UPS has named Wayne Pi as managing director of UPS Taiwan, the appointment coinciding with the US package delivery giant announcing a range of service enhancements in the country.
'Pi’s in-depth understanding of the region and broad range of experience from business development to operations puts him in a good position to lead UPS Taiwan,' said K.K. Leung, president of UPS North Asia District.
'Together with the recent service enhancements, customers in Taiwan can get better access and speed to Asian and European markets, enabling manufacturers to efficiently meet customers’ demands.'
Pi was previously the Director of the UPS Asia-Pacific Hub in Shenzhen, China. He began his career at UPS as a Gateway Assistant in 1994 in Taiwan. Pi takes over from Anita Li, who has been named Supply Chain Operations Director for UPS North Asia District, based in Hong Kong.
The service enhancements are designed to bring 'greater flexibility and efficiencies to Taiwanese businesses' as UPS 'improves shipping time between Taiwan, Asia and Europe.'
Leveraging a direct flight connection between Taipei and UPS intra-Asia hub in Shenzhen, customers can now benefit from improved time-in-transit and later cut-off times to tender shipments to UPS in key cities.
This allows an extension in cut-off times of up to three hours for the tendering of export shipments from six cities in Taiwan to Asian destinations. Taiwanese exporters shipping to Asian and European cities now enjoy the industry’s latest cut-off time of 7pm.
There is also a one-day improvement of time-in-transit for shipments from Europe and Asia to three cities in the non-metropolitan areas of Taiwan. Shipments from European and Asian origins now reach key cities in the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in one to two days.
Finally, an extension of the UPS Express® service between European and Asian cities to three cities in Taiwan. This guaranteed, time-definite service allows shipments to reach metropolitan areas by noon.
These enhancements 'support the growing needs of Taiwanese businesses as they engage in global trade,' UPS underlined.
Taiwan’s semiconductor output is expected to grow 5.5% in 2015, exceeding the global growth rate for the industry, while the rising middle-class across Asia demands greater access to high tech goods, many of which are supplied by Taiwanese multinational corporations.
The need for reliable logistics solutions that help move products along the supply chain to end consumers becomes of paramount importance, it adds.
'UPS is dedicated to helping Taiwanese businesses expand their global footprint,” said Pi. “We want businesses to see us as valued service partners. Not only do we fulfil transportation needs, but we also provide other solutions, such as customs brokerage, trade consulting and management, contract logistics, and import/export technologies, to facilitate customers' expansion opportunities.'
