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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: December 3, 2007
www.BrandChannel.com - December 3, 2007
FedEx created the overnight shipping business. UPS's brown trucks are recognized the world over. DHL gained a reputation for international air delivery. Now all three shipping companies have entered each other's businesses and provide virtually the same services. . .While FedEx and UPS are better known, it was DHL that won "the Great Package Race" of 2007. The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute of Georgia Tech sponsored a contest in which all three competitors were given packages to deliver to five obscure worldwide locations. The "race" was held on April 13, 2007 and the companies were not aware they were competing. According to the Institute, DHL was able to deliver three out of the five packages successfully...It remains to be seen which of the three competitors will win the Great Branding Race of 2007. To read the complete article, go to http://www.brandchannel.com/start1.asp?fa_id=398
