Category: UPS Press Release

Retail shipping chain to promote children’s literacy with a spectacular 37-foot float at the iconic parade

In celebration of children’s literacy, The UPS Store, Inc. will participate in the 2019 Tournament of Roses® Rose Parade on Jan. 1, 2019 in Pasadena, California. The float, titled “Books Keep Us On Our Toes,” aims to inspire people to experience life through the joy of reading. The parade float also highlights the need to extend children’s literacy in communities throughout the United States.

UPS Recognized as Top 100 Company, Transportation Industry Leader for its Commitment to Social Responsibility

UPS was named to Forbes and JUST Capital’s annual “JUST 100” list for the third consecutive year, and was recognized as the industry leader in the transportation sector. The list, now in its third year, ranks the largest publicly-traded corporations in the United States on corporate citizenship. This includes issues like leadership and ethics, worker well-being, job creation, local community support, customer treatment, environmental impact, and more.

• Pilot program broadened to reach more shippers
• Offers 40% off U.S. and international air, plus selected services to Mexico and Canada
• Offers 20% off UPS Ground shipping in U.S.
• Helps businesses as consumers shop on #GreenMonday

As the deadline draws near for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to capture as much business as possible during the holiday season, UPS has introduced a promotion for significant savings on shipping within the U.S. as well as for packages going to consumers worldwide.

• Facility expansions and retrofits add 350,000 piece-per-hour throughput in U.S.
• Network visibility tools and leading-edge analytics align volume and capacity
• UPS network performing at levels comparable to non-peak periods, while processing record volume
• UPS confident in sustained on-time performance during the critical holiday period

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the company has achieved superior on-time delivery performance this holiday season through its unprecedented capacity expansion and new technology deployment. UPS is able to deliver record volume in a timely fashion thanks to greater collaboration with customers, improved network resource utilization, new automated capacity and the dedication of UPS employees around the world.

UPSNav optimizes entire routes, providing turn-by-turn directions to loading docks and other preferred delivery and pickup locations

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today said it has integrated a new navigation tool called UPSNav into the handheld device its package delivery drivers carry, providing them with detailed turn-by-turn directions derived from UPS’s routing software. UPSNav reduces miles driven, fuel consumed and carbon emissions, while empowering the company to provide better service to its customers.

UPSNav is a significant update to UPS’s On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation (ORION), which determines the optimal order for local UPS® package car drivers to make deliveries and pickups. With the new navigation tool, ORION gives drivers directions to all those stops in precise detail – even to loading docks and receiving areas that are often on opposite sides of a building’s main entrance. UPSNav provides UPS drivers with a new level of accuracy and precision, which enables them to operate at top efficiency. It also improves the customer experience and opens the UPS platform to provide new products and services.