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It took four test matches but India were finally rewarded on their New Zealand tour with a 2-all draw with the Black Sticks in the women's international hockey match in Palmerston North tonight.
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1.0 Company Overview: ........................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 Internal Environment ......................................................................................................................... 3 2.1Corporate Culture ........................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Corporate Structure ....................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 Business Model .............................................................................................................................. 7 2.5 Strengths and Weakness ................................................................................................................ 9 2.5.1 Strengths ................................................................................................................................. 9 2.5.2 Weakness .............................................................................................................................. 11 3.0 Question 2 ....................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 Business and Corporate Strategy of UPS ....................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 How successful is their business strategy and what are their short comings........................... 16 3.1.2 Performance Review of UPS .................................................................................................. 16 3.2 Portfolio Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 17 4.0 Opportunities and Weaknesses ........................................................................................................ 19 4.1 Opportunities .................................................................................................................................. 19 4.1.1 Geographical Expansion ........................................................................................................ 19 4.1.2 Expanding Chinese Market .................................................................................................... 20 4.1.3 Online Shopping .................................................................................................................... 20 4.2Threats ......................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2.1 Overall Threat Assessments................................................................................................... 21 5.0 TOW Matrix ..................................................................................................................................... 23 REFERENCE: ........................................................................................................................................... 24
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1.0 Company Overview: United Parcel Service (UPS) is one of the oldest and most successful courier companies in the world. It was founded in the year 1907 and started as a messenger company in the United States of America. Sine their humble beginnings UPS has grown from strength to strength to a $36 billion dollar corporation. UPS is a multi national company and is one of the worlds most recognized and admired brands around the globe. They are also one of the largest package delivery companies in the world and a major competitor of FedEx and DHL in supply chain management operations. Every day, they manage the flow of goods, funds, and information in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. (Webmaster [b], 2006) UPS, as the world's largest package delivery company and global leader in supply chain services, understands that optimizing their businesses efficiency is essential for their company to cope with increasing management pressures. This reflects UPS's global strategy to offer its customers a convenient way to streamline their supply chain and improve business performance
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2.0 Internal Environment 2.1Corporate Culture The corporate culture of UPS revolves around its rich history. This is because the company had spent decades trying and testing their methods to perfect their system on which their built to provide their customers with quality and satisfaction. The corporate culture of UPS is always adapting with the flow of time in order to make sure their business models and methods do not become obsolete and ineffective. This was due to a lesson they learnt very early on in their history. There was a time when UPS was known to be as reliable a Santa Claus sleigh because during the Christmas season when their business was at its peak they were always reliable and on time with their deliveries unlike their major competitor at the time the U.S. Postal Services. The trademark brown trucks of UPS was seen as remarkable and the epitome of workmanship. Then as time passed by UPS observed that their business was dropping and they were loosing their customers to new competitors emerging in the market. After conducting an analysis of their operations they realized that their methods and strategies had become obsolete and smaller companies and old competitors had developed new strategies as times had changed. This lead to UPS conducting surveys on what their customers wanted and cashing in on the intellectual capital of their firm to revamp their operation and come with new cutting edge strategies to capture a large part of the market share once again. (Day, 1995) In UPS the corporate believes that organizational development is a long term effort to introduce changes which increases the efficiency throughout an organization and is a tool that enables managers to adapt their strategies to cope up with the changing demands of the environment. They believe that organizational development should pave the way for improving quality, increasing innovation and more customer oriented service. After more than 50 years of success UPS found themselves in a situation where new companies were stealing their market share. This made UPS realize that efficiency doesn t always go hand in hand with success. This is because UPS previously was an operations oriented company. Therefore after analyzing their environment and monitoring the changes UPS realized that it
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was high time to reinvent itself by employing an adoptable corporate culture. This enabled them to change their company operations by refocusing their values from efficiency to quality, increasing innovation by investing heavily on technology and by investing into other business opportunities in the form of passenger charters. As a result of these transformations UPS has evolved into a market driven company with an emphasis on customer satisfaction. UPS s adoptable corporate culture was put into practice since they realized that a company s corporate culture should always be adoptable to change in order for the company to thrive in a changing landscape. It is very important to understand that a corporate culture is a system of shared values and beliefs which has an impact on the people, system and structure of a particular company. It is a belief system that gives shape to the way things are done, a sense of how to behave and where to place priorities in achieving a goal. (Harvey & Brown, 1996) Therefore in UPS these stories and historical events serves to enforce the need for an adoptable culture due to which managers and workers strain to be innovative and be able to apply different strategies which enables them to be innovative and meet their goals.
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2.2 Corporate Structure The co-corporate structure employed by UPS is illustrated in Fig.1. Upon observation of the image it can be said that UPS s corporate works on a functional structure.
Figure 1: Operational Structure An organization which conducts its day to day activities based on a functional structure consists of many functional departments that specialize in unique fields. Each department will have a functional head in the form of managers or directors depending on whether the particular department is represented at board level.
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The image depicted by Fig.1. Shows that UPS consists of 11 departments upon which the whole organization is constructed upon. They are: y y y y y y y y y y y CFO UPS Airlines Compliance and Legal CIO Communication and Brand group management Engineering, Strategy and Support Transportation service and Labor relations Human Resource UPS International US Operations Sales and Marketing
Functional structure strategy is one of the most commonly used systems in many companies. One of the main reasons behind the selection of this structure is that it enables UPS to have high specialization and high control in order to achieve maximum efficiency. Since most of the departments in the function are controlled by a member who is in the top management, authority in the organization is centralized and as a result the decision making process is much faster which would lead to the recourses of the company being utilized efficiently. UPS makes sure that the heads of each department are highly skilled and experts in their field which allows them to conduct operations with a very high level of efficiency. The other benefit from this structure is that operations in each department are transparent to the top management and it makes it easier for individuals to have career advancements. Unlike their competitors FedEx and DHL who have a multi divisional structure UPS have significantly low operating expenses and shorter decision making time which gives them a crucial advantage over their rivals.
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That being said there are some limitations UPS face due to employing this strategy. This is because there could be occasions where there is no communication between any departments since they are all specialized in their respective fields and some times there might be scenarios where decision making might take long time. This could be due to the top level of management having delays in solving a problem, implementing changes or not responding quickly enough to demands that may arise. 2.4 Business Model The current business strategy being employed by UPS is the Total Quality approach. They apply this strategy across all parts of their business. The reason behind the selection of this approach which was implemented in 1994 according to their previous CEO was because they wanted to make the quality of UPS the best in the world. The application of this form of business strategy was done in order to improve their productivity, efficiency and quality. One of the key benefits of implementing this strategy is that it emphasizes on continuous improvement. It works as a cross functional, management led philosophy which results in improving customer satisfaction. The reason that UPS is very affective with this business model is because they have all the basics for the implementation of this philosophy. Their top management actively supports this model and makes sure every department in their organization implements it. The other reason is due to the fact that this model goes hand in hand with UPS s corporate culture. UPS believes in being highly adaptable in order to improve their services and TQM focuses on continuous improvement. (Duffy and Tom, 1996) From putting this model into practice UPS makes sure their staff member from the various departments are pro active and involved in order to make the development work. They also have many work teams who are self managed and due to this model they are more involved because they understand the vision of the organization and apply strategies and ideas which brings the vision to life. Unlike many other companies where information sharing between different departments is a bureaucratic night mare in UPS information is shared openly between departments. This is because TQM needs information to keep flowing in order for continued improvement.
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It has to be understood that TQM encourages teams to be self reliant and feel more empowered due to this the staffs jobs are broken down to five dimensions. They are: y y y y y Feed Back Autonomy Task Significance Task Identity Skill Variety
UPS makes sure all the dimensions listed above are addressed by their staff and as a result their staffs are more self-directed. UPS knows that to successfully employ this strategy their staff should have incentives which would make them strive for the betterment of the company. Therefore they provide their staff with a network for support and incentives in the form of career development. (Isidore and Chris, 1996) UPS realized that even though TQM is a business model which compliments their culture that there are times it might not work. Therefore in order to make sure it works all the time they monitor their operations to see if the model is failing or not being implemented affectively. Since UPS has many self managed teams managers are always monitoring their employee s moral. At the same time some employees might feel that they do not fit into the company process. Therefore managers have to address these concerns in order for TQM to be effective. UPS makes sure all their staff member are highly trained and given merit for their work due to which they will have enough information on their role therefore they are in a situation where they are able to execute their tasks efficiently. The main reason that the TQM business model is being implemented by UPS very effectively is because their top management believes that they should keep improving in every façade of their organization in order to provide the best quality possible in the industry. Therefore they focus on making sure that their staffs are energized by their quality of their work.
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This business model is a guide that UPS follows but they understand that it is not a quick fix but a way of life that the company should adopt. The reason this business model has been met with a lot of success in UPS is because they wanted to be the best in their industry and maintain their position. In order to monitor the success gained by employing this model UPS conducts a special management session of DOF (Delivering Our Future - Taking a Leadership Role in Total Quality) in order to create an awareness of the competitive reasons for Total Quality and the role all management at UPS would play in the process. (Ferguson, 1995) 2.5 Strengths and Weakness 2.5.1 Strengths UPS is one of the major companies in the courier industry due to three key strengths. These strengths are: y y y Strong market position Broad portfolio of services Robust Infrastructure
The following part of the report will highlight why the three factors mentioned above are the key strengths of UPS. 184.108.40.206 Strong Market Position When taking into consideration the volume and revenue earned by a company in the courier industry UPS stands out as one of the largest package delivery companies in the world. UPS spans across 200 countries and have more than 1.8 million customers. It delivers more than 15 million parcels a day on average to both local and international destinations. UPS conducts a very intensive and extensive integrated global ground and air network which consists of more than 140,000 international and domestic access points. There ground fleet consists of a staggering amount of more than 100,000 vehicles which spans from custom built delivery cars to large trailers and tractors. Their air fleet consists of more than 500 airplanes. The success of the company is such that they handle the supply chains for many large and small enterprises in
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more than 150 countries in various countries around the globe. UPS is also one of the leading providers of less-than truckload transportation services. (UPS Prospectus) They also enjoy a strong presence in the North and South American continent and are known as one of the largest logistics and air cargo provider in the region. Upon observation of the share price of UPS in the US Stock Market Dow Jones it can be seen that UPS has enjoyed seven years of consistent growth. Its strong market position is also highlighted by many financial magazines. Fortunes 500 listed UPS as the 43rd most successful company in terms of revenue earned. Newsweek magazine ranked UPS as the 85th Greenest Company in America. Black enterprise magazine listed UPS among the 40 best companies in the world and according to Hispanic Business Magazine it was among the Top 50 companies for staff diversity. UPS biggest badge came from Inter-Brand when they were listed among the Top 100 of the Best Global Brands. It was also included in the America s Top Corporations for Women s Business Enterprises every year since 1999. (UPS Prospectus) The strong market position UPS enjoys enable them to serve a broad range of customers across various parts of the globe and be a major player in many international markets. It also enjoys a very strong brand image due to its strong market position and as a result enjoys the benefit of economies of scale. 220.127.116.11 Broad Portfolio of Services UPS enjoys many benefits due to the very diverse end markets that it serves. It offers a number of services across its three different business spectrums. When taking into consideration the USA UPS domestic contingent consists of both air and ground delivery of small packages and letters to and from all the states in the US. The main reason UPS is preferred over all their competitors is because UPS provides guaranteed, on time delivery of their packages. UPS delivers to more businesses and zip codes in the US, and worldwide from the US, than its competitors. The international package segment of UPS also provides air and ground delivery of small packages like it domestic segment counterpart to over 200 countries and territories around the
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world. The freight and supply chain segment of UPS forwards freights, trouble shoots management issues and provides international trade services. They also specialize in trouble shooting various transportation issues air, ground, ocean freight and customs brokerage trade and materials management. They are unique from all their other competitors because they provide a diverse range of financial services. They provide short term and long term financing, working capital, secured lending, letters of credit, credit cards and equipment leasing. They also help companies to balance revenues in the face of a slowdown in a particular segment. 220.127.116.11 Robust Infrastructure Unlike other companies in the industry UPS has a very strong transportation infrastructure UPS has a strong transportation infrastructure. It operates a ground fleet of approximately 101,900 vehicles, which reaches all business and residential zip codes in the contiguous US. It also operates an air fleet of 510 aircraft, and is one of the largest airlines in the world. The customer pool of UPS enjoys convenient collections because UPS has more than 141,000 domestic and international access points. These access points consist of more then 35,000 branded drop boxes, 1,100 customer centers 4,800 independently owned and operated The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. locations worldwide, 2,700 alliance partner locations, 12,000 authorized shipping outlets and commercial counters, and 81,900 UPS drivers who can accept packages given to them. On top of that UPS owns more than 20 principal US package principal operating facilities. A strong infrastructure provides the company the advantages of reputation, service quality and economies of scale that differentiate it from its competitors. (UPS Prospectus) 2.5.2 Weakness Even though ups enjoys substantial amount of growth they have two major weaknesses. They are: y y Geographical Concentration High Debts
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188.8.131.52 Geographical Concentration One of the biggest business factors that UPS needs take into consideration is their exposure. Even though they have operation in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East they concentrate primarily on their domestic market based in the USA. Even though they enjoyed high revenues for the FY09 75% of it was generated from their domestic market. When this is compared to their competitors like DHL, FedEx and TNT they have operations in various European and Asian countries such as The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, China, India, Brazil, Australia, among others. They rely too much on one region in which they operate domestically. This exposes the company to a lot of negative influence. For example the recession in the US had a major impact on UPS. This is because they are overly exposed to the risk of downturns in the country's macroeconomic conditions and increases its business risk. (UPS Prospectus) 18.104.22.168 High Debt UPS is experiencing a worrying trend in the form of rising trends. This can be seen from the increasing debts they accumulated of three continuous financial years from FY08 to FY11. This has provided UPS with a dilemma where they should generate a constant cash flow in the form of cash to service in order to reduce their rising gearing. When taking into consideration their debt equity which is 1.1% to their competitors who debt equities are: y y y y Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (0.64) UTi Worldwide (0.4) Pacer International (0.29) Forward Air (0.23)
It can be seen that UPS has to solve this issue because it will play a negative role on their growth.
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Internal Factors Strengths Strong market position
Weight 0.25
Rating 4.5
Weighted Score 1.125
Comments Business strategy which differentiated UPS from competitors. UPS is executing this better than competitors. UPS has the least inventory turnover days in the industry. UPS will be overly exposed to negative down turns in the countries macro environment Since UPS follows direct sales model, dell lacks relationship with retailers.
Broad Portfolio of Services
Robust Infrastructure
Weaknesses Dependency domestic market in the USA
High Debt
Total Scores =1.00
Total Scores =4.18
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3.0 Question 2 3.1 Business and Corporate Strategy of UPS The reason UPS has a very effective business strategy is because they know how exactly they want to compete with their competitors. They make use of a supply chain strategy which works in tandem with their business goals. UPS aims to be a low cost service provider therefore their supply chain compliments this. Their supply chains focuses on their customer pool and this has always been the main focus of UPS. It has to be understood that the success of a strategy is only as good as the business and how well they execute their goals. UPS links a great supply chain strategy with excellent operational coordination that provides not only the company but their partners and customers with excellence. The corporate strategy that UPS implement is the backward vertical method. They have their own private air fleet and ground vehicles which they use to deliver and compliment their operation. Strategic accusation of their competitors and assets has made them grow from a back water beginning to a global power horse in the courier industry.
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3.1.1 How successful is their business strategy and what are their short comings. UPS operates in a very complex industry where time is of the essence. Therefore a competent supply chain strategy is very vital for UPS to provide timely, accurate and competitive prices. Their main shortcoming with their business model was technology as their competitors took over them, this lead to UPS investing heavily on technology to improve their failing supply chain. Since then UPS has a well developed computer system which provides their customers with convenience at the same time the ability to provide low cost access to customer s information about the location and contents of packages is an important success factor. All that taken into consideration it is therefore very important to equate the human part of the formula. UPS depends mainly on their workers and this brings an element of unpredictability due to human short comings. UPS may sometimes face a risk that the delivery may be late, wrongly delivered, damaged packages, lost packages, or even strikes when workers refuses to work. At the same time UPS s strategy of expansion to other countries may be threaded by changes in political alliances between the countries involved in the shipping process (sending/receiving). Tariffs and other political barriers may be created as retaliation or protectionism to the national industry in the country of interest. 3.1.2 Performance Review of UPS Even though UPS relies too much on their domestic operations in the states and is having increasing debts, UPS is showing a lot of improvement in their performance. They currently have more than 300,000 employees and their assets keep increasing. The company currently delivers more than 13million parcels a day and their annual revenue yearly is more than $25billion dollars. They operate in over 200 countries around the globe and they are currently investing a lot of money in technology which will surely increase their market share since they have been till date driven forward by excellence in the fields of pricing and quality. (Webmaster [b], 2006) They are also implementing TQM which will improve their management programs and have better trained staff that will be more empowered. One of the reason UPS could be spending a lot of time and effort on their staff could be to lift the moral of their employees who went
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through a severe recession. UPS has experienced an exponential rate of growth however it is most likely that this growth will slow down in the coming months because their growth rate is faster than the world market. 3.2 Portfolio Analysis To conduct an appropriate analysis of UPS the BCG Growth Share Matrix will be utilized.
BCG Growth-Share Matrix
Question Marks
Book Keeping
Business Growth Rate
Cash Cows Package Deliveries
Dogs Local Posts
Market Share
From the above matrix it can be seen that the real star of UPS is a new service they are providing to the market in the form of financing. Due to the current landscape where the US economy is coming from a recession, many analysts predict the US market to start growing. Due to this many people would like to apply for loans and UPS using its strong brand name could attract customers and make them steer away from the banks. This would be easy for UPS since many of the general public in the US blame the bank for the severe backlash they faced in the recession.
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Therefore providing short term and long term financing, working capital, secured lending, letters of credit, credit cards and equipment leasing could be the next big star for UPS, since many of their competitors haven t even explored this option. The cash cow according to the matrix is the delivery of packages that UPS conducts. This is because it has been the companies main staple in the balance sheet in terms of revenue earned. Their markets are growing internationally and locally and especially in the US UPS has a very strong market presence since more than 70% of their revenues come from domestic operations. The real question mark for UPS is book keeping. This is because many companies could easily hire an accountant for book keeping and they would be considerably cheaper than UPS and therefore it is not very clear whether this service will pick up or fall into dogs. The final part of the matrix (dogs) consists of local posts. This is because with the use of e-mail many people in the US are using e-mails to communicate with each other instead of letters. Therefore delivery of letters among states is decreasing. Do not be mistaken that UPS is loosing business in their domestic home front. What they lack in letters they make up for it in parcel especially during holiday seasons when loved ones send parcel and gifts to each other.
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4.0 Opportunities and Weaknesses
4.1 Opportunities Due to globalization and the exponential rate at which the global market, many business opportunities open up that UPS could capitalize on. The most significant opportunities that are available to UPS are: y y y Geographical Expansion Expanding Chinese Market Online Shopping
4.1.1 Geographical Expansion One of the biggest weakness UPS has is their over reliance on the US market therefore to insulate the company form the negative affects that could impact the macro environment of the states UPS should seriously consider expanding to regions around the globe. UPS first showed intention of reaching across borders when they acquired a unit of Intereuropa Globalni Logisticni Servis which is a firm that has been delivering small packages within Slovenia since 1991. (Yahoo, 2009) This business move showed a lot of promise since UPS will now be able to invest in its global brand, transportation network, technology and workforce to serve its growing customer in a more effective and efficient manner. One should also consider that once UPS has consolidated its hold on the market share of Slovenia they would be able to focus on expanding across the borders into break away counties of the former USSR. Also with the growing strength of FedEx and DHL in the Middle East region and Asia it is very heartening to see a new global player enter the scene in the form of UPS as they strive to garner a large portion of the market share in the region. This intention was highlighted by UPS when they announced a new joint venture which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates. (Webmaster [a], 2009)
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Also with new entrants entering the Mexican courier industry UPS to ensure that they do not loose their market share to the new entrants came up with a new service in the form of UPS Standard which gives their existing customers concessions. All this information shows that UPS has to seriously consider to aggressively garnering more of the market share globally since they have the recourses and the capital to do so. 4.1.2 Expanding Chinese Market The Chinese economy is currently the world s fastest growing industry and attempts made by DHL and FedEx to secure a foot hold in China has been rebuffed by the Chinese Government. This provides a unique scenario to UPS who could learn from the mistakes committed by their biggest competitors and severely hamper them by trying to arrange favorable terms with the Chinese government to conduct operations in China. They could promise the government to hire only Chinese workers and provide them a high caliber of training and in order to sweeten the pie they could agree to a 5-10 year profit sharing venture with the government. This may at first seem like UPS is making a loss but in a region which is soon becoming the financial hub in the world and with close proximities to Honk Kong and Singapore it can be said with a certain amount of confidence that UPS stands to benefit more than they will loose. 4.1.3 Online Shopping The online shopping industry has grown explosively in the last five years with an unprecedented rate of growth that this is a field that UPS should definitely consider expanding into before one of their competitors do. Total sales generated by e-commerce have grown explosively over the last five years. Though economy took a massive beating from the backlash of the recession online retail still shows more signs of the consumerism during recession than consumer retail as a whole. A majority of US online consumers changed their mindsets from 'cutting back' to 'spending cautiously' and shifted more of their shopping habits online. Therefore this is a golden opportunity for a company like UPS to use its supply chain which is one the best in the world and pool its capital and recourses to open an online market.
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4.2Threats The main threats that UPS faces are: y y y Compliance with Government Regulations Strikes and work stoppage Intense Competition
4.2.1 Overall Threat Assessments Government regulation affects the business of UPS since they are subject to numerous other laws and regulations in connection with its non-package businesses, including customs regulations, Food and Drug Administration regulation of the transportation of pharmaceuticals, and state and federal lending regulations. These laws and regulations affect the company's operations on its customer sites and in some instances, impose added costs on the company's business. A violation of these laws and regulations could result in imposition of fines and penalties or the termination of the company's contracts. Such regulations could put pressures on the company and affect its cost structure. (Cleland and Carmel, 1996) In terms of work stoppage the company may lose its customers permanently, if it is unable to provide uninterrupted service and this could adversely affect the company s business, financial position and results of operations. The terms of future collective bargaining agreements also may affect UPS competitive position and results of operations. Labor problems could disrupt the company's operations, resulting in lower revenues and loss of credibility. (Cleland and Carmel, 1996) Last but not the least is the intense competition in the transportation industry continues to consolidate and competition remains strong. As a result of consolidation, the company s competitors may increase their market share and improve their financial capacity, and may strengthen their competitive positions. Business combinations could also result in competitors providing a wider variety of services and products at competitive prices, which could adversely affect UPS financial performance.
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External Factors Opportunities Geographical Expansion
Weight 0.25
Rating 4.5
Weighted Score 1.125
Comments UPS is now concentrating on expanding since it is overly reliant on its domestic market UPS will be able to hamper there rivals severely if they secure a foot hold in china This is a rapidly evolving industry which the company should capitalize on. UPS should try and become first movers. Is a very important and key issue since UPS stands to loose their license if they violate any regulations Should make sure their work forces morals high since any disruption in service would make the customers loose confidence Business combinations could also result in competitors providing a wider variety of services and products at competitive prices, which could adversely affect UPS financial performance.
Expanding Chinese Market
Online Shopping
Threats Compliance with government regulation
Strikes and work stoppage
Intense Competition
Total Scores =1.00
Total Scores =3.31
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5.0 TOW Matrix
WEAKNESSES 1. Geographical Concentration 2. High Debts
1. Strong Market Position 2. Broad portfolio of Services 3. Robust Infrastructure
OPPURTUNITIES 1. Geographic Expansion 2. Expanding Chinese Market 3. Online Shopping
SO Strategies UPS can make use of a strong brand name to expand its business in new emerging markets. Through diversification, and increasing their portfolios UPS can efficiently use internet as a one stop shopping ability for its customers.
WO Strategies By expanding their business around the globe UPS can insulate itself from the US market since it is overly reliant on it. They should start investing more on R&D to create new services and new products and become first movers in the industry. This is something DHL and FedEx always did before UPS
ST Strategies
WT Strategies Through broadening their portfolios UPS can incur more revenue through which they can reduce their gearing which is increasing for three years in a row. UPS can reduce competitor rivalry by targeting on wide range of geographic location and thereby have a broader portfolio.
1. Government Regulation UPS can use its strong 2. Strikes and work stoppage brand name and 3. Intense Competition sophisticated supply chain to act as a deterrent when a new company enters the market. It can also have a separate department which liaises with the workers union in the UPS to ensure there moral is high.
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Last night, NASA's network of all-sky meteor cameras detected 56 Geminid fireballs streaking over the southern United States. The multi-camera system automatically triangulates to find the orbits of any meteoroids it detects. Here is last night's orbit diagram:
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id say there was alot more then 56
NASA says that another meteor shower, appearing for the first time this year, could add to the count of Geminids on Dec. 13th. The source of the new shower is Comet 46P/Wirtanen. Veteran sky watcher Doug Zubenel of Kansas sends this report of a possible sighting: "I believe this shower is real, because at ~ 19:30 hrs, CST on Dec. 10th, I saw a very slow-moving meteor nearly as bright as Jupiter enter the frame of my windshield as I was driving east, and it was in Taurus moving toward the Orion/Gemini border. It's path led back through the radiant in Pisces. While this obviously does not prove it was from Wirtanen, it certainly seems likely
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<img src="my_data_file"/>, and hope I can get the raw data from the element, but no way. If the javascript can not do this, is there any workaround to use existed html tags to read the raw data?
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There is local storage, and it works like a database. Here's a nice tutorial.
You'll have to load the images dynamically though using the Image() object. The browser should cache images in offline mode though...
This question looks pretty similar to what you're looking for:
Can you use HTML5 local storage to store a file? If not, how?
I use the Web SQL db (which can have a max storage of 50MB on iOS; variable size in Android) for local image storage. I serialize the images as base64 (on the server side, but could be done client-side as well) and store them in the sqlite db as text. It's not unlimited storage, but it beats 5MB.
You may want to take a look at this project http://www.phonegap.com/ as a possible longer term solution for the problem of accessing device files. What this system does is provide you with a javascript API for some of the devices actual hardware features, possibly including the file IO you would need to manipulate large files. Its been an open source project that has been around for quite some time, but has some tradeoffs, like you have to actually deploy a separate binary to each target OS. :-/


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CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 07/24/14 -- They've got money, connections and hordes of eager college students. Ten U.S. cities head a new list of best places to develop and distribute drugs...of the legal kind, that is.
The 2014 JLL Global Life Sciences Cluster Report (EMBEDDED IN STORY: http://www.slideshare.net/JLL/top-us-clusters) analyzes the top cities where science and pharmaceutical innovation converge. Boston stands at No. 1, cited for its ability to attract venture capital and funding from the federal National Institutes of Health, in addition to industry-leading research and development resources.
"With its unprecedented concentration of uniquely skilled talent, leading hospitals, world renowned academic institutions, pharmaceutical research centers, and deep financial resources, Boston has long been the ideal place to start a new biotech company," said Glenn Batchelder, chairman of MassBio, a nonprofit organization of 620 biotechnology companies in Massachusetts, in a recent statement.
New kids on the block
San Diego and San Francisco come in at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, largely because of their ability to attract small start-ups, mid-tier biotech firms and specialty companies that saw increases in year-over-year employment and establishments. San Francisco, for example, saw a staggering 15.2 percent increase in life sciences employment last year, by far the highest growth in any U.S. city.
That growth represents a significant trend in the pharmaceutical industry. Mergers and acquisitions altered the Big Pharma landscape in the wake of the global financial crisis, as many of the big companies consolidated their product portfolios. Today, small- to medium-sized companies and specialty players are growing steadily, propelling initial public offerings to a volume not seen since the "dot com" era.
"The right-sizing and reshuffling of the global biopharmaceutical companies has left its mark on key U.S. cities," said Roger Humphrey, executive managing director of JLL's Life Sciences group.
Here are JLL's 2014 rankings of the top 10 U.S. cities for life sciences, based on innovation, growth, revenue and prominence in the industry:
1. Greater Boston (no change)
2. San Francisco Bay Area (+1)
3. San Diego (-1)
4. Raleigh-Durham (no change)
5. New Jersey/NYC/Westchester (+2)
6. Los Angeles/Orange County (+2)
7. Philadelphia (-2)
8. Suburban Maryland/Metro Washington DC (-2)
9. Minneapolis/St. Paul (no change)
10. Seattle (no change)
Universities: The Core of Life Science Clusters
Want to be a center of pharmaceutical development and innovation? University campuses are a crucial part of the equation.
From the University of Massachusetts to Johns Hopkins University and the University of California Berkley, all of the top 10 cities boast nearby research institutions feeding the area's R&D pipelines, said Erin Bovee, lead researcher for the JLL study. "These universities serve as the bridge between basic research funded by NIH and other grants, and the in-depth exploration of new pharmaceutical products needed to attract private funding and bring the product to market," Bovee added.
Miles Wright, CEO of Xanofi, in Raleigh-Durham (No. 4 on JLL's list) said that much of the innovation in the life sciences industry couldn't be done without local universities. Xanofi develops nanofibers, which can be used to create artificial organ components and drug delivery applications.
"We see a lot of small companies coming out of universities," Wright said. "Now more than ever you have to have university research to be a successful life sciences cluster, including significant R&D spend in your area. Without that, it's pretty difficult to grow."
As of now, U.S. cities lead the world in pharmaceutical innovation, but that could be changing. In recent years, countries such as the Netherlands, Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan have all outpaced the United States in advanced research degrees, according to the National Science Foundation.
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Logitech to Acquire LifeSize Communications
Logitech to Acquire LifeSize Communications
FREMONT, Calif. and ROMANEL-SUR-MORGES, Switzerland, Nov. 10, 2009 - Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI), a leader in PC video communication, today announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held LifeSize Communications of Austin, Texas for $405 million in cash. LifeSize is a global leader in high definition (HD) video communication solutions, with more than 9,000 video conferencing customers across 80 countries in large enterprises, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and public healthcare, education and government organizations.
LifeSize's industry leading HD video conferencing solutions provide superior quality of experience and are flexible, easy to use, install and manage - with unmatched price/performance.
"We expect this acquisition to enable Logitech to extend our leadership in video communication beyond the desktop," said Gerald P. Quindlen, Logitech president and chief executive officer. "Together we can make life-like, HD-quality video communication as mainstream and seamless as a telephone, for meeting participants in the boardroom, at their office desk, in a remote-location meeting room, telecommuting from home or on the go with a laptop."
"LifeSize was founded on the vision of providing life-like visual-communication solutions to change the way the world communicates," said Craig Malloy, LifeSize co-founder and chief executive officer. "We believe that together with Logitech, we can realize that vision for all enterprises - private and public - and small and medium businesses. Our combined proven innovation can accelerate mainstream adoption of video communication by anyone, anywhere."
Logitech and LifeSize plan to pursue existing and new relationships with unified communications, collaboration and VoIP industry partners and competitors to drive the development of an open eco-system for interoperable video communication.
Logitech and LifeSize also expect to further video communication growth by leveraging their combined technology expertise as well as Logitech's world-class manufacturing and supply chain operations, extensive R&D, expertise in user experience and globally recognized brand.
Logitech plans for LifeSize to operate as a separate division in Austin under the leadership of Mr. Malloy as the LifeSize Communications chief executive officer, reporting to Mr. Quindlen. LifeSize expects approximately $90 million in revenue in CY 2009, with CY 2010 revenue expected to grow between 40 percent and 60 percent. Logitech expects the acquisition to be neutral to slightly positive to its operating income (excluding acquisition-related charges) in FY 2011, ending March 31, 2011, and positive thereafter.
The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including antitrust approval, and is expected to close in December.
Logitech will hold its Analyst and Investor Day in New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. A discussion of this acquisition will be included in the briefing. A live webcast of the briefing, along with presentation slides, will be available on the Logitech corporate Web site at http://ir.logitech.com.
About Logitech
Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).
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