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Optimizing Your Supply Chain

Control, speed and accuracy – from end to end.

The retail supply chain can be a complex puzzle that's unique to each individual enterprise. UPS solutions and tools have been developed to help address retail and consumer goods market complexities. Our expertise, technologies and global network of carriers and facilities coordinate to give you tracking visibility, inventory control and optimal shipping speeds for your business. Depend on us for the details, so you can concentrate on your core business and customer satisfaction.

Who This Is For

Retailers and consumer goods suppliers with complex supply chains who would like new tools or solutions for supply chain management and maximization.

For Every Link in Your Supply Chain

From coordinating suppliers to distributing to market—is your supply chain working as efficiently as it could? To minimize risk, improve speed-to-market, decrease shipping costs, and optimize your overall business, UPS offers a set of solutions and tools designed to make your supply chain more agile and efficient. We'll help you manage everything from purchase orders to delivery, whether through our set of proven solutions or plans designed to fit your specific goals and business.

Mitigating Supply Chain Risk

Your shipments are an investment, so protect them along the way. UPS has solutions for ensuring your shipments arrive safely, on time, as well as remedies if they don't. Our contract logistics team offers global warehousing, distribution, reverse logistics, and in-field repairs and service to help you maintain control and diminish in-transit risks.

With UPS Capital, retailers can protect against fraud, improve cash flow, insure goods, and convert payments to cash more quickly.

Managing Suppliers and Sourcing

Unify supplier oversight by combining the visibility and integration capabilities of our technology tools with proven logistics support and global resources. Monitor orders from P.O. generation, through shipping across modes and carriers, straight through delivery. This high level of visibility lets you identify issues and collaborate with vendors and carriers to devise a cost-effective solution. Plus, you can make coordination of imported supplies easier with UPS Import Control to manage speed and cost.

Synchronizing Your Supply Chain

Get your supply chain in sync by letting UPS coordinate the movement of goods from manufacturing to distribution to market. Our domestic and international multi-modal capabilities and network of carriers make transporting your supplies and finished goods seamless, across modes, speeds, or carriers. We can also prepare and process customs and other documentation, streamlining your international supply chain, reducing errors, and delivering at optimal speeds for your business.

Improving Business Processes

If you're in need of a process update or an operational refresh, UPS provides advice, customized solutions, and actionable plans to help your retail or supply business run more smoothly and profitably. We have tools and services for packing, fulfillment, and shipping including sustainable packaging, shipping, and delivery options.

For custom strategies, our Customer Solutions team will evaluate your operation and develop specific plans for maximizing your supply chain, managing transportation, warehouse design and inventory optimization. These solutions are created to fit your unique goals, budget, products, and challenges.

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Visibility Solutions: Watch your shipment's progress, all along the way--so when you see a red flag, you can take fast action.
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Returns/Recalls: Work with UPS to optimize a program for large-scale returns, recalls, or repair/replacements with full inventory lifecycle management.
UPS Signature Tracking: Add immediate proof of delivery to your shipping process, to build confidence with customers and expedite billing.

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Optimizing Your Supply Chain

Control, speed and accuracy – from end to end.

Who This Is For

For Every Link in Your Supply Chain

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