Despite a slow start to its same-day delivery program for e-commerce purchases, the U.S. Postal Service is in a strong position to challenge FedEx, UPS and other competitors in that potentially lucrative market. USPS began testing same-day delivery, under the brand name of Metro Post, in San Francisco at the beginning of 2013. It promised delivery by 8 […]
What if the U.S. Postal Service tapped the vast array of available digital information technologies to enhance sales, operations, and new business development? The possibilities, it would seem, while not endless, are fairly extensive. That’s the conclusion of a just-released white paper from the Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG), which collaborated with IBM […]
Lobsters, Medicines Among Perishables Affected by UPS, FedEX Christmas Shipping Snafu Wall Street Journal reports: SimplyLobsters.com owner Donald Lee was expecting a good Christmas when orders for his live shellfish and other foods jumped 30% this holiday season. That was until the express-shipping system broke down under a crush of last-minute orders and delayed about […]
More woes for the shipping giants after Christmas fiasco… ATLANTA — UPS was given a late Christmas present Dec. 27, a potential class-action lawsuit. A complaint was filed against Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc., claiming the delivery giant “has for years been systematically overcharging customers.” The complaint filed in federal court in Michigan is seeking […]
UPS Christmas Debacle: We Need a Public Postal Service The failure of United Parcel Service to deliver holiday packages by Christmas demonstrates the importance of the U.S. Postal Service to the people of the country, says APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “The UPS fiasco underscores why the Postal Service must continue to be a public service,” […]
Santa’s sleigh didn’t make it in time for Christmas for some this year due to shipping problems at UPS and FedEx. The delays were blamed on poor weather earlier this week in parts of the country as well as overloaded systems. The holiday shopping period this year was shorter than usual, more buying was done […]
UPS service update: UPS understands the importance of your holiday shipments. UPS is experiencing heavy holiday volume and making every effort to get packages to their destination; however, the volume of air packages in our system exceeded the capacity of our network immediately preceding Christmas so some shipments were delayed. UPS is not making pickups […]
Pilot Test Starts 12-17-13 USPS “Testing” using UPS to Sort Outsides On 12-11-13 I was informed by Carol Stream A/Plant Manager Colao that Carol Stream, South Suburban and the NDC will be sending their Non-Machineable Outside to UPS for sorting. Last night two UPS managers watched the Mailhandlers scanning and labeling the parcels. Management put […]
UPS is working to catch up on delivery delays for customers across Dallas-Fort Worth following last week’s crippling ice storm.
OKLAHOMA CITY -A UPS spokesperson said the company is outraged after a photo surfaced revealing one of its metro drivers had a sexual encounter in the back of a delivery truck.