BNET Industries
Market Cap:$41.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$51.4B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS) is the world's largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain and freight services. With more than a century of experience in transportation and logistics, UPS is a leading global trade expert equipped with a broad portfolio of solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., UPS serves more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Number of Employees 260,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Couriers and Express Delivery Services: 492110
Recent Events
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UPS hiking rates for 2010
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Smart Power Monitoring with Network UPS Tools
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An epiphany, and a new policing philosophy
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Alchemilla Ultra-Pure Skin Care Becomes a Corporate Member of United Plant Savers Organization
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iPhone Most Popular Touchscreen Device
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FedEx promotes services with international effort
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UPS and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to Unveil Special Safe Driving Paint...
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UPS Teams with American Red Cross to Send Relief Flight to American Samoa
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UPS UPS Declares $0.45 Quarterly Dividend; 3.3% Yield
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Which Transport Stock Got an 'Outperform' Rating?
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United Parcel Service Q3 Profit Drops; Yet Tops Estimates; Guides Q4 - Update
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Caterpillar's On the Move
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Expansion of UPS Healthcare Network Signals Changes in Industry
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UPS profits drop 43%, recovery has 'long way to go'
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UPS settles patent suit with Katz
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UPS Named Official Carrier for London Olympic Games
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Sears Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $6.2M
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UPS Expands Healthcare Logistics Presence with Facilities in Puerto Rico, the Netherlands
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UPS Launches Marketing Service; To Distribute Retail Offers With Shipments - Quick Facts
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Which UPS is right for the job?
BNET
- 2009-09-28
Traditionally, data center managers and facilities managers could choose from three UPS topologies: standby, line-interactive and double-conversion—offering widely varying levels of efficiency, performance and protection. The latest generation of double-conversion UPSs offers unique multi-mode capabilities. The UPS operates in a very high-efficiency mode unless power...
Pick the Right Size UPS for Your PC, Avoid Catastrophe When the Power Fails
BNET
- 2009-07-23
Some years ago, I was sitting at my PC when a power failure struck, and my PC went down, along with a half dozen unsaved documents. Which was weird, because my foot was literally resting on a functioning UPS, which should have kept the computer running. I found out the...
A Camera-Repair Business Focuses On Customer Service
BNET
- 2009-01-01
United Camera & Binocular Repair Corp., based in Bensenville, Ill., used to manually update online repair and shipping status several times a day. The company reached out to its longtime shipping partner, UPS, to provide automated shipment and tracking information to United Camera's database. Now employees can spend less time...
On The Move: An Online Retailer Uses A UPS Integrated Solution To Ship Four Times Faster
BNET
- 2009-01-01
GoMobileNow.com gets mobile computer desk products into customers' hands with less wheel-spinning, thanks to UPS shipping functionality integrated into its QuickBooks accounting solution. GoMobileNow.com, a retailer of mobile computing accessories, needed a faster way to process and ship orders. Owner Kevin Jones created efficiencies by shipping from his accounting system,...
A Vehicle Manufacturer Chooses A Centralized Shipping System To Rev Up Its Parts Supply Chain
BNET
- 2009-01-01
Varsity Logistics helps straighten the shipping road for Kawasaki with a UPS Ready solution. Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.'s parts and accessories supply division had outgrown its inefficient stand-alone shipping system. The company sought a scalable shipping solution to integrate with its operating system - IBM System i (a.k.a. iSeries and...
An Apple-Based Business Takes A Bite Out Of A Shipping Challenge
BNET
- 2009-01-01
KSK Design agency overcomes a shipping challenge with a must-have UPS Ready product. KSK Design of Milwaukee, Wis., relies on its network of Macintosh computers to design and produce marketing materials for clients. Its growing business presented shipping challenges that robbed skilled designers of precious time. The UPS Ready NRG...
WAAS and ADS-B
- 2008-04-01
In the February Business section there is an article on ADS-B and how UPS will be the first to use it. I work as the Operations Lead for the WAAS and was wondering why there is no mention of WAAS in this article. Seems like WAAS would need to...
Secure power supply for critical applications: installing a UPS is an exercise in risk management. Without it electronic hardware and the costly data it contains is threatened by Africa's frequent power-quality failures.(Information Technology)
- 2005-12-01
WHEN A TOP retailer wanted an uninterruptible power supply system to protect its Durban regional headquarters last year it turned to local UPS specialists Square One Power Solutions. A proven 60KW APC Silicon unit was duly supplied, able to provide a WHEN A TOP retailer wanted...
Hand-Held Fleet Technology Puts Savings In Distributor's Grip
BNET
- 2005-06-28
A leading U.S. periodical distributor was seeking ways to enhance customer service, reduce its costs and sharpen its competitive edge in a three-state region. With competition squeezing the margins in the industry, the company wanted to equip its drivers with hand-held technology to improve service and reduce its distribution costs....
Watch Carefully
- 2005-05-15
A plan for putting radio frequency identification RFID tags on shipping containers contributed to strained relations between workers and management at the Port of Oakland in 2002 and eventually helped trigger a job action and a subsequent and widely reported lockout. Snowplow contractors in Boston protested against a new...
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