<p><a href=“%5Burl=http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1059751089-post91.html]#91[/url] ”>quote</a>face reality: wealth is being redistributed upwards …All of the increase in national wealth which had historically been shared by the poor and middle class has been shifted upwards, to the wealthy , for thirty years … </p>
<p>…The millions saved by UPS due to the driver’s observation? Mr. Productivity may or may not have been thrown a bone by management (“chances are” - gotta love that), but the millions all got sent upstairs. [All</a> that gobbledy-gook](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1059749348-post90.html]All ”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1059749348-post90.html ) about paying workers, rewarding shareholders, etc? Remember, for thirty years, none of the net benefit stays at the lower and middle class level. All of it goes upstairs.
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<p>**[Mr:</a> Productivity](<a href=“INFORMS Conference Calendar - INFORMS ”>INFORMS Conference Calendar - INFORMS )<a href=“from%20%5Bb%5Dpackage-sorter%5B/b%5D%20in%20%5Bb%5D1976%5B/b%5D%20to%20%5Bb%5DDirector%20of%20Package%20Process%20Management%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>:</p>
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Package Flow Technologies at UPS
<p>UPS delivers more than 13 million packages daily through its vast delivery network. Package Flow Technologies is part of a process redesign that optimizes the last mile of that network. This award winning suite of tools is designed to improve customer service and provide greater internal efficiency through optimization, simplification of work, and training. This will allow UPS to improve customer service, offer new products, and reduce the mileage driven by all of its delivery trucks by more than 100 million miles each year. The talk will explain this breakthrough technology in its current state as well as future plans. It will focus on the challenges encountered in its development and deployment and highlight how operations research was integrated into the process from the beginning.</p>
<p>Jack Levis , Project Portfolio Manager at UPS, is responsible for providing operational technology solutions. The projects that his group manages have reengineered current systems in an effort to streamline processes and maximize productivity. Under his direction , UPS has completed integration of multiple operations systems, requiring extensive system engineering and usability provisions. These systems ultimately synchronize the flow of data throughout UPS, allowing the seamless movement of goods, funds and information. Levis has been the business owner, process designer, and project manager for UPS’s award winning Package Flow Technology suite of systems. That suite of tools and process redesign has been a breakthrough change for UPS .</p>
<p>Levis’s current role is a natural progression from his prior positions. Since joining UPS in 1976, as a package sorter, he has worked as a manager in multiple operations, an engineering section manager, and region transportation planner. In his position as region planning manager, Levis was responsible for the redesign of the Pacific Region transportation plan, resulting in UPS saving of over $30 million per year. Having earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from California State University Northridge, he also holds a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.
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<p>‘This proves nothing’ demagogic retorts in 5…4…3…2…1:</p>