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UPS embraces the opportunities technology can bring for our customers and our operations, we embrace it in a big way. UPS is one of the world’s premier technology innovators.
UPS Does a lot more…from one corner of the world to the other.
• We operate the world’s largest computer database, and the largest wireless communications network.
• UPS uses deploys technology and newly acquired capabilities to provide all sorts of supply chain solutions.
Today, we seek out the same kind of people Jim Casey (Founder) sought out to become his business associates. They have five essential traits in common and they are:
• Discipline
• Relentlessness
• An innovative spirit
• A team oriented mindset
• And, most importantly, integrity
UPS has transformed from a ground company to an air express company… from a U.S. company to an international company… from a paper-based company to hi-tech … and now to a solutions company in a global economy.
UPS technology solutions can increase the efficiency of applications or web sites and provide a competitive advantage through key functionality such as rating, shipping, tracking, and returns. The value of UPS technology solutions increases significantly when multiple tools are used to create fully integrated, end-to-end processes which increase efficiency and enhance customer service.
UPS International wins big at the 13th Annual Computing Awards
Network World: Dave Barnes - 50 Most Powerful People - Enterprise Network Executives category,
2006
Package Flow Technologies named to CMP’s Business Technology Optimization Excellence Award winner,
2005
Computerworld: 2005 Package Flow Technologies: 12 Best in Class for Premier 100
Computerworld: Premier 100 IT Leader 2005 - Dave Barnes
Computerworld: Premier 100 IT Leader 2006 - Laynglyn Capers
Computerworld: Premier 100 IT Leader 2007 - Nigel Watson
Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT, 2006
Information Week: 500 Top Innovators List, 2005
UPS was awarded the "Most IT-enabled Organization of the Year" during the 13th Annual Computing Awards on November 16, 2005. Held at the Battersea Park Arena in London, the awards recognize individual, group and corporate wide IT accomplishments from the past year. UPS was selected for its global use of IT, particularly wireless networks, to improve its operations while providing its customers visibility into their supply chains for improved customer service.
UPS Racing Web site recognized with Standard of Excellence WebAward
UPS Racing has been awarded the 2005 Standard of Excellence WebAward by the Web Marketing Association. Now in its 9th year, the WebAwards recognizes Web sites whose design and functionality exceed industry standards and provide the most effective site for its business. The official site of the #88 Robert Yates racing team, racing.ups.com, has won the award the last four years.
UPS Package Flow technology honored with the CMP BTO Excellence award
CMP Media, which includes publications Optimize, Information Week and Computing magazine, honored UPS for its dedication to Business Technology Optimization (BTO) with a CMP BTO Excellence Award this month. The award, presented under the category of “Optimizing IT for Business Growth,” recognized UPS’s continued efforts with Package Flow Technology - a BTO solution designed to optimize deliveries while reducing harmful environmental impacts.
2004
UPS.com wins web award
UPS has won the Web Marketing Association's 2004 WebAward for Standard of Excellence recognizing ups.com as one of the most effective websites on the Net today. The WebAward Competition recognizes the team achievement of web professionals who create and maintain outstanding corporate web sites. Entries were judged by a panel of independent Internet experts in such areas as design, navigation, innovation, and usefulness to target audience.
UPS named 'Most Innovative Company
In August 2004, UPS received the 2004 AXIEM for Absolute eXcellence in Electronic Media. The UPS Technology Synchronized CD received AXIEM's highest honor, the COPPER AXIEM™ for a national interactive media submission in the public relations category.
The AXIEM AWARDS are an international awards program created to honor those who produce the very best in all forms of electronic media. Each entry is judged solely on its own merits against an absolute standard of excellence established for each Medium, Market, and Category.
2003
UPS named 'Most Innovative Company
UPS received the inaugural American Business Award for "Most Innovative Company" for the technological advancements of its Worldportsm global air hub in Louisville, Ky. in April 2003. UPS was selected from 18 finalists for its outstanding leadership, innovation, perseverance, creativity, teamwork and integrity at companies of all sizes.
In an annual FORTUNE magazine survey, UPS has been rated "America's Most Admired" company in its industry for 19 consecutive years and the "World's Most Admired" company in its industry for four consecutive years. The company ranks in the Top 10 among all companies on seven of the nine attributes evaluated, including quality of management; quality of products and services; innovation; long-term investment value; financial soundness; ability to attract, develop and retain talent; responsibility to the community and environment; wise use of corporate assets, and global business acumen.
Whether you are looking for a professional career or a part-time position to pay for college, UPS is right for you.
UPS uses one of the world's most sophisticated digital information systems to deliver more than 14 million packages and documents each day. Spending more than US$1 billion a year on information technology, UPS provides its customers unparalleled capability
UPS information technology tracks and forecasts the movement of goods to ensure customers can monitor each step of the journey.
UPS's technology leadership gives customers tools to design and manage their supply chains to maximize profitability.
UPS.com, available in 22 languages on 104 country-specific sites, provides customers an array of interactive services beyond package shipping and tracking, as well as a host of downloadable software options. The site handles over 18 million page views and 10 million tracking requests on a daily basis.
UPS's databases and systems connect seamlessly with appropriate third parties to speed international trade and customs brokerage, plus streamline import and export documentation processing.
More than 200,000 UPS customers have incorporated UPS OnLine® Tools into their own Web sites to strengthen their customer service.
In addition to basic package tracking, UPS offers enhanced visibility services such as UPS Quantum View® and UPS Signature Tracking®, as well as advanced customized supply chain visibility services through its business units.
The sophisticated information technology of UPS World Ease® and UPS Trade Direct Ocean process goods as one unit for faster, more efficient shipping.
UPS employs 427,700 employees and spends roughly US$2.6 billion on health benefits each year covering approximately 725,000 people. These benefits range from typical medical, dental, and vision plans to wellness initiatives such as a tobacco cessation program and the availability of health coaches (Registered Nurses).
Despite rising healthcare costs, UPS continues to deploy innovative healthcare tools that are designed to improve the health and wellness of our people. Our strategy for reducing healthcare costs is focused on making our people smart healthcare consumers. Additionally we are engaging the health care system, providers, purchasers, the government and the health plans in order to work toward an effective system overhaul.
Diversity and UPS People
UPS’s workforce is multicultural, multidimensional, and reflective of the broad attributes of our global communities. In fact, each year since 1999, UPS has been consecutively ranked by FORTUNE® magazine as one of the "50 Best Companies for Minorities."
UPS understands that diversity encompasses more than ethnicity, gender, and age. It’s how employees think, the ideas they contribute, and their general attitude toward work and life.
Diversity is encouraged by recognizing the value of people’s different experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. Diversity is a valuable, core component of UPS because it brings a wider range of resources, skills, and ideas to the business.
Long-standing company policies - such as employee ownership, equal opportunity, promotion from within, and teamwork - have helped make UPS a preferred employer. Diversity impacts UPS’s business from many perspectives, whether it’s in meeting the needs of a diverse customer base, working with a diverse supplier network, or gaining momentum from the varied contributions of our diverse workforce.
African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Pacific Americans and other minorities make up 35 percent of the company’s 317,000 employees in the United States.
Minorities accounted for half of UPS’s new employees in 2003.
Women represent 27 percent of the U.S. management team and 21 percent of the overall workforce, holding jobs from package handlers, to drivers, to senior management and to the UPS Board of Directors.
Among the company’s 58,000 U.S. managers, minorities hold nearly 30 percent of those executive positions. Positions held include district managers, the UPS Management Committee, and UPS’s Board of Directors.
UPS Diversity Steering Council
UPS expects diversity to be fostered and encouraged by every UPSer in their daily commitment to the company.
UPS also has a Diversity Steering Council whose vision is to "ensure that workforce, customer, and supplier diversity remain a visible core value that is integral to our business, our community relationships, and The UPS Charter."
The UPS Diversity Steering Council is co-chaired by Chairman and CEO Mike Eskew, and Senior Vice President, Human Resources Lea Soupata. This cross-functional council consists of internal and external representatives.
Employer of Choice
UPS is frequently recognized for its commitment to diversity. Since 1999, UPS has been consecutivelyranked by Fortune magazine as one of 50 Best Companies for Minorities.
UPS was profiled as a leader in Hispanic magazine’s 13th annual Corporate 100 list, "a list of the top U.S. companies that excel in creating business and job opportunities for Hispanic Americans, as well as donating to philanthropies that target Latino communities."
Since 2000, UPS has been consecutively named a top corporation for Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
UPS was honored with the coveted NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Corporate Citizen of the Year Award.
UPS placed third in DiversityInc.com’s Diversity Top 30 poll. The poll rates corporations on a range of criteria from employment and advancement of people of color to advertising in ethnic media.
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