Small Business. Synchronized
UPS has always been a partner of small businesses and, in fact, the company was
started in 1907 as a bicycle messenger service on just $100. UPS understands that
a small business owner’s passion and focus is on running and building their
business, not operational details like shipping. UPS makes shipping easy and fast
for small business - whether it’s around the corner or around the
world.
Each time a UPS driver in the friendly brown uniform - which represents
one of the world’s most recognized, trusted and admired brands -
delivers to the customer of a small business, it reinforces the UPS brand promise
of guaranteed reliability and quality.
UPS recognizes that efficiency is invaluable to the small business owner, particularly
as today’s small businesses are pressured more than ever to manage their
costs, free up funds to fuel growth, and enhance market responsiveness. To meet
the challenges of small businesses, UPS offers a portfolio of innovative services
that are accessible from a single source. With UPS as a partner, the small business
owner has access to a broad foundation of experience and technology to manage
global commerce - synchronizing the flow of goods, information and funds.
GOODS: Transfer of goods from seller to buyer…
UPS has created a worldwide transportation and distribution network to move
whatever customers need, anywhere, by any mode. UPS is the small business owner’s
shipping department.
UPS.com. A shipping department on your desk.
Whether a small business sends one package a month or several packages
a day, UPS Internet Shipping is the fastest and most convenient shipping solution
on the Web. A small business owner can choose from a wide array of shipping
options on UPS.com, create their own address book of customers, print labels,
track shipments, schedule a pickup and pay either by credit card or create a
UPS Account for weekly billing.
64,000 Big Brown Trucks. UPS will come to the small business owner.
A small business can get a regular daily pickup, just like a big company. Or
if a small business only has an occasional shipment, a pickup can be scheduled
at UPS.com and a UPS driver will come right to the small business location,
whether home or office.
UPS Drop Boxes. Practically everywhere.
With more than 42,000 UPS Drop Boxes; a small business owner can drop
off packages at their convenience on just about any street corner in the country.
The UPS Store™. Help with a smile.
The friendly shipping experts at the more than 3,400 The UPS Store
locations offer shipping, postal and business services, including international
shipping, packing services, copying and document finishing and mailbox services.
Locations provide convenient, value-added business services to the rapidly growing
small-office/home-office (SOHO) market, corporate “road warriors”
and consumers.
INFORMATION: Transfer of information about those goods…
Beyond tracking and forecasting the movements of goods, UPS’s information
technology provides tools that enable small businesses to streamline business
processes, enhance customer service and functionality, and maximum supply chain
profitability and efficiency.
UPS OnLine® Tools
UPS offers an array of innovative Web-based tools that allow small
businesses to integrate transportation functionality directly into their Web
sites or other business systems. Small business owners can provide their customers
useful shipping information, such as package tracking, directly from their Internet
site.
e-Commerce Product Providers
UPS has established relationships with leading e-Commerce solution
providers to integrate UPS technologies into their products and services. With
these product providers, small business can build or enhance their Web sites
with integrated, customizable UPS technology. These companies can be found at
ec.ups.com.
UPS WorldShip®
This desktop shipping software application allows small businesses
to accelerate, streamline and enhance not only their shipping processes, but
financial and customer service processes as well. The free software application
can connect or integrate with external data sources to expedite shipping and
provide valuable shipping information for critical customer service and accounting
activities such as order inquiries and invoice processing.
UPS Quantum View NotifySM
A visibility tool, that enable small businesses to send proactive
e-mail alerts to customers when a package is shipped, when it arrives, or when
the package is delayed which results in a change in the scheduled day of delivery.
UPS Global AdvisorSM
For the small business looking to expand internationally or a current
international shipper, UPS offers Global Advisor, a one-stop resource featured
on UPS.com (ups.com/globaladvisor) that provides detailed information about
international trade and shipping, including resources for expanding a business,
country regulations, trade tools, supply chain solutions and financing.
FUNDS: Exchange of funds to pay for goods…
As goods and information move more rapidly, UPS accelerates the movement of
funds to keep the wheels of commerce moving for the small business owner.
UPS CapitalSM
UPS Capital, the financial services business unit of UPS, offers many
financial services and insurance products to help small businesses accelerate
the movement of money through their supply chains by enhancing cash flow, reducing
trade risks, and facilitating international trade.
UPS Exchange CollectSM
For small businesses wanting to eliminate the time-consuming bank
credit procedures associated with trading internationally, UPS offers a contractual
service wherein UPS provides responsibility for both transportation and financial
settlement. UPS Exchange Collect, an electronic payment option, reduces the
small business owner’s risk of dealing with new customers and expedites
payment for goods.
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