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UPS Mourns Loss Of Congressman Lewis

On behalf of UPS employees and retirees, the following is a statement from UPS Chief Executive Officer, Carol Tomé.

“The city of Atlanta, this nation, and the rest of the world mourns the loss of the iconic John Robert Lewis. Congressman Lewis was a tireless champion in the Civil Rights movement, whose never-ending fight for equality and justice improved the lives of millions of Americans. He was a kind and decent man who always had kind and decent words for the employees of UPS. Congressman Lewis led by example and embodied the very best of America’s ideals.

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UPS To Release Second-Quarter Results On Thursday, July 30, 2020

UPS will announce its 2020 second-quarter results on Thursday, July 30, 2020, at approximately 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

At 8:30 a.m. ET, UPS Chief Executive Officer Carol Tomé and Chief Financial Officer Brian Newman will lead an investor conference call. This call will be open to reporters and the public via a live webcast.

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UPS Expands Pacific Northwest Presence With New Tacoma Regional Hub

  • Location adjacent to Port of Tacoma provides strategic transportation network access to air, major interstate highway corridors, cross-border and commercial cargo shipping lanes
  • More than 800 full- and part-time jobs created at highly-automated facility
  • Businesses gain speed-to-market and enhanced flexibility to navigate global e-commerce
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UPS Makes Delivery Easier By Handling Signatures At UPS Access Point Location Deliveries

  • UPS solution offers convenient delivery and pick-up for items requiring adult signatures, including wine and beer shipments
  • Service ideal for consumers in wine and beer clubs offers tracking and delivery windows to decrease missed deliveries
  • The delivery to a business location provides for a safe and secure option for adult signature packages

Here’s something to cheer about: UPS made it easier to have a taste of Napa Valley or your favorite brews shipped easily and quickly.

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Coyote Logistics, a UPS Company, Launches Dynamic Route Optimization to Enhance Supply Chain Efficiency

New solution aims to reduce uncertainty, provide reliability and streamline operations across the supply chain

Today, Coyote Logistics, a leading global third-party logistics (3PL) provider, expanded its Dynamic Route Optimization program that aims to streamline supply chain operations and reduce uncertainty for carriers by maximizing the efficiency of their fleets and delivering load consistency through optimized weekly routing plans.

Dynamic Route Optimization builds suggested weekly route plans that optimally direct drivers to and from their domicile location by taking numerous parameters into account, including drivers’ hours provided by the carrier, load attributes, average load and unload times, market cost, mile per hour bands by region, home base city, among others and layering them over Coyote’s open and available loads.