Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows Program FINAL REPORT FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION LtCol Arthur H. Sass, USMC June 2000 Acknowledgments This has been an interesting, exciting, and educational year. The first hand, on-the-job knowledge I received regarding how Corporate America thinks and what private industry companies are doing to posture themselves for the future is simply priceless. The environment is fast-paced, unforgiving, and wide open. Though the Department
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Introduction The aim of strategic management is to determine, create and maintain the competitive advantage of a firm. Competitive advantage is a firm’s ability to provide value to customers that exceed what its competitors can provide. Besides that, competitive advantage can be gained through maximal capitalization of the attributes and resources of the organization. Thus, competitive advantage is a strategy that organizations use to differentiate itself from its’ competitors
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FedEx FedEx is a company that provide logistical service. The company is well-known for transportation, e-commerce and business services. Reason behind succeed of the FedEx company has always been efficient information system. The business process will be discussed in the section of How FedEx deliver parcels. Company Mission and Goals “FedEx Corporation will produce superior financial returns for its shareowners by providing high value-added logistics, transportation and related business services
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ANALYSIS OF LOGISTICS INDUSTRY : ANALYSIS OF LOGISTICS INDUSTRY By:- Group No. 7 Prijo Mathew Sivaramakrishnan Suvrata Nandy Gaurav Verma Dhinesh Kumar Objectives: Objectives To study in detail about the Global Logistics Industry To study in detail about the Indian Logistics Industry To find out the areas where Logistics Industry in India is lacking To compare the Global Companies (UPS, FedEx and DHL) with the Indian Logistics Companies ( Gati , DTDC and First Flight) INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION
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the market share of Airborne Express in the volume of overnight deliveries. Objective: To become one of the top three companies in the express carriers industry. Alternative Courses of Action ● Not compete with established competitors like FedEx and UPS, and stress the reliability of its delivery schedules. ● Expand Airborne Express' business globally and establish an international service that is comparable to the company's domestic service. ● Focus on high-level corporate accounts. ●
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Business Strategy United Parcel Service (UPS) Overview United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 as a private messenger and delivery service in Seattle, Washington. Today, UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, a leader in the U.S. less-than-truckload industry and the premier provider of global supply chain management solutions. It deliver packages each business day for 1.6 million shipping customers to 8.2 million receivers ("consignees") in over
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Abstract “An organization’s goals and strategic objectives should determine its overall supply chain management strategy. The SCM strategy in turn determines how the supply chain will perform with respect to efficiency and effectiveness. The four primary drivers of supply chain management are: facilities, inventory, transportation, and information” (Baltzan/Phillips, 2010). “ An organization can use these four drivers in varying measure to push it toward either a supply chain strategy
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Two carries 4 marks each. Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. Which of the following techniques is used by quality Control Circles? a. Brainstorming b. Pareto Analysis c. Check Sheets d. All of the above 2. It is a means of getting a large number of ideas from a group of people in a very short time. a. Brainstorming b. Pareto Analysis c. Check Sheets d. None 3. Cause and effect diagram is an investigation tool. This is also called_____________ a. Ishikawa b. Histogram c. Both (a) & (b)
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manufacturing and international service. For manufacturing we start with the simple proposition that decisions about our company’s competitive strategy leads to a supply chain strategy which then leads to a supply chain structure. We provide a strategic framework that can be used to analyze design, planning, and operational decisions in a supply chain. This framework focuses on supply
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CHAPTER 8: LOCATION STRATEGIES TRUE/FALSE 1. FedEx chose Memphis, Tennessee, for its central location, or "hub," primarily because of the incentives offered by the city of Memphis and the state of Tennessee. False (Global company profile, easy) 2. Generally, the objective of the location decision is to maximize the firm's profit. False (The strategic importance of location, easy) 3. When selecting a location, service organizations typically focus on maximizing revenue
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