UPS CampusShip Continues Its Global Trek; Web-Based Shipping Solution Now Available in 42 Countries.ATLANTA -- UPS CampusShip(TM), a Web-based technology that makes it easy for far-flung employees to use a common package shipping system, is expanding its geographic reach to 17 additional countries and another territory. The expansion brings to 42 the number of countries and territories in which business customers can use the technology. With UPS CampusShip, employees in different locations can easily process and prepare UPS package shipping labels from their own computers. Company managers, meantime, can monitor the process; establish company or department shipping guidelines (i.e., certain employees can ship air express), and accurately track and allocate shipping costs by department or location "This expansion of CampusShip certainly illustrates UPS's broad global reach but also the company's ongoing commitment to building new options for our customers," said Kurt Kuehn, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. "More of our customers are expanding their own operations around the globe and CampusShip allows them to easily standardize shipping options for their entire enterprise." "CampusShip enables us to increase the visibility of our shipments from various locations and puts us in control of all deliveries," said Mitsuyoshi Okamura, Section Manager of the Logistics Department at Casio, the digital technology company that produced the world's first compact electronic calculator in 1957. Casio manufactures products at facilities in Japan and other Asian countries Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent Asian nation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" , but has expanded its supply chain globally to include distribution facilities in Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. as well as Asia. "And we rely on CampusShip to optimize our internal shipping activities in order to remain competitive," added Okamura. UPS launched CampusShip in 2002, initially just in the United States. Two years later, CampusShip's geographic reach was expanded to 23 additional countries and territories. The continuing international expansion has proven particularly useful for companies in the financial, insurance, real estate, legal, automotive and retail industries as well as for higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. and government organizations. The latest geographic expansion includes Austria, the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Indonesia, Israel, Macau, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam. UPS CampusShip already was available to customers in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States. CampusShip is available in 20 languages. UPS is the world's largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain services, offering an extensive range of options for synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. the movement of goods, information and funds. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., UPS serves more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. UPS's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (UPS), and the company can be found on the Web at UPS.com. |
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