1980’s: – FedEx reached its maturing stage. – First US company to reach $1 billion in revenues. FedEx handles 3.3 million packages General Environment Global Provider of: - Transportation - e-commerce - supply chain management FedEx an Innovator company: - Overnight package and letter delivery - 10:30 am next day delivery - Saturday delivery service • • • • • • Cost effective. Alternative for small packages. Distance and time are wider. Most familiar service. Handles millions
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Question 1 What are the key success factors & risks for UPS given its business strategy? Key success factors : * By 1998 it was generating over $3 billion in global revenues, from and within over 200 countries. * UPS projected that by 2003 online B2C sales in the US would surpass the $100 billion spent annually on catalog sales. * UPS began offering suppliers a portfolio of financial services & logistic technology software applications designed to help them better manage their inventory and shipping
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Transportation Based Services extend beyond transportation to offer a comprehensive set of logistics offerings. Leveraged 3PLs use assets of other firms. Non-leveraged 3PLs use assets belonging solely to the parent firm. Examples: FedEx Logistics, UPS Logistics Financial Based – Provide freight payment and auditing, cost accounting and control, and tools for monitoring, booking, tracking, tracing, and managing inventory. – Examples: Cass Information Systems, CTC, GE Information Services, FleetBoston
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Waldbillig Joe Wyson Presented May 9, 2011 Introduction Key Issues Faced By FedEx & UPS Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Resources and Capabilities Business-Level Strategies Corporate Strategy Canvas Firm Performance Industry Dynamics Affecting Profitability Sustainability of Competitive Advantages Recommendations & Chosen “Winner†•  Are UPS and FedEx colluding and violating antitrust law? •  Do UPS and FedEx meet the market definition of duopoly? •  Is it ethical that rising fuel
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Fedex Overview | Remarks | Business | | 19000 packages a day75 cities (fly on commercial passenger flights)75 pounds, max 108 inchesMost shipment is less than 50 pounds, 90% are individual pieces | | Fleet – 32X Dassult Faclcon – 6,200 pounds capacity (Air taxi operator, less regulation)9 contract aircraft500 vans | | Hub based in Memphis, Tennessee, a reliable base point, airplane flew in from cities to hub, organized, back to cities in early morning/ 2nd hub in pittsburg | | |
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To: FedEx Executives & Board From: Henry J. Maier/ CEO FedEx Ground Date: September 30, 2014 Subject: Daily Service Reduction in Rural Areas After careful deliberation, FedEx Ground will serve only three times a week to rural areas with a population less than 4,500 per fifty square miles. Our decision is based on recent research on economic data that illustrates the decline in time, labor, and resources if we provide our services every single day. Our expected savings will benefit FedEx in many
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business processes displayed in the video. FedEx is a logistical service company employing 100 000 employees all around the world. They are specialised in transportation, e-commerce and business services. In order to be successful in their job they came up with a really efficient information system. We are now going to describe the different business processes shown in the video that retraces the entire journey of a package. 1. First a FedEx employee goes to the house of the customer and
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EMBA 20 12 July 2014 United Parcel Service Initial Public Offering Case Analysis Darrell W. Kent, Jr. 1. What are the key success factors and risks for UPS given its business strategy? United Parcel Service’s (UPS) strategy is to be the market leader within the package delivery industry with operations primarily focused on international air and ground package delivery services and secondary focus on the logistics and supply chain management services. UPS management is now prepared and
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II. COMPANY PROFILE Company A- FedEx Corporation FedEx Corporation is the modern air/ground express indthemtry. It was pioneered with the founding of Federal Express in 1971. The corporation was created in 1998 as FDX Corporation and became FedEx Corporation in January 2000. Mission FedEx Corporation will produce superior financial returns for its shareowners by providing high value-added logistics, transportation and related btheminess services through focthemed operating companies
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Recommendation FedEx is a logistical service company employing 100 000 employees all around the world. They are specialised in transportation, e-commerce and business services. In order to be successful in their job they came up with a really efficient information system. But there is also some problems what should be improved for their better perpous. Here are the recommendations for Fedex enterprise systems- 1. First of all, FedEx receives on the Internet complaints and criticisms
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