UPS becomes a consultant

United Parcel Service is getting into the consulting business. The Atlanta-based package company said it has created a new subsidiary, UPS Consulting, that will offer supply chain management strategies. UPS Consulting will advise clients on areas that go beyond fulfillment and distribution such as product design, sales and marketing, planning, procurement, production and cash management, UPS said.

Sean Kilcarr

Oct. 30, 2001

UPS Consulting will advise clients on areas that go beyond fulfillment and distribution such as product design, sales and marketing, planning, procurement, production and cash management, UPS said.

Gene Long, formerly the global director of supply chain consulting for Ernst & Young, has been named president of the subsidiary. Long also served as director of Worldwide Logistics for Dell Computer Corp., where he managed Dell’s global distribution activities.

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Sean Kilcarr

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.