Question: Use the following information for this assignment: Shipment one: The origin point of this shipment is: College Tools Co., Buffalo NY 14225 The destination point

Use the following information for this assignment:

Shipment one:

The origin point of this shipment is:

College Tools Co., Buffalo NY 14225

The destination point of this shipment is:

Sullys Hobby Shop, Wichita KS 67216

Shipment two:

The origin point of this shipment is:

College Tools Co., Buffalo NY 14225

The destination point of this shipment is:

Dennis Hardware Store, Oakland CA 94621

The product is a Woodworking Accessory Kit packaged in a cardboard carton

Each carton contains ONE KIT

Each carton measures (L)11 x (W)11 x (H)12

The carton weighs 30 pounds

The value of each kit is $50.00

The Pickup/Ship Date is: 3/31/21

You are shipping on a weekday and do NOT want Saturday delivery

You are NOT shipping to a residential address

Use the information provided above and below and the appropriate websites to answer the following questions:

1. For PARCEL SHIPMENTS start by going to the UPS website.

https://wwwapps.ups.com/ctc

Select Package NOT Freight near the top

Fill-in the requested information shown above and the following conditions:

For each shipment you will ship one carton to each address

The Pickup/Ship Date is: 3/31/21, therefore a Future Day pickup

Do NOT Have UPS determine my destination type

When asked, select My Packaging

Turn off UPS simple rate

You want a Delivery Confirmation with Signature Required

When asked, select I will Prepay; Use UPS account #123456 (You may have to experiment here just in case the system doesnt accept non existing account numbers although this one did work)

When asked, you will need to schedule a pickup via UPS.com

Calculate the density of a single carton in pounds per cubic foot (Ques #1)

WICHITA:

What was the total rate quote for UPS Ground? (Ques #2)

What zone were you shipping to? (Ques #3)

What was the quoted Delivery Date? (Ques #4)

What was the total rate quote for UPS 2nd Day Air AM? (Ques #5)

What zone were you shipping to? (Ques #6)

What was the quoted Delivery Date? (Ques #7)

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