SWOT ANALYSIS ON United Parcel Service (UPS)

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United Parcel Service, Inc, commonly referred to as UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States UPS delivers more than 15 million packages[4] a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.

UPS is well known for its brown trucks, internally known as package cars (hence the company nickname "The Big Brown Machine"). UPS also operates its own airline (IATA: 5X, ICAO: UPS, Callsign: UPS) based in Louisville, Kentucky.


Strengths
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[*]Cost advantage
[*]Asset leverage
[*]Effective communication
[*]High R&D
[*]Innovation
[*]Online growth
[*]Loyal customers
[*]Market share leadership
[*]Strong management team
[*]Strong brand equity
[*]Strong financial position
[*]Supply chain
[*]Pricing
[*]Real estate
[*]Reputation management
[*]Unique products
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Weaknesses
  • Bad communication
  • Diseconomies to scale
  • Over leveraged fiancial position
  • Low R&D
  • No online presence
  • Not innovative
  • Not diversified
  • Poor supply chain
  • Weak management team
  • Weak real estate
  • Ubiquitiouegory, products, services
    [/ poor air flight



    Opportunities
    • Acquisitions
    • Asset leverage
    • Financial markets (raise money through debt, etc)
    • Emerging markets and expansion abroad
    • Innovation
    • Online
    • Product and services expansion
    • Takeovers
    • International Growth


      Threats

      * Competition
      * Cheaper technology
      * Economic slowdown
      * External changes (government, politics, taxes, etc)
      * Exchange rate fluctuations
      * Lower cost competitors or imports
      * Maturing categories, products, or services
      * Price wars
      * Product substitution
 
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