Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve now learned that UPS views same-day deliveries as an important piece of its last-mile delivery puzzle as it scooped up Atlanta-based Roadie on Friday. Roadie is a crowd-sourced, same-day delivery service that UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund invested in five years ago. Well, well, well. Good for them. ” For now.

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JUNE 21, 2021

UPS’s investor and analyst virtual conference a couple of weeks highlighted these two ingredients. In addition, UPS’s route optimization tool, On-Road Integrated Optimization, and Navigation (ORION) platform, has reduced more than 8 hours per driver per day. UPS has undoubtedly benefitted from these investments and more.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Shippers are scrambling to make contingency plans while other transportation modes – air, trucking, and perhaps barge – prepare to handle additional volume should there be a rail strike. ” Indeed, the AAR notes in a report, The Economic Impact of a Railroad Shutdown , that “UPS may be the single largest rail customer.

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