From Fast Company Magazine, Feb 2004,------------- Quietly, in a four million square foot campus adjacent to the UPS hub at the Louisville airport, UPS SPS is in the repair business, among other things. At the Tech Center, technicians, armed with factory training, diagnostic and test equipment and every part that might be needed, repair digital projectors, laptops, printers, cell phones, in-vehicle monitoring systems, and many other things that they wont talk about to honor the manufacturers privacy. In Europe they installed x-ray machines in hospitals, repair McDonalds cash registers, and tune Fender guitars. UPS picks it up, fixes it, and returns it. The technicians work under a time budget for each job, since they are equipped with every last thing needed to complete the job. With a 2.5 billion in annual revenue in 2002, SPS represents only 8% of UPSs 31 billion 2002 revenue. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 864 232 3889 Fax 271 2080 mailto:greentron@xxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jokes, complaints, off topics, general chat. Everything other than repair help problems can be found at this new list. No archives and posts will not be found on Google or any other engine!To remove or join, click: mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe%20chat Send to the list at chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx once subscribed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/