United Parcel Service: Basic Management Structure

“United Parcel Service: Basic management structure.”

The United Parcel Service known also as the “Brown Giant” is the powerhouse in the air delivery, freight and parcel service industry. The United Parcel Service is based in Atlanta and is the world’s largest package-delivery firm. UPS delivers more than 3 billion parcels and documents per year. United Parcel Service operates 150,000 vehicles and 575 airplanes and is the dominating force in the United States ground delivery market. UPS is announcing that it’s ever expanding company with new acquisitions in the Asia/Pacific region, Latin America, and Europe. With its bureaucratic approach to the company’s management system with tight rules and regulations, and a well-defined division of labor in each plant from top to bottom is key in there success. The company has daily worksheet to specify goals and the work output. The daily employee quotas and achievements are reported on a weekly and monthly basis. I have experienced this bureaucratic approach to management first hand as an employee at UPS. From my experience there, I have seen how the company works from the inside out. I hope to relate valuable information that I gained there in my assignment to develop and analyze the management aspects of the United Parcel Service. I will cover key issues in the basic management structure of UPS including the external factors that shape the organization of the company, recent challenges to UPS.

The United Parcel Service has taken steps to restructure itself from an operations-oriented company into a market driven industry. Recent findings suggested the need to achieve better external customer satisfaction. The steps taken were to improve the overall of all customers that utilize the services at UPS. Other key areas that need improvement are volume logistics and customer logistics. The main priority at UPS is to deliver the package on time. They provide a much-anticipated alternative to the monopoly of the United States Postal Service. This competitor has been unreliable on multiple occasions. The average customer is feed up with the inconsistencies of the United States Postal Service. Unlike this company, the United Parcel Service helped define the word efficiency. Even from the earliest days, when Jim Casey and Claude Ryan, two Seattle teens, gave life to the now world-known UPS delivery company. ”Management is the...

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...stry. The financial strengths of this company are continually growing. UPS is one of the few companies, and the only transportation services with a Triple-A credit rating from both Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.

This rating as well as many others factors have lead to the success of the United Parcel Service. The current status of the company reflects the strength of the their competitive position. The leaders of the current which include James Kelly, Michael L. Eskew, and John A. Duffy have set an example for anyone who is interested in management as a career. Their tactical maneuvers are first rate. This company succeeded because of the drastic communication advances. The customer is ultimately satisfied with the reliability of UPS to deliver on time. This is the marketing factor that sets UPS a step above the competition All decisions were made in the respect that the company would continue to bring the customer more than they expected. In turn United Parcel Service is an extremely profitable corporation. The environment provided by UPS keeps customers, employees, and managers working hard to keep up the high standards set by todays’ customers.