Insourcing


 * Background**:

Among the many things in the world today that are flattening are global economy is UPS, United Parcel Service. Commonly known as a shipping agency, UPS has turned into much more than simply the guy in the brown shorts who ships your goods from point A to Point B. UPS's knew business ventures have bumped them up a level in the field of globalizing our world.


 * Major distringuishing characteristics:**
 * UPS is no longer simply a shipping service.
 * They now manage a multitude of facets of many of the businesses and industries that they ship for.
 * Their relationships with these businesses have evolved into partnerships where UPS is taking the reins on particular departments within these large companies which makes business faster, easier, cheaper, and more efficient.
 * For instance their partnership with Toshiba now entails a UPS managed repair service for Toshiba laptops. This means that if you send in your toshiba lap-top for repair, Toshiba ain't fixin it. In fact, the laptop is sent to the UPS repair shop where toshiba-licensed professionals do the repairs.
 * UPS carries out this sort of business for many of the large companies they ship for.
 * Amongst the lot is Papa Johns Pizza, Wal-mart, and a spectrum of other large companies that utilize UPS's resources and capabilities to make business faster and more efficient.

Ultimate significance: UPS, commonly perceived as just another shipping agency is actually mapping its way through innovative business partnerships that are expanding their capabilities business potential and providing service at a higher level on the global scale.