Penn Partners with UPS for Express Mail Services

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Purchasing Services and Penn Mail Services are pleased to announce a new express mail services strategic partnership with UPS which will offer Penn faculty and staff more comprehensive express mail services.

The partnership with UPS will include a new online express mail system which will offer many benefits to faculty and staff:

• State-of-the-art online shipping including desk top printed air bills, eliminating the need for paper shipping forms;
• Penn negotiated discount pricing so that Penn customers receive the best possible price with significant cost savings;
• Enhanced external package tracking and reporting; and
• Internal budgetary controls including online allocation of shipping charges.

The new express mail online system, a collaborative development effort between Purchasing Services, Mail Services, and Information Systems & Computing (ISC), will launch July 1 with full implementation expected by the end of August. Throughout the summer, Penn Mail Services and UPS will provide training to users for its new online shipping system and place drop-boxes across campus.

Please direct questions regarding this new express mail partnership with UPS to express-ship@upenn.edu.