The deliveries must be on time, there should be accuracy by way of deliveries, ownership of not only the land based vehicles but also airplanes are important for success. Key success factors include safe deliveries and an excellent reputation. Recently there are key success factors related to information. Accessing the UPS website gives critical information about the whereabouts of the parcel to any customer at a low cost. Information about the merchandise, customers and goods is critical for success. What are the key success factors and risks for UPS given its business strategy? Timely, accurate and competitively priced services are the key success factors for UPS. Moreover, the ability to provide low cost access to customer's information about the location and contents of packages is an important success factor. The latest success factor is the ability of the customer to intercept and change the direction of a delivery. The risks are that owning trucks and planes may make the operation too costly. Moreover, UPS depends on its workers for deliveries and there are risks that the delivery may be late, wrongly delivered, or simply abandoned. There is a risk of wrong billing, damaged packages or lost packages.
How is UPS performing? What factors are driving this performance? Is the current performance likely to be sustained? Why or why not?
UPS is performing well. In 2006 the results of UPS reported earnings increase of $0.89 and this was an increase of 14.1% over the results announced in 2005. This performance has been fuelled by an increase of 9% in global small package volume. This increase amounts to 1.24 million packages every day. This performance is not likely to be sustained because this spurt is faster than the world market growth.
How is FedEx performing? How, if at all, do its performance and plans affect your assessment of the sustainability of UPS's current performance?
Federal Express is performing moderately
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