UPS to Build on Smart Logistics by Using Google Cloud

As e-commerce grows, UPS is playing a greater role in the movement of goods. To become more efficient, the company is partnering with Google Cloud to help sift through massive amounts data to select the most efficient and cost effective route. By using the technology, UPS was reportedly able to design routing software that tells the delivery driver exactly where to go, according to a Google blog post. The software saves the parcel-delivery company upwards of $400 million a year and reduces fuel consumption by 10 million gallons a year. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with great partners like Google in a way that lets us use our joint expertise to bolster visibility across supply chains around the world,” Juan Perez, chief information officer at UPS said at the Google Cloud Next '19 conference last month.