The 2013 holiday season proved to be troublesome for shipping giant United Parcel Service Inc. UPS due to a swell in online orders; resulting in prolonged delays of package shipments.
In a report published on Wednesday, Brian Sozzi of The Street outlined how UPS is preparing for the upcoming holiday season in order to prevent a repeat of last years performance.
UPS plans to hire 95,000 seasonal employees; almost double the amount of seasonal hires from last year.
UPS has built 50 new hubs to sort packages; boosting network capacity by 5%.
UPS has obtained thousands of new or leased vehicles, trailers, aircraft and package-loading aids have been added.
UPS has increase the amount of people hired to place packages on trucks by 10 percent.
Sozzi writes that last year on Cyber Monday alone, consumers ordered more than 36.8 million items worldwide of which half were ordered from mobile devices. As a result, shipping companies must adapt to accordingly in order to prepare for increases in online shopping habits.
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