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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: April 20, 2008
Supply Chain Digest - April 20, 2008
As usual in the 2008 edition of "The Great Package Race," a student project sponsored by The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech parcel carriers were challenged to deliver packages to some of the most remote or difficult locations in the world. In the 2007 race, DHL came away the clear winner. In 2008, UPS and FedEx made a strong comeback, with nearly identical delivery times to two of the five destinations, although none of the four carriers (DHL, FedEx, UPS, and USPS) thus far have been able to get packages into three other ship-to locations. The students ship four identical packages, one for each carrier, to far flung and often dangerous locations. . . .The students also note that UPS did much better this year in handling packages it deemed undeliverable.
http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/08-04-21-2.php?cid=1626
