Global Ocean, Air, Land, and Multimodal Transportation

Global Ocean, Air, Land, And Multimodal Transportation
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Institutional Affiliation
The United Parcel Service (UPS) is a multinational company that deals with supply chain management and package delivery. The company has a freight-based trucking operation, a cargo airline, and packaging and shipping centers. The company is based in Sandy Springs, US (Adie, 2017).
Services offered by UPS
UPS offers shopping services whereby they provide the necessary technology required in the management of the shipping process. This applies to individuals, local, and global destinations. They ensure to offer tracking services by monitoring the various global supply chains and the parties involved. UPS has the infrastructure and expertise required to optimize the supply chain from the delivery destination to warehouses. The company also caters for returns management to ensure the satisfaction of the client. The Quantum View visibility helps the clients to manage their shipping information effectively. The client is able to choose whether they should provide a notification to the customers while the shipment is on its way or generate a tracking report (Kohli, 2007). The shipping history is always available to the customer.
Countries serviced
The company has a US Domestic Package, which offers delivery services throughout the US. The international package provides for the delivery of goods to more than 220 countries across the different parts of the world. The Supply Chain and Freight has operations in more than 175 countries whereby it deals with forwarding and contract logistics. They offer truckload (TL) and less than truckload (LTL) services to North America.
Schedules
UPS ensures to deliver customer packages from 9.00am to 7.00pm any day from Monday to Friday. In excep...