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Overcome Distribution challenges with UPS
By working with carriers, managing facilities, handling inventory control, fulfilling orders and more, UPS lets you focus on growing your business and gaining new customers.
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Advantages
You'll be better positioned to serve customers
Why not benefit from our established network of facilities, IT systems, and logistics experts to gain cost and service advantages.

We maintain over 35 million square feet of distribution and warehousing facilities, strategically located at approximately 1,000 sites in more than 120 countries. This allows for optimal staging of your inventory, which helps speed transit and lower overall transportation costs. You'll get the right amount of product to the right place at the right time to meet demand.

Whether you're part of a global conglomerate or a small but growing business, our distribution solutions can help yield critical business benefits that crystallise throughout your company--on P&L statements, in customer satisfaction surveys, and in the ability to penetrate and expand markets you weren't able to service in the past.
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Services
Services
UPS Supply Chain Solutions understands the movement of materials from your suppliers, vendors, and customers. No matter what type of products or markets you serve, we have the experience and expertise.

Some of the services we provide to our clients include:

• Import/Export
• Small parcel shipping
• Cross docking
• Facilities to accommodate healthcare, high-tech, retail, or direct-to-consumer distribution
• Contract (dedicated) and multi-client facilities
• Best-in-class technology
• Comprehensive value-added services

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Supply Chain Maturity and Performance

UPS has the brand, technology, and financial strength to provide the performance you expect from a supply chain provider.

UPS-Supply Chain Solutions helps you to:

• Improve warehouse inventory accuracy
• Reduce labor intensive procedures
• Centralise control of inventory across multiple facilities

 

Honors

• UPS Supply Chain Solutions was rated No. 1 in Inbound Logistics annual "Top 10 3PL Excellence Awards" Survey
• Transport Topics ranked UPS Supply Chain Solutions the No. 1 Third-Party Logistics Provider
• UPS Supply Chain Solutions was named "Best in Breed" by Consumer Goods Technology magazine
  

Inventory
Inventory
Systems That Tighten the Loop
The depth of our knowledge and the breadth of our resources can make you confident that nothing is left to chance. Inventory and data security stays tight. Billing is timely and accurate.

UPS technology integrated into your existing IT system enhances your capabilities. For example, get frequent snapshots of warehouse movements; track serial numbers or expiration dates; upload distribution mailing lists; or confirm shipments.

Some of the inventory management services we provide are:

• Inventory control
• Inventory visibility
• Unique inventory storage environments
• Data and physical security
• Reporting, measurement, and compliance
• FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone) and bonded

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Technology
Technology
Global Technology Infrastructure
UPS Supply Chain Solutions combines a shared IT platform with a network of multi-client distribution centers located strategically across the globe. Our priority is to enhance your supply chain efficiency and provide you value.

We provide best-in-class:

• Data centre excellence
• Disaster recovery programs
• Insurance coverage
• CPU/ operating system security
• Network, application and virus security
• 24 x 7 system support coverage and maintenance

 

Our technology support includes:

• Multilingual Call Center Support
• Private network
• Full 24 X 7 Operations
• Redundant Data Centers
• Self-sustainability

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Fast-Turn Fulfillment
Fast-Turn Fulfillment
Let UPS Supply Chain Solutions tackle your difficult distribution challenges--working with carriers, managing facilities, handling inventory control, fulfilling orders, and more--so that you can focus on growing your business and gaining new customers.

Distribution Fast-Turn Fulfillment Advantages:

• Minimise your capital investment
• Position products closer to your customers and reduce transportation expense
• Use our multi-carrier capabilities
• Ensure fast implementation of your distribution solution

 

Minimise your capital investment
Your company can benefit from our established network and IT systems to gain cost and service advantages--without the capital costs or the risks of investing in facilities and systems on your own.

Position products closer to your customers
Our network of facilities enables optimal staging of your inventory and helps reduce time-in-transit and overall transportation costs. Through our distribution network, you can reach 99% of the U.S. population in two days via UPS Ground delivery.

Benefit from our multi-carrier capabilities
UPS Supply Chain Solutions can help you match the right carriers with the right service at the right cost, enabling your company to reach customers efficiently around the country or around the world.

Access advanced systems to manage inventory and shipments
Our IT systems provide greater visibility and capture information you need to fulfill orders and optimise product inventory.

Ensure fast implementation of your distribution solution
UPS Supply Chain Solutions can get your distribution operations up-and-running in some cases in less than six weeks.

With UPS Supply Chain Solutions, you gain access to a full suite of distribution services that are critical to your success--backed by the power and reliability of UPS.