P.M. Executive Briefing - May 8
This Afternoon's Headlines:
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UPS Delivers New District Manager to Birmingham
In February, United Parcel Service's Alabama district got a new district manager in Christann Pojani-Martin, who is now in charge of 32 UPS facilities with roughly 3,800 employees.In 1977, Martin started out with UPS as an administrative clerk in Massachusetts, soon becoming a delivery-truck driver. Martin was a supervisor and semitrailer-driver trainer after a year, then was transferred to different offices before ending up as a division manager in Chicago three years ago.
The Alabama district, which also covers the Florida panhandle, is almost always among the fastest-growing UPS districts. It has had three district managers in the past three years, since the company often transfers its best managers to locations that are not doing as well. Birmingham Business Journal Online (05/08/00); Murphree, Jennifer
Illinois State Police to Upgrade 'Drones'
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Illinois State Police are about to bring back their 'drones' - unmanned patrol cars parked next to highways so drivers will go slower - using newer cars more like the ones the police now use. They will begin to appear next week at work zones along the Northwest Tollway and will be added to other tollways over the next month. Land Line Magazine Online (05/08/00)Growing Ambition
Memphis-based HYC Logistics, formerly Harvey Yaffe & Associates, started out half a century ago as a home-based business, and its staff still numbers about 15, but it has big plans to grow. It has started up a Newark, N.J., office and lined up such large customers as Terex Corp.'s distribution unit Terex America; it says it gains such top clients by always striving to do better than their best and by paying attention to each client's specific needs.Harvey Yaffe first became a licensed customs broker - the first in Memphis - so his cardiologist could bring experimental drugs into the country from France.
HYC Logistics had a chance to win some companies that have operations in the "Silicon Glen" area of Scotland, like Terex, away from FedEx when that company decided it would no longer offer two-day service from Scotland. HYC decided to offer two-day service from Scotland using Continental passenger planes to bring in consolidated freight, which arrives in Newark, where shipments are separated and turned over to FedEx.
Winning Terex's business has brought HYC the attention of other shippers; also, in 1997, KLM Cargo picked HYC as its customs broker. Now, HYC is thinking about opening another office in Los Angeles. Memphis Business Journal Online (05/08/00); Paulk, Michael
Arizona Officials Fight Fire Ants With Inspections
Arizona has stepped up inspections of trucks entering the state through its four ports in an attempt to keep fire ants and other unwanted pests out of the state.At one time, fire ants were only a concern for trucks coming into Arizona from the east, but some of them have now been found in California.
Not only can the ants' sting lead to itchy lumps, they have been blamed for the deaths of infants and senior citizens as well as livestock, and they can also destroy electrical wiring.
Arizona began taking strong steps against the ants in 1999 when they were discovered infesting a high school in Yuma. The state wants to avoid the high costs of ant control - a university study says $301.5 million was spent fighting fire ants in Texas in 1998, while Yuma Union High School District has already spent $150,000 on the infestation at the high school there. Associated Press (05/07/00); Rushlo, Michelle
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