know that customs brokers can help get...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
With Packaging, Small Changes Can Add Up To Big Savings
Jan 2010
When most people think about packaging, they typically think about damages, claim problems or dimensional weight charges. Instead, let's think about solutions - ones that go beyond solving the...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Let Customers Manage Their Own Shipping From Your e-Commerce Website
Jan 2010
In these days of shopping-oriented search engines and increasingly web-savvy customers, it's hard enough to get customers to arrive at your e-commerce website at all. When they do arrive, and if...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Learn How Freight Forwarding Companies Can Benefit Your Import Or Export Business
Mar 2010
Many people wish to start their own business in import or export but few realize the importance of hiring professional freight forwarding companies. While such an approach might cost you money...
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