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United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) inali ndi kotala lina losaiwalika, pomwe phindu lake lapadziko lonse lapansi lafika pamwamba kwambiri, ndi ndalama zomwe amapeza komanso kukula kwa ndalama zomwe amapeza. Komabe, chifukwa cha nkhawa za kuchepa kwa phindu la US komanso ziyembekezo za phindu lochepa mu kotala lachinayi, magawo adatsikabe ndi 8.8% Lachitatu.
Kupempha ndalama kwa UPS kuli ndi zotsatira zabwino komanso zolosera za kukula kwa ndalama mtsogolo. Tiyeni tiwone zomwe zili kumbuyo kwa manambalawa kuti tidziwe ngati Wall Street yagulitsa UPS molakwika komanso zomwe zingakweze mtengo wamasheya mtsogolo.
Mofanana ndi kotala lachiwiri, kufunikira kwa nyumba za pa intaneti ndi mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono ndi apakatikati (SMB) kunakwera, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti UPS ipeze ndalama zambiri. Poyerekeza ndi kotala lachitatu la 2019, ndalama zinawonjezeka ndi 15.9%, phindu losinthidwa la ntchito linawonjezeka ndi 9.9%, ndipo phindu losinthidwa pa gawo lililonse linawonjezeka ndi 10.1%. Kuchuluka kwa mayendedwe apamtunda a UPS kumapeto kwa sabata kunakwera ndi 161%.
Pa nthawi yonse ya mliriwu, nkhani zazikulu za UPS zinali kuwonjezeka kwa katundu wotumizidwa m'nyumba chifukwa anthu ankapewa kugula zinthu zawo ndipo ankapita kwa ogulitsa pa intaneti. UPS tsopano ikuneneratu kuti malonda a pa intaneti adzapanga zoposa 20% ya malonda ogulitsa ku US chaka chino. CEO wa UPS, Carol Tome, anati: “Ngakhale pambuyo pa mliriwu, sitikuganiza kuti kuchuluka kwa malonda a pa intaneti kudzachepa, koma osati malonda okha. Makasitomala m'magawo onse a bizinesi yathu akusintha momwe amachitira bizinesi.” . Lingaliro la Tome lakuti zochitika zamalonda apa intaneti zidzapitirira ndi nkhani yaikulu kwa kampaniyo. Izi zikusonyeza kuti oyang'anira akukhulupirira kuti zochita zina za mliriwu sizingokhala zopinga zakanthawi chabe ku bizinesi.
Chimodzi mwa zinthu zomwe UPS yapeza mu kotala lachitatu chinali kuwonjezeka kwa chiwerengero cha ma SMB. Pa njira yachangu kwambiri ya kampaniyo, malonda a SMB adakwera ndi 25.7%, zomwe zidathandiza kuchepetsa kuchepa kwa kutumiza kwa malonda ndi makampani akuluakulu. Ponseponse, kuchuluka kwa ma SMB kudakwera ndi 18.7%, kuchuluka kwakukulu kwakukula m'zaka 16.
Oyang'anira akuwonetsa kuti kukula kwa ma SMB kumachokera ku Digital Access Program (DAP). DAP imalola makampani ang'onoang'ono kupanga maakaunti a UPS ndikugawana zabwino zambiri zomwe anthu akuluakulu amasangalala nazo. UPS idawonjezera maakaunti atsopano a DAP 150,000 mu kotala lachitatu ndi maakaunti atsopano 120,000 mu kotala lachiwiri.
Pakadali pano, panthawi ya mliriwu, UPS yatsimikizira kuti kugulitsa kwambiri nyumba ndi kutenga nawo mbali kwa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono ndi apakatikati kungathandize kuchepetsa kuchepa kwa kuchuluka kwa malonda.
Chinsinsi china cha msonkhano wa ndalama zomwe kampaniyo yapeza ndi momwe bizinesi yake yazaumoyo ilili. Makampani azaumoyo ndi magalimoto anali okhawo omwe anali ndi magawo a msika wa bizinesi (B2B) kotala lino - ngakhale kukula sikunali kokwanira kuchepetsa kuchepa kwa gawo la mafakitale.
Kampani yayikulu yoyendetsa magalimoto yasintha pang'onopang'ono ntchito yake yofunika kwambiri yoyendetsa zamankhwala ya UPS Premier. Mitundu yonse ya zinthu za UPS Premier ndi UPS Healthcare imakhudza magawo onse a msika wa UPS.
Kudalira zosowa za makampani azaumoyo ndi chisankho chachilengedwe cha UPS, chifukwa UPS yakulitsa ntchito zapansi ndi zamlengalenga kuti zigwirizane ndi kutumiza kwa anthu ambiri m'nyumba ndi m'mabanki ang'onoang'ono. Kampaniyo idanenanso momveka bwino kuti ili okonzeka kuthana ndi zinthu zokhudzana ndi kugawa katemera wa COVID-19. CEO Tome adapereka ndemanga zotsatirazi pa UPS Healthcare ndi mliriwu:
[Gulu la azachipatala likuthandiza mayeso azachipatala a katemera wa COVID-19 pamlingo uliwonse. Kutenga nawo mbali koyambirira kunatipatsa deta yofunika komanso chidziwitso chothandiza popanga mapulani ogawa malonda ndikuwongolera momwe zinthu zovutazi zimagwirira ntchito. Katemera wa COVID-19 atatuluka, tinali ndi mwayi waukulu ndipo, moona mtima, tinali ndi udindo waukulu wotumikira dziko lonse lapansi. Panthawiyo, netiweki yathu yapadziko lonse lapansi, mayankho osavuta komanso antchito athu adzakhala okonzeka.
Monga momwe zilili ndi mavuto ena okhudzana ndi mliri, n'zosavuta kunena kuti kupambana kwa UPS posachedwapa kumabwera chifukwa cha zinthu zakanthawi zomwe zitha kutha pang'onopang'ono pamene mliriwu utha. Komabe, oyang'anira UPS amakhulupirira kuti kukulitsa netiweki yake yoyendera kungabweretse phindu la nthawi yayitali, makamaka kupitilira kwa malonda apaintaneti, kuphatikiza kwa SMB mu makasitomala ake komanso bizinesi yazachipatala yomwe imayang'ana nthawi, yomwe ipitiliza Kukwaniritsa zosowa za makampani azachipatala m'zaka zingapo zikubwerazi.
Nthawi yomweyo, ndikofunikira kubwerezanso kuti zotsatira za UPS mu kotala lachitatu zinali zodabwitsa pamene masheya ena ambiri amakampani anali m'mavuto. Posachedwapa UPS yakwera kufika pamlingo watsopano wa masabata 52, koma kuyambira pamenepo yatsika limodzi ndi misika ina. Poganizira za kugulitsidwa kwa masheya, kuthekera kwa nthawi yayitali komanso phindu la magawo a 2.6%, UPS tsopano ikuwoneka ngati chisankho chabwino.