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<blockquote data-quote="Floridacargocat" data-source="post: 1357096" data-attributes="member: 6168"><p>It is inevitable that with an erosion in domestic margins, external (international) factors will have to compensate (including foreign currency exchange rates). Therefore, statements like investments into areas of healthcare activities (abroad) and other margin-enhancing activities indicate that UPS Management is quite aware that its bread and butter business in the USA is getting less. Forward thinking would indicate that acquiring smaller healthcare oriented transportation companies would be more cost-effective than to develop them on our own. What UPS needs is distribution capability, which it does not yet have. Europe (very positive contribution due to the weak dollar vs. the Euro) will grow in importance. China will be influenced by governmental decisions on how far foreign interests will be allowed to take a part of their domestic transportation capabilities. India is not far behind China, and where is UPS there? South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) is an area with more than 1 billion inhabitants and with a developing middle-class.</p><p>IMHO UPS needs to ask itself where to allocate investments in order to improve margins while compensating for factors outside the sphere of UPS control (currency fluctuations). Europe and Healthcare is a good area, but do not forget the potential of high-margin markets like South Asia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floridacargocat, post: 1357096, member: 6168"] It is inevitable that with an erosion in domestic margins, external (international) factors will have to compensate (including foreign currency exchange rates). Therefore, statements like investments into areas of healthcare activities (abroad) and other margin-enhancing activities indicate that UPS Management is quite aware that its bread and butter business in the USA is getting less. Forward thinking would indicate that acquiring smaller healthcare oriented transportation companies would be more cost-effective than to develop them on our own. What UPS needs is distribution capability, which it does not yet have. Europe (very positive contribution due to the weak dollar vs. the Euro) will grow in importance. China will be influenced by governmental decisions on how far foreign interests will be allowed to take a part of their domestic transportation capabilities. India is not far behind China, and where is UPS there? South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) is an area with more than 1 billion inhabitants and with a developing middle-class. IMHO UPS needs to ask itself where to allocate investments in order to improve margins while compensating for factors outside the sphere of UPS control (currency fluctuations). Europe and Healthcare is a good area, but do not forget the potential of high-margin markets like South Asia. [/QUOTE]
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